Last night Justin and I were proud to accept an award on behalf of Articulate at the Ritz-Carlton in New York City. Every year Deloitte honors as part of its Fast 50 Program the top technology companies in New York based on revenue growth. There’s a special designation for younger companies like ours — the Rising Stars — and I’m proud to say that we received top honors in that category.

Articulate Receives Top Rising Star Ranking in Deloitte’s New York Technology Fast 50 Program:

Articulate tops Deloitte’s New York Technology Fast 50 ranking of Rising Stars with a three-year average revenue growth of 499%.

“Making Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Rising Star list is a testament to a company’s strategic vision,” said Stephen DiPietro, Audit Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP. “Articulate has exhibited its commitment and ability to innovate over the past three years, and Deloitte salutes their accomplishments.”

It’s one thing to read online about an elearning award you’ve won. It’s quite another to be invited to a dinner honoring New York’s fastest-growing companies and to be in a room to accept the honors. That’s some exciting stuff. It was great to be able to represent our company with Justin (he’s the Customer Support Engineer many of you know and love). And I certainly can’t complain about the free dinner, either. Thanks, Deloitte!

Congratulations to the entire Articulate team! From our product development and engineering teams to the sales force to our tech support guys, every one of you helped earn this honor.

And lastly, I’d like to thank the Academy… oh wait, I mean you, our customers, for being so incredibly loyal and helping us achieve such a tremendous feat of nearly 500% revenue growth.

(For the record, I wanted to include a picture of Justin, too, but he likes to be the mysterious man behind the support cases.)