San Diego, Calif.—Oct. 12, 2007— Ethertronics Inc. tops the list of the fastest growing companies in San Diego County as recognized by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP at an award event held Friday, Oct. 12, at the Grand Del Mar Hotel. The San Diego Technology Fast 50, an annual award program, ranks technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies located in San Diego and surrounding areas by percentage revenue growth over five years.
“Deloitte is excited to honor these successful, dynamic companies named to the 2007 Technology Fast 50 list in San Diego,” said Theresa Drew, managing partner, San Diego Practice, Deloitte & Touche LLP. “We congratulate these businesses on their contribution to the vitality of San Diego and wish them continued growth in years to come.”
Companies are selected based on percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002 to 2006. To be considered, Technology Fast 50 entrants must have operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and at least $5,000,000 in 2006; be headquartered in San Diego County; own proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of its operating revenues, or devote a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies’ technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify. Subsidiaries and divisions are not eligible, unless they have some public ownership and are separately traded.
The Technology Fast 50 company rankings are as follows:
| Ranking |
Company Name |
5-Year Growth % |
City |
| 1 |
Ethertronics Inc. |
6,603.20 |
San Diego |
| 2 |
Eset LLC |
3,884.08 |
San Diego |
| 3 |
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
3,713.92 |
San Diego |
| 4 |
Patriot Scientific Corp. |
2,771.87 |
Carlsbad |
| 5 |
DivX, Inc. |
2,102.12 |
San Diego |
| 6 |
Kintera, Inc. |
2,026.38 |
San Diego |
| 7 |
Illumina Inc. |
1,738.51 |
San Diego |
| 8 |
Axesstel, Inc. |
1,106.21 |
San Diego |
| 9 |
SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
732.73 |
San Diego |
| 10 |
NuVasive, Inc. |
703.81 |
San Diego |
| 11 |
Novatel Wireless, Inc. |
654.96 |
San Diego |
| 12 |
Alphatec Holdings Inc. |
552.77 |
Carlsbad |
| 13 |
Santarus, Inc. |
515.54 |
San Diego |
| 14 |
InfoSonics Corporation |
440.91 |
San Diego |
| 15 |
Dot Hill Systems Corp. |
409.67 |
Carlsbad |
| 16 |
Visual Sciences LLC (fka WebSideStory, Inc.) |
375.51 |
San Diego |
| 17 |
Continuous Computing Corp. |
352.61 |
San Diego |
| 18 |
Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
322.78 |
San Diego |
| 19 |
DR Technologies |
299.58 |
San Diego |
| 20 |
One Stop Systems Inc |
257.89 |
Escondido |
| 21 |
TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. |
249.54 |
La Jolla |
| 22 |
Koam Engineering Systems, Inc. (KES Inc.) |
249.19 |
San Diego |
| 23 |
SYS Technologies |
232.07 |
San Diego |
| 24 |
ResMed Corp |
197.44 |
Poway |
| 25 |
Websense, Inc. |
193.31 |
San Diego |
| 26 |
Althea Technologies, Inc. |
176.59 |
San Diego |
| 27 |
Prometheus Laboratories Inc. |
174.96 |
San Diego |
| 28 |
QUALCOMM Incorporated |
158.18 |
San Diego |
| 29 |
Computer Modules Inc. |
138.74 |
San Diego |
| 30 |
Gen-Probe Incorporated |
128.00 |
San Diego |
| 31 |
DJO Incorporated |
126.16 |
Vista |
| 32 |
ViaSat, Inc. |
121.76 |
Carlsbad |
| 33 |
Information Systems Laboratories, Inc. |
120.69 |
San Diego |
| 34 |
Cohu, Inc. |
110.98 |
Poway |
| 35 |
Vical Incorporated |
110.36 |
San Diego |
| 36 |
Micro Probe Inc |
96.94 |
Carlsbad |
| 37 |
Invitrogen Corporation |
94.80 |
Carlsbad |
| 38 |
Cymer, Inc. |
88.27 |
San Diego |
| 39 |
Leap Wireless International, Inc. |
83.79 |
San Diego |
| 40 |
Digirad Corporation |
73.18 |
Poway |
| 41 |
DDH Enterprise, Inc. |
70.87 |
Vista |
| 42 |
RF Industries, Ltd. |
70.35 |
San Diego |
| 43 |
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
57.39 |
San Diego |
| 44 |
Nanogen, Inc. |
56.31 |
San Diego |
| 45 |
St. Bernard Software, Inc. |
53.73 |
San Diego |
| 46 |
Cubic Corporation |
46.78 |
San Diego |
| 47 |
Document Sciences Corporation |
44.90 |
Carlsbad |
| 48 |
Quidel Corporation |
44.68 |
San Diego |
| 49 |
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
29.59 |
San Diego |
| 50 |
CardioDynamics International Corporation |
28.99 |
San Diego |
The Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP in association with AeA, Barney & Barney, BIOCOM, Bowne, Cushman & Wakefield, Focus Creative Group, The Thompson Search Group, KPBS Public Broadcasting, Morrison & Foerster LLP, the San Diego Business Journal and Union Bank of California.
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