Connecticut Technology Council and Marcum LLP Announce 2017 Marcum Tech Top 40 Companies

Tenth Anniversary Event to Honor State’s 40 Fastest Growing Tech Companies

HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) and Marcum LLP today announced the 2017 Marcum Tech Top 40, an annual recognition of the fastest growing technology companies in Connecticut. This year’s group of top-ranked companies will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, CT on September 19. A complete list of companies is available online at www.ct.org, as well as below.

The Marcum Tech Top 40, now celebrating its tenth anniversary, has honored over 360 Connecticut technology companies since 2008. The awards recognize technology leaders in six industry sectors, including Advanced Manufacturing, Energy/Environmental, Life Sciences, New Media/Internet/Telecom, IT Services, and Software. Companies are both privately and publicly held and have at least $3 million in annual revenue and a demonstrated record of revenue growth in each of the preceding four years.

Of the 2017 honorees, 15 companies are publicly traded, and ten have more than $1 billion in annual revenue. Geographically, Fairfield is home to 20 companies this year, followed by New Haven County with ten and Hartford County with eight. New London County boasts two Tech Top 40 companies this year.

For the second year in a row, the Marcum Tech Top 40 Accelerator Company is Arccos Golf of Stamford, a classification reserved for companies that successfully scaled to $3 million in revenue in fewer than three years.

“Marcum is proud to extend enthusiastic congratulations to all of this year’s fastest growing technology companies,” said Michael K. Brooder, CPA, partner-in-charge of Marcum’s Hartford, Connecticut, office. “Marcum is proud to help celebrate the tech sector, one of the examples of growth and innovation within Connecticut’s business ecosystem. The Marcum Tech Top 40 is our long-standing way of recognizing this and celebrating the achievements of some of the most disruptive and forwarding thinking companies in the state. It is an honor to partner with the Connecticut Technology Council on this outstanding event for the tenth year running.”

Bruce Carlson, CTC’s President and CEO added, “Connecticut is proud of its unique history of innovation and entrepreneurship. Growth in Connecticut must and does come, at least in part, from the technology sector, and these Marcum Tech Top 40 companies are exemplary of the achievements of the growing tech sector in the state. We look forward to celebrating tech growth achievements for another decade and beyond.”

To date, this year’s event sponsors include: Title Sponsor Marcum LLP, as well as Astor Place Inc., Pullman & Comley LLC, Webster Bank, and Sandler Training.

The September 19 awards program will include an exhibition featuring each of the Marcum Tech Top 40 companies. Six category winners will be announced, and one company will be named overall winner for demonstrating the greatest percentage growth in revenue across all the technology verticals. For information and registration, visit www.ct.org.

About The Connecticut Technology Council
The Connecticut Technology Council is a statewide association of technology oriented companies and institutions, providing leadership in areas of policy advocacy, community building and assistance for growing companies. Speaking for 2,500 companies that employ some 200,000 residents, the mission of the Connecticut Technology Council is to spark innovation, cultivate tech talent, foster business growth, advocate for industry-beneficial law and policy, expand the scope of industry networking and professional development, and celebrate industry achievements in the state. The CTC seeks to serve Connecticut’s technology ecosystem by providing leadership, support, mentoring, and advocacy to companies across every industry and at every stage of growth. For more information, visit http://www.ct.org.

About Marcum LLP

Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation, with offices in major business markets throughout the U.S., Grand Cayman and China. Headquartered in New York City, Marcum provides a full spectrum of traditional tax, accounting and assurance services; advisory, valuation and litigation support; and an extensive range of specialty and niche industry practices. The Firm serves both privately held and publicly traded companies, as well as high net worth individuals, private equity and hedge funds, with a focus on middle-market companies and closely held family businesses.  Marcum is a member of the Marcum Group, an organization providing a comprehensive array of professional services. For more information, visit www.marcumllp.com.

EDITOR NOTE: COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS BELOW

2017 Marcum Tech Top 40 Companies by Company Name

(Company Name, Category, City, County)

3Gtms, Software, Shelton, Fairfield
ADNET Technologies, IT Services, Farmington, Hartford
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Life Sciences, New Haven, New Haven
Amphenol Corp. /DE/, Advanced Manufacturing, Wallingford, New Haven
Chief Executive Group, LLC, New Media / Internet / Telecom, Stamford, Fairfield
Clarity Software Solutions, Inc., Software, Madison, New Haven
Connect Partners, Inc., IT Services, Fairfield, Fairfield
Continuity, Software, New Haven, New Haven
Core Informatics, LLC, Software, Branford, New Haven
EMCOR Group, Energy/Environmental/Green Technology, Norwalk, Fairfield
ESCOWare, Software, Newtown, Fairfield
Evariant, Inc., Software, Farmington, Hartford
Exago Inc., Software, Shelton, Fairfield
F3 Technology Partners, IT Services, West Hartford, Hartford
FACTSET Research Systems Inc., Software, Norwalk, Fairfield
Frontier Communications Corp., New Media/ Internet/ Telecom, New Haven, New Haven
Gartner Inc., IT Services, Stamford, Fairfield
HARMAN International Industries, Software, Stamford, Fairfield
HealthPlanOne, LLC, New Media / Internet / Telecom, Trumbull, Fairfield
Hexcel Corporation, Advanced Manufacturing, Stamford, Fairfield
Insurity, Inc, Software, Hartford, Hartford
IT Direct, IT Services, West Hartford, Hartford
MediaCrossing Inc., New Media / Internet / Telecom, Stamford, Fairfield
Metrum Research Group, Life Sciences, Tariffville, Hartford
MResult Corp., IT Services, Mystic, New London
Network Installation Services, Inc, IT Services, Wallingford, New Haven
PASSUR Aerospace, Inc., Software, Stamford, Fairfield
Photronics, Inc., Advanced Manufacturing, Brookfield, Fairfield
Priceline Group Inc., New Media/ Internet/ Telecom, Norwalk, Fairfield
Proton OnSite, Energy / Environmental / Green Technology, Wallingford, New Haven
RBC Bearings Inc., Advanced Manufacturing, Oxford, New Haven
Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc., Advanced Manufacturing, Stamford, Fairfield
Sheffield Pharmaceuticals. LLC, Life Sciences, New London, New London
Southridge Technologies Group, LLC, IT Services, Brookfield, Fairfield
Square 9 Softworks, Software, New Haven, New Haven
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc, Software, Windsor, Hartford
The Network Support Company, IT Services, Danbury, Fairfield
Townsquare Media, Inc., New Media/ Internet/ Telecom, Greenwich, Fairfield
TRC Companies Inc. /DE/, Energy/Environmental/Green Technology, Windsor, Hartford
U.S. Computer Connection, IT Services, Stamford, Fairfield

CONTACTS:            
                    Cara Parsons
                    The Connecticut Technology Council
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                    Julie Gross Gelfand, APR
                    Marcum LLP
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                    M (516) 729-8067