Awards
Ideal Innovations has experienced rapid growth since its founding and has been recognized by local and national companies and news publications for its accomplishments. The company has been honored for three consecutive years on the Inc. 500/5000, the list of the fastest-growing companies in America.
The National Committee for Employer Support recognized CEO Bob Kocher as a Patriotic Employer for contributing to national security and protecting liberty and freedom by supporting employee participation in America’s National Guard and Reserve. In 2009, CFO Richard Syretz was ranked by SmartCEO magazine as one of the most accomplished CFOs in the Washington DC region. Syretz was also a finalist for Washington Business Journal's CFO of the Year Award.
I3 has been featured on the Inc. 500/5000 list for three consecutive years. Inc. magazine ranked Ideal Innovations as the 529th fastest-growing company in the nation in 2009; the 164th fastest-growing company in 2008; and the 46th fastest-growing company in the nation in 2007.
In 2009, Ideal Innovations was ranked by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce as one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in the state on the Fantastic 50 list. Virginia Chamber, along with accounting firm Goodman & Co. and Virginia Business magazine, also awarded I3 the Virginia Vanguard Award for technology, recognizing I3 as the technology company with the highest revenue growth rate over four years.
In 2008, Deloitte ranked Ideal Innovations as the 6th fastest-growing technology company in Virginia on the Technology Fast 50. In 2007, I3 was ranked third on the list. Both years, the company was recognized as one of the top companies in Virginia for business diversity.
The company was also ranked by Deloitte in 2007 and 2008 as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America on the Technology Fast 500.
Ideal Innovations was honored by SmartCEO magazine for three consecutive years in 2008, 2009 and 2010 with the Future 50 Award, honoring the fifty fastest-growing companies in the DC metro region. In 2008 and 2009, the magazine also recognized Mr. Bob Kocher, I3’s president & CEO, in their Smart CEO program.
The Washington Business Journal ranked I3 as the 11th fastest-growing company in the DC metropolitan area in 2009 and the 3rd fastest-growing company in 2007.
