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eCardio Named One of Houston's Fastest Growing Technology Companies at the 2009 Houston Business Journal FastTech 50 Awards Luncheon

Posted on: Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 08:18 CST

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- eCardio Diagnostics (www.ecardio.com), was again named one of Houston's Fastest Growing Technology Companies at the 2009 Houston Business Journal FastTech 50 Awards Luncheon, held Wednesday, November 4th at the Hilton Americas Houston Hotel. The awards are presented annually to the top 50 Houston-based technology companies experiencing the fastest percentage of revenue growth from the previous year.

"I'm honored that eCardio has been recognized again by the HBJ and Houston's business community as a company achieving extraordinary goals in the areas of technology and healthcare," said Larry Lawson, President and Chief Executive Officer of eCardio and winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 Award, Health Sciences category for the Houston and Gulf Coast area. "Our move from the 2008 rank of #25 to #9 highlights the tremendous revenue growth of our company while acknowledging the improved strength of our sales force, which continues to excel beyond our expectations."

Qualifications

Nominees for the FastTech 50 are Houston based businesses with 2007 and 2008 net revenues surpassing $200,000.00 and at least 51% of those revenues involving original manufacture, design or development of technology products and services.

"At eCardio, we continue to exceed in customer satisfaction for our clients," said Robert Jordan, Executive Vice President. "This award validates our revenue growth, but also highlights our company as the leader in developing new methods to track cardiac arrhythmias as well as help meet the rapidly rising global demand for cutting-edge technologies in healthcare."

In August 2009, eCardio made the Inc. Magazine annual list of America's fastest- growing private companies, the Inc. 500. eCardio ranked #117 of 500 with a three-year sales growth of 1,424%.

Sponsors

The 2009 FastTech 50 Awards Luncheon were sponsored by The Houston Business Journal, PKF Texas, Pierpont Communications, Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship, Houston Technology Center, Phillips & Reiter, PLLC, Burnett Staffing Specialists, Oracle, Employer Flexible Resources and Fox 26 KRIV-TV/My20 KTXH-TV. Winners were also announced in the FastTech 50 focus section of the Houston Business Journal on November 4, 2009.

About eCardio Diagnostics

eCardio Diagnostics, www.ecardio.com, is the nation's leading provider of comprehensive and advanced technologies, devices, services and solutions for the diagnosis, monitoring and subsequent clinical management of cardiac arrhythmias, predominantly in the ambulatory setting. eCardio provides leading-edge diagnostic innovations and solutions that optimize the flexibility, speed and accuracy of cardiac arrhythmia diagnoses -- contributing to the timeliest, most effective and appropriate management of cardiac patients.

About Houston Business Journal FastTech 50 Awards

The Houston Business Journal FastTech 50 awards are presented to 50 local high-tech businesses that experienced the greatest percentage of revenue growth annually in the Houston area and surrounding Houston regions. The top executives of the FastTech 50 are honored at the official awards luncheon on and winners are also announced in the FastTech 50 focus section of the Houston Business Journal.

SOURCE eCardio Diagnostics

Source: PR Newswire

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