2005 Fast 50

48: Sycamore Associates Inc.
Location: Frederick, Md.
Annual growth rate: 46.98%
2004 Revenue: 11,280,580
2003 Revenue: 8,300,478
2002 Revenue: 2,935,711
2001 Revenue: 2,669,781
2000 Revenue: 2,417,134
Leadership: Kurt Heckman, president and CEO
Number of employees: 95
Website: http://sycamore.us
Lines of business: Software integration, COTS/GOTS integration, software assurance, system design and systems engineering tasks
Major customers: Maryland Procurement Office, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Housing and Urban Development Department and NASA
Major contracts/projects: Sycamore Associates revamped the Housing and Urban Development Department''s mortgage data collection system. The company is now providing ongoing technical support, enhancements and hosting of the Web-based collection system under a $700,000 contract that began in 2000. The company has also supported, designed, implemented and deployed a suite of hardware and software products used for imagery exploitation for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under a $1.8 million contract that began in 2001.