Evolv Solutions, LLC 

Gross Revenue:     2006: $12,257,5034     2003: $663,210 Growth: 1748.21% Full-time employees: 10

 

After a career with Xerox, Ronald Harland, Sr. decided to use his document management background to build his own firm, Evolv Solutions LLC, which provides integration solutions and business process automation for major corporations. “One of the reasons that our company was able to grow at the pace we have is that we’ve developed relatioships with strategic partners,” says Harland Sr. “Xerox was one of my first strategic partners.” In the last year, Harland and his sons Eric and Ronald, Jr. have added an equipment leasing business that leases a variety of office and non-office products, from copiers to hospital beds. Evolv Solutions returns to the CR100 Top 10 after their 1st place finish in 2006.

Challenger Teamwear 

Gross Revenue: 2006: $3,445,929 2003: $368,488 Growth: 835.15% Full-time employees: 30

Not only is Challenger Teamwear among the fastest-growing companies in Kansas City, it is the fastest-growing soccer uniform seller in the country. With its exclusive focus on soccer, the company has dominated its market. The concept is uncomplicated: Challenger Teamwear was founded in 2003 to outfit players. Customers order soccer uniforms and equipment through the website and hotline; the more a customer orders, the more they can save. The firm is headquartered in Lenexa, with sales offices throughout the U.S. Last year Challenger Teamwear claimed its position in the Top 10 of the CR100 as the 4th fastest growing company headquartered in the KC area and moves up one position in 2007.

Object Technology Solutions, Inc.

Gross Revenue:     2006: $19,624,000 2003: $2,160,592 Growth: 808.27% Full-time employees: 325

 “In our business, value usually brings us in, and quality brings us back,” says Dave King of Object Technology Sol-utions, Inc. The business he refers to is IT consulting. Hesays OTS succeeds because it combines cost-effectivenessand expertise of the highest quality. CEO and President Narasimha Gondi, a native of Southeastern India, founded OTS in 1999. Today the company has offices in Minneapolis, St. Louis and Kansas City. King, who serves as Sales & Marketing VP, praises the family-like atmosphere of the company: “In our eighth year of business, our average employee has been with the company more than five years.”

?Narasimha Gondi, David King and Satish Subramani.
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