Aztec Systems Ranks 84th on the Dallas 100 List

Aztec Systems ranked 84^th as Southern Methodist University’s Caruth Institute of Entrepreneurship announced the 21^st annual Dallas 100 Awards at the Meyerson Symphony Center. The ranking is based on the private companies with the largest percentage sales increase and dollar growth from 2008 to 2010 in North Texas.

“We are delighted to be #84 on the Dallas 100. We are enjoying successful year-over-year 30% growth,” says Aztec CEO, Andrew Levi. “We’ve grown both organically and by merger/acquisition, completing three significant transactions over the past three years. We continue to bring innovation to our customers to help them maximize return on technology investments.” Andrew Levi continued, “We have had a great period of exciting growth since 2008 which continues in 2011. Our success in less-than-ideal economic times has been the result of our commitment to being a great partner for all of our clients. It’s important that the entire Aztec team is always considering how to optimize the business technology solutions employed by our clients and to help them make the best decisions for their business objectives.”

Aztec is the go-to partner for mid-market companies needing strategic business solutions supported by IT infrastructure. They integrate vertical industry solutions with proven ERP platforms and provide sophisticated technology platforms delivered with service-level-agreements for performance and availability. Aztec brings innovative ideas to customers to help them maximize return on their technology investments while assisting them to increased flexibility and lower total cost of ownership. Already one of the largest mid-market ERP providers in the country, Aztec serves more than seven hundred clients across the US and internationally.

Other honors Aztec has received this year include ranking #2457 on INC 500|5000 and 31^st on the Accounting Today VAR 100 list of top accounting and ERP software resellers.

Dallas 100™, founded by SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, honors the ingenuity, commitment and perseverance of the fastest growing privately-held entrepreneurial businesses in Dallas. The Dallas 100 companies combined created 7,626 jobs, grew an average of 208 percent and generated total revenue of more than $6.2 billion in the last three years. To qualify for the Dallas 100, a company must meet a number of criteria based on its legal status, location, sales history, credit report, and character and submit to ranking calculations by the accounting firm BKD CPAs and Advisors.

More than 1,000 guests filled the Meyerson Symphony Center for the evening, which included a keynote address by Phil Romano, CEO of Romano Concepts, who told the audience that "the country's economic success depends on their success as entrepreneurs." A complete list of all Dallas 100™ companies, ranked from one to 100, can be found at http://mediaman.cox.smu.edu/detail/2011-dallas-100-announced.

“Entrepreneurs are the fundamental change agents and rejuvenators of an economy,” said Jerry White, director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. “They derive innovation, build companies, create jobs and build the wealth of the nation.” The unsung heroes of our economy are the entrepreneurs who build their own businesses and create jobs as fast as large companies eliminate them. While entrepreneurs are the engines of growth in our economy, they often go unrecognized. The Dallas 100™ was created to correct this injustice. The founders originally conceived of the event in 1990, in the midst of another economically challenging time for the country, with the goal of shining the spotlight on the good news about fast-growth Dallas companies. The event continues to recognize privately held corporations, proprietorships or partnerships headquartered in Dallas that don't otherwise get attention, but which have created jobs and generated wealth for their founders and employees.

About Aztec Systems

Aztec Systems Inc. is a Dallas-based technology solution provider with offices in Austin, Texas, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and San Jose, Costa Rica. Aztec Systems has been providing high-impact business solutions for two decades to more than seven hundred middle-market companies, nationally and internationally.

One of the largest mid-market ERP providers in the country, technology solutions include financial, supply chain, industry vertical solutions, customized application development and web services, and high-availability systems integration. They have achieved the highest standards in the industry, including filing fourteen and securing six U.S. Patents for research and development. Founded in 1991, the 70-person privately held company has received numerous awards for growth and customer satisfaction such as Inc. 500, Dallas 100, DBJ Fast Tech 50, and Microsoft President’s Club.