2005 Fast 50

2: Z-Tech Corp.
Location: Rockville, Md.
Annual growth rate: 279.63%
2004 Revenue: 27,003,856
2003 Revenue: 17,644,266
2002 Revenue: 10,057,039
2001 Revenue: 3,277,795
2000 Revenue: 130,015
Leadership: Verl Zanders, president and CEO
Number of employees: 240
Website: www.z-techcorp.com
Lines of business: Software engineering, web design, network engineering, performance management consulting, bioinformatics and scientific consulting, technical assistance consulting and training, conference facilitation and human factors engineering
Major customers: National Institutes of Health Electronics Research Administration, Centers Medicare & Medicaid Services, FDA National Center for Toxicology Research and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Major contracts/projects: Z-Tech has been providing software development and IT support to the NIH eRA program under three contracts totaling nearly $12 million. The company also provides application development, enhancement, conversion and maintenance for the FDA under a $4 million IT support contract.
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