Tralee (EI), November 2007 - PulseLearning Ltd, a leading provider of enterprise compliance eLearning solutions, has scooped the top prize in this year's Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards. Developing eLearning solutions targeted towards clients in regulated industries, the company achieved an aggregate growth in revenue of 2838.7% in the last five years. Headquartered in Tralee, County Kerry, PulseLearning Ltd also has offices in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K.
By 2009, founder and CEO Jim Breen wants PulseLearning to be one of the top five publicly quoted learning organisations in the world. PulseLearning's client list includes 23 companies that read like a who's who of the Fortune 2000: including Dell, Philips, Pfizer, Roche, CA, Shering-Plough, Citigroup, and Bank of America.
The Fast 50 programme, now in its eighth year in Ireland, ranks the fastest-growing technology companies in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This year there were fifteen companies from Northern Ireland in the ranking. The average annual growth rate of the winning companies was 497%.
Announcing the winners of the Technology Fast 50 programme, David O'Flanagan, Partner with Deloitte, Dublin said: "This year's ranking was one of the closest that we have seen in the eight years of the competition to date. Many of the companies have demonstrated continuing growth, evidenced by their presence in the Fast 50 rankings year after year. Encouragingly, the Fast 50 programme continues to identify the presence of successful fast growth rising stars in the Irish technology sector".
The awards took place in the Mansion House, Dublin. Industry figures speaking at the event included Joe Macri, MD, Microsoft Ireland, Barry Maloney, Partner, Balderton Capital, and Paul Lee, Director, Deloitte Research, Deloitte UK.
