2005-2023 Corporate Growth Awards Winners

2023 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M

Amivero

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M to $75M

Raft

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M to $250M

REI Systems

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M

GovCIO

Deal Under $50M

Enlightenment Capital to backed System High acquires ManageYOURiD

Deal $50M to $250M

ICF acquires SemanticBits

Deal Over $250M

Vectrus and The Vertex Company merge to form V2X

Deal Team Public Company of the Year

Booz Allen Hamilton

Deal Team Growth Equity or Venture Capital Firm

Blue Delta Capital Partners

Deal Team Private Equity Firm of the Year

Enlightenment Capital

ACG Trailblazer's Award

Gil Dussek, Gunnison Consulting

2022 AWARD WINNERS

Deal Under $50M

Buchanan & Edwards acquires RenXTech

Deal $50M to $250M

Robotic Research Series A Equity Raise $228M

Deal $250M to $1B

Jacobs acquires BlackLynx

Deal Over $1B

Accenture Federal Services acquires Novetta

Deal Team for a Public Company

the AES Corporation

Deal Team for a Growth Equity
or Venture Capital Firm

Razor's Edge Ventures

Deal Team for a Private Equity Firm

Arlington Capital Partners

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M

cBEYONData

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M to $75M

Caribou

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M to $250M

Two Six Technologies

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M

Avantus Federal

2021 AWARD WINNERS

Deal Under $50M

Camber Creek’s investment in Notarize Series C

Deal From $50M to $250M

The Carlyle Group’s acquisitions of IST Research & Two Six Labs and subsequent merger to form Two Six Technologies

Deal Over $250M

ICF International’s Acquisition of Incentive Technology Group  ITG

Deal Team Private Company

Gunnison Consulting Group

Deal Team Public Company

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Deal Team Private Equity or Venture Capital

Blue Delta Capital Partners

Emerging Growth Company Under $25M

Mindoula Health, Inc.

Growth Company $25M to $75M

BlackHorse Solutions, Inc.

Growth Company $75 to $250M

Axiologic Solutions LLC

Growth Company Over $250M

Dovel Technologies, Inc.

2020 AWARD WINNERS

Corporate Growth Company Under $25M

IronArch Technology

Corporate Growth Company $25M to $75M

Ridgeline International

Corporate Growth Company $75M to $250M

VTG

Corporate Growth Company Over $250M

Valiant Integrated Services

Private Equity Deal Team of the Year

Arlington Capital Partners

Venture Deal Team of the Year

Motley Fool Ventures

Deal Team Private Company

Gryphon Technologies

Deal Team Public Company

SAIC

Deal Under 50M

The Coastal Companies Acquisition of Hearn Kirkwood

Deal $50M to $250M

HawkEye 360’s Series B Funding

Deal Over $250M

The Parsons IPO

Deal Under $50M

Mimecast Limited Acquisition of Ataata, Inc.

Deal $50M to $250M

SOS International LLC Acquisition of STG Group Holdings, Inc.;

Deal Over $250M

Tenable Holdings, Inc. Initial Public Offering

Regional Impact Award

Nestlé USA

2018 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M

Vigene Biosciences.

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M to $75M

CVP

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M to $250M

Trowbridge & Trowbridge LLC

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M

GTT

Deal Team for a Private Company

Cresa Global, Inc.

Deal Team for a Public Company

DXC Technology

Deal Team Private Equity/Venture

Enlightenment Capital

Deal Under $50M

HighPoint Global acquisition of Primescape Solutions

Deal $50M to $250M

Appian IPO

Deal Over $250M

GTT acquisition of Hibernia Networks

Regional Impact Award

Nestlé USA

2017 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M

Spear, Inc.

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M to $75M

VariQ

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M to $250M

MAG Aerospace

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M

CoStar Group

Deal Team for a Private Company

Preferred Systems Solutions

Deal Team for a Public Company

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

Deal Team to Private Equity/Venture

Arlington Capital Partners

Deal Under $50M

Mainsail Partners investment in Nexus Systems

Deal $50M to $250M

ASRC Federal acquisition of Vistronix Intelligence and Technology Solutions

Deal Over $250M

Vista Equity Partners Acquisition of Cvent

2016 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M

ThreatConnect

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M to $75M

Collaborative Solutions

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M to $250M

Xator

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M

GTT Communications, Inc.

Deal Team for a Private Company

ECS Federal, LLC

Deal Team for a Public Company

CSRA

Venture Deal of the Year

Weather Analytics

Private Equity Deal of the Year

TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners Acquisition of Majority Stake in Ellucian

Deal Under $50M

GetWellNetwork, Inc. Acquisition of Skylight Healthcare Systems

Deal $50M to $250M

Vonage Acquisition of iCore Networks, Inc.

Deal Over $250M

The Advisory Board Company Acquisition of Royall & Company

2015 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M

Altruista Health

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M to $75M

APT

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M to $250M

MyEyeDr

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M

Maximus

Dealmaker for a Private Company

Scott Goss, Preferred Systems Solutions Inc

Dealmaker for a Public Company

Tony Smeraglinolo, Engility

Venture Deal of the Year

Zoomdata

Private Equity Deal of the Year

OGSystems Partnership with General Catalyst Partners

Deal Under $50M

Accela Acquisition of Kinsail Corporation

Deal $50M to $250M

The SI Organization, Inc. now Vencore
Acquisition of QinetiQ North America Services

Deal Over $250M

Raytheon Acquisition of Blackbird Technologies

2014 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth Company Award Under $25M

Diamond Mind, Inc.

