Fast Track

SPARK/Washtenaw Development Council Announce 11 Fast Track Award Winners
May 19, 2006

Eleven winners of the 2006 Fast Track Awards were recognized today at the ninth annual Fast Track Awards ceremony at the Barton Hills Golf Club. The event was highlighted by remarks of Ted Dacko, president and chief executive of Health Media, who outlined his firm’s growth from early-stage survival mode into a highly successful technology and health-management business.

Fast Track, a program of SPARK/Washtenaw Development Council, honored first-time winners Adaptive Materials, Akasha Crystals, Martopia, Online Technologies and Shepherd Advisors.

Winning a second time were HealthMedia, Menlo Innovations and Richner & Richner.

Universal Parametrics accepted the award for the third time, Assay Designs for the seventh time and Atwell-Hicks for the ninth time.

The Fast Track Awards are presented to companies that are headquartered in Washtenaw County, had revenue of at least $100,000 in 2002 and average growth of 20 percent for the past three years.

Nominations are reviewed in confidence by Weidmayer, Schneider, Raham and Bennett, CPAs.

About HealthMedia
HealthMedia is a technology and health management company that builds and delivers individualized, one-to-one solutions for the pharmaceutical/medical device market, the healthcare market, and organizations focused on disease management.

About SPARK
SPARK is an economic development organization focused on innovation and startup ventures. SPARK collaborates with business, academic, government, and community investor partners including the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, the Herbert and Grace Dow Foundation, Pfizer, Washtenaw County, the City of Ann Arbor, the Bank of Ann Arbor and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

Fast Track Sponsors
Gold: Weidmayer, Schneider, Raham & Bennett, CPAs; Silver: Atwell-Hicks, Business Review; and Bronze: Avis Farms, Bank of Ann Arbor, Hylant Group, Power Marketing.