Green innovations lead the way: Meet this year’s Fast 50 winnerDeloitte Canada Insights podcast |
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The Deloitte Technology Fast 50™, Canada’s leading technology awards program, ranks companies based on their five-year revenue growth. The 2009 roster of award-winning tech companies has shown remarkable strength, resilience and innovation, despite the economic turbulence of the past year. Many of the winning companies on the 2009 Technology Fast 50 ranking have “demonstrated their true survivor instincts,” says John Ruffolo, national leader of Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications group, who has headed up the Fast 50 awards program for seven years.
Read the complete ranking: 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 50
This year’s No. 1 ranked company is ProSep Inc., an oil and gas process equipment company based in Montreal. ProSep — which designs and develops solutions for the treatment and purification of oil, gas and water for the upstream oil and gas industry — has emerged as this year’s triple threat. Not only has it topped the Fast 50 ranking with a five-year revenue growth of 18,070%, it has also been recognized in both the Technology Green 15 and Leadership Award categories. Listen in as we talk to Jacques Drouin, president and CEO of ProSep, about his experience with the Fast 50 program and what it means to receive such a distinguished award.
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Highlights
- What does it take to become a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 company?
- What has ProSep gained from being recognized as the winning company for 2009?
- What do this year’s Fast 50 companies reveal about trends in the tech sector?
Guests
- Jacques Drouin, president and CEO of ProSep Inc.
- John Ruffolo, national leader of Deloitte’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications group
Show notes
ProSep is a Montreal-based company that grew from five people to a hundred and sustained its fast-growing pace over the years, requiring hard work and resilience. Positive perception and potential business leads are among the benefits the company gained as a Fast 50 winner. To win, ProSep excelled in two areas: A great ROI and a focus on the environmental objective.
The Fast 50 program evolved over the years to reveal three major trends in Canada. First trend: Originally dominated by enterprise software companies, the program now attracts companies from various sectors, from wireless to green technologies. Second trend: Whereas in the beginning companies were mostly from Ontario and Quebec, the representation is now from across Canada. Third trend: Canadian companies on the list have seen their growth rates start to decrease due to a lack of capital, and that is creating a greater challenge for companies who want to become global players.
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