2005 Fast 50
31: Artel Inc.
| Location: | Reston, Va. |
| Annual growth rate: | 78.40% |
| 2004 Revenue: | 110,400,000 |
| 2003 Revenue: | 101,502,939 |
| 2002 Revenue: | 41,677,803 |
| 2001 Revenue: | 22,661,313 |
| 2000 Revenue: | 13,589,938 |
| Leadership: | Abbas Yazdani, president and CEO |
| Number of employees: | 182.00 |
| Website: | www.artelinc.com |
| Lines of business: | Managed network services, solutions integration and information security services |
| Major customers: | Homeland Security Department, Treasury Department, Interior Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency and General Services Administration |
| Major contracts/projects: | ARTEL is providing information assurance, technical and management expertise, enabling products, technical solutions, managerial and professional services to the Defense Information Systems Agency under a $1.5 billion contract awarded in 2000. The company is also the satellite communications provider on the $2.2 billion DISA DSTS-G contract, which was awarded in 2001. |