2008 Fast 50

19: SGIS
Location: San Diego, CA
Annual growth rate: 102.81%
2007 Revenue: $62,445,554
2006 Revenue: $30,662,209
2005 Revenue: $26,451,607
2004 Revenue: $11,308,459
2003 Revenue: 3,669,326
Leadership: Hany Girgis
Number of employees: 850
Website: www.sgis.com
Lines of business: Information technology, engineering, intelligence solutions, global telecommunications and logistics
Major customers: Defense Department, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, Director of National Intelligence, NASA, NSA DIA, FBI, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Joint Special Operations Command, Bureau of Land Management, and State Department.
Major contracts/projects: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory awarded SGIS a Temporary Support Effort Personnel prime contract worth over $75 million to help pursue its vision of expanding the limits of space exploration. The services required by NASA include: Atmospheric Science Research, Object Oriented Design, Space Physics Analysis, Lunar Experimentation, Database Development, Systems Engineering, Quality Assurance, Network Security, Network Administration, Applications Development and Helpdesk Support.