MCLEAN, VA, February 23, 2010– iCore Networks is proud to announce that Chairman and CEO Stephen Canton has been named to SmartCEO Magazine’s Smart100 list for the second year in a row. Coming off their greatest growth year to date and with expansion plans in the works, iCore is already garnering accolades in 2010. Joining the leadership group once again, Canton will be amongst an exclusive group of the region’s top executives, as selected by an independent selection committee. These Smart100 CEOs were chosen not solely for their ability to grow their organizations, but rather for each CEO’s demonstration of leadership, strategic vision and character.
“I am honored to be recognized on this list with so many other great local CEO’s,” says Canton. “The fact that we have been able to grow our company and gain recognition for our growth is something I am very proud of. This honor and ranking is a testament to the performance of our team, the reliability of our network and the acquisition of new customers despite the economic meltdown.”
iCore Networks is the Nation’s Capital leading provider of Voice over Private Internet (VoPI) services. iCore was started after Canton realized that VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology could be used to give small and medium sized companies the same voice and data communications capabilities enjoyed by large organizations at a fraction of the cost. Signing up its first customer in 2004, iCore now services over 25,000 users.
This recognition is another in iCore’s long list of company and individual honors over the last year. Other recent recognitions include: being named as a finalist in for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award; ranking at #29 on the Inc. Magazine’s 2009 Inc. 500 list; ranking #10 on the 2009 Washington Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Companies list; as well as being a winner of SmartCEO Magazine’s 2009 Future 50.
Each Smart100 CEO will be profiled in the 100-plus-page annual Smart100 Book, which SmartCEO Magazine will publish as its 13th issue in May. The Smart100 will also be listed on SmartCEO Magazine’s website, www.smartceo.com. The Smart100 companies represent a variety of industries including government contracting, information technology consulting, travel services, financial services and video production.
About Washington SmartCEO Magazine
Washington SmartCEO Magazine is a regional “growing company” publication. SmartCEO Magazine believes that a “growing company” is really determined by the spirit, drive and dynamics of a company’s owners and managers, rather than by the size of its building, the number of its employees, or its sales volume. Each month, a variety of businesses in the greater Washington and greater Baltimore areas turn to the pages of SmartCEO Magazine for features, case-study advice and trend analysis, all with a uniquely local flavor. SmartCEO Magazine is read by more than 34,000 business owners in Baltimore and Washington.
About iCore Networks
iCore is a managed networking and Voice over Private Internet (VoPI) company named number 29 on this year’s Inc.500 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. iCore offers small and medium-sized businesses a cost effective, simple solution to their voice and data needs. Unlike VoIP, VoPI provides a managed, secure, hosted, end-to-end voice and data system that gives small and medium-sized businesses the same capabilities enjoyed by Fortune 500 companies at a savings over their current voice and data providers. iCore backs those capabilities with the most customer-oriented employees in the industry; unprecedented reliability and disaster recovery tools; and world-class employee support and training. For more information about iCore Networks, please visit http://www.icore.com.