2005 Fast 50

20: Preferred Systems Solutions Inc.
Location: Fairfax, Va.
Annual growth rate: 103.70%
2004 Revenue: 24,914,214
2003 Revenue: 13,424,762
2002 Revenue: 10,120,318
2001 Revenue: 9,243,967
2000 Revenue: 1,174,931
Leadership: Robert J. Hisel Jr., president and CEO
Number of employees: 275
Website: www.pssfed.com
Lines of business: IT services, telecommunications/network support, management support services and engineering services
Major customers: Defense Department, National Library of Medicine and Food and Drug Administration
Major contracts/projects: Preferred Systems Solutions provides customer service support to the users of the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command system under a $6.4 million contract that began in November 2003. The Navy also hired the company to support weapons systems development under a $4 million contract that began February 2001.