Corporate Growth Company Award $25M to $75M

DrFirst

Corporate Growth Company Award $75M to $250M

Noblis

Corporate Growth Company Award Over $250M

ActionNet Inc.

Venture Deal of the Year

CustomInk

Spin to Off or Divestiture Deal of the Year

Spin off SAIC by Leidos

Strategic Deal under $100M

JackBe Acquisition by Software AG

Strategic Deal over $100M

Sale of Sourcefire to Cisco Systems

Private Equity Deal Add to On

Integrated Mission Solutions acquisition of Michael Baker Corporation

PE Deal Platform Acquisition

Halifax Buyout of Envision Pharma Group

2013 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth Under $25M

Wedding Wire, Inc.

Company Growth $25M to $75M

Siteworx, LLC

Company Growth $75M to $250M

Cvent

Company Growth Over $250M

Liquidity Services

Dealmaker of a Public Company

John Krobath, KEYW Corporation

Dealmaker of a Private Company

Peter B. LaMontagne, Novetta Solutions

M&A Deal Award

Walker & Dunlop/CWCapital LLC

Private Equity Deal Award

CRGT, Inc./Veritas Capital

Venture Deal of the Year

Echo360/Revolution Growth

Greatest Regional Impact

Engility Holdings, Inc.

2012 AWARD WINNERS

Dealmaker to Commercial Provider

Louise Wager, TD Bank

Dealmaker to Corporate Executive

Peter Schuster, SAIC

Dealmaker to Investment Banker

Susan Gabay, Bluestone Capital Partners

Dealmaker to Private Equity

Leslee Belluchie, FedCap Partners, LLC

Emerging Growth to Under $50M

Tenable Network Security, Inc.

Company Growth Award $50M to $250M

AT Solutions, Inc.

Outstanding Growth to Over $250M

Apex Systems, Inc.

Deal to Under $50M

Jorge Scientific Acquisition of Federal Concepts, LLC

Deal $50M to $100M

Paradigm Solutions Sale to CACI International Inc.

Deal to Over $100M

SRA International Inc. Sale to Providence Equity

2011 AWARD WINNERS

Dealmaker to Capital Provider

Leslie Grizzard Hale, Citizens Bank

Dealmaker to Corporate Executive

Michael B. Fisher, SRA International, Inc.

Dealmaker to Investment Banker

Kevin DeSanto, Kipps DeSanto

Emerging Growth under $50M

XL

Growth $50M to $100M

Capstone Corporation

Growth over $100M to $500M

Sourcefire

Outstanding Growth over $500M

ManTech International Corporation

Deal under $100M

BroadSoft IPO

Deal over $100M

Stanley Inc. Sale to CGI

2010 AWARD WINNERS

Dealmaker to Capital & Investment

Thomas Peltier

Dealmaker to Corporate Executive

Eric Hamann

Emerging Growth under $50M

Invertix Corporation

Emerging Growth over $100M to $500M

K12

Outstanding Growth over500M

VSE Corporation

Deal under $100M

Global Defense Tech & Systems IPO

Deal over $100M

Capital One Acquisition of Chevy Chase Bank

2009 AWARD WINNERS

Dealmaker to Capital Provider

Greg Wheeless, CIT

Dealmaker to Investment Banker

Jean Stack, Houlihan Lokey

Dealmaker to Corporate

Edward Casey, Serco Inc.

Emerging Growth under 100

3001 Inc.

Emerging Growth over $100M

Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc

Deal under $100M

Dynamics Research Corporation/Kadix Systems LLC

Deal over $100M

Stanley Inc Acquisition of Oberon Associates

2008 AWARD WINNERS

Dealmaker to Capital Provider

Thomas J. Campbell, D.C. Capital Partners

Dealmaker to Investment Banker

Daniel Cornell, Stifel Nicolas

Dealmaker to Corporate

Thomas A. Mutryn, CACI

Emerging Growth under $100M

MorganFranklin

Emerging Growth $100M to $500M

M.C. Dean, Inc.

Deal of the Year

Dimension International, Inc. Acquired by Honeywell

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. J.P Jack  London

2007 AWARD WINNERS

Dealmaker to Capital Provider

Eric Pietras

Dealmaker to Investment Banker

Bob Kipps

Dealmaker to Corporate

Chris Torti

Emerging Growth under $100M

Rosetta Stone

Emerging Growth $100M to $500M

Martek Biosciences Corporation

Deal of the Year

Anteon/General Dynamics

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Edward H. Bersoff

2006 AWARD WINNERS

Emerging Growth under $100M

Abraxas Corporation

Emerging Growth $100 to $500M

Argon ST, Inc.

Dealmaker to Corporate

Dr. Bahman Atefi

Dealmaker to Capital Provider

Peter M. Schulte

Dealmaker to Investment Banker

John C. Hagan

The Deal of the Year

BAE Systems/United Defense Industries, Inc.

Lifetime Achievement Award

George J. Pedersen & Dr. Ernst Volgenau

2005 AWARD WINNERS

Outstanding Corporate Growth

SRA International Inc.

Emerging Growth under $100M

Essex Corporation

Emerging Growth $100M to $500M

Trex Company, Inc.

Dealmaker to Corporate

Lucy Reilly Fitch

Dealmaker to Capital Provider

Peter Knickerbocker

Dealmaker to Investment Banker

John C. Allen

The Deal of the Year

CACI International Inc.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Phil Odeen