Clevest Solutions Named In Top 25 “Ready To Rocket” List

Clevest named one of top 25 private companies that have exceeded the performance of the economy and the technology sector

Richmond, B.C., February 28th, 2010 - Clevest Solutions Inc., the leader in Smart Grid deployment and Operations System Support (OSS) software and provider of mobile workforce management solutions, has been recognized as one of the top twenty-five private companies that are best positioned to capitalize on growth in the technology sector.

Clevest is among the top British Columbia companies named in the Ready to Rocket list that on average grew 75% in 2009—exceeding the performance of the economy and the technology sector as a whole, which grew 3% to 4%.  

“Each year when we choose the Ready to Rocket companies, we are looking for those companies that have best matched technical innovation with market opportunity.  Clevest Solutions is an excellent example of the right technology for the right customers at the right time.” said Reg Nordman, Managing Partner, Rocket Builders.

As utilities worldwide embark on the transformation to a Smart Grid infrastructure, Clevest is helping utilities manage the unique challenges of implementing advanced technologies with first-to-market Smart Grid deployment solutions.  Utilities and technology providers are also looking to Clevest for post deployment Operations System Support solutions that enable outage prevention, diagnostics, and maintenance of the Smart Grid.

“By applying technological innovations with our team’s 200 years of combined experience in workforce management solutions, Clevest has been able to quickly and successfully seize market opportunities—and have allowed us to outperform the industry,” says Thomas Ligocki, CEO of Clevest Solutions.

With support from the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), which represents the interests of over 1,500 rural utilities and affiliates, Clevest represents the de-facto standard for mobile workforce management in the electric cooperative space.  

Clevest’s complete end-to-end Mobile Field Force management solution helps engineering and operations groups increase efficiency through advanced fleet visibility, optimized scheduling and routing, effective dispatching for critical incidence response, and analytics that provide insight into operations. 

About Clevest Solutions Inc.
Clevest is the leading software provider of smart grid deployment and Operations Support System (OSS) solutions, and provides the most complete and flexible end-to-end Mobile Field Force management solutions in the utilities industry.  Clevest’s application suite provides modular tools that include Dispatch, Scheduling, AVL, In-vehicle Navigation, Mobile, and a patent pending Configuration tool.  The company’s award winning applications integrate the latest innovations in software, wireless technologies, and mobile devices to get jobs done, faster, smoother, safer, and increase efficiency and reliability.  For more information on Clevest Solutions, visit www.clevest.com.

About Ready to Rocket
Ready to Rocket is a unique business recognition list that profiles technology companies with the greatest potential for revenue growth. Each year, based on analysis of trends that will drive growth in the information technology sector, Rocket Builders identifies twenty-five (25) private companies that are best positioned to capitalize on the trends for growth. This selection methodology has been an accurate predictor of growth with "Ready to Rocket" companies exceeding the industry growth rate. Also, many of these companies raise investment capital and each year many of the profiled "Ready to Rocket' companies are acquired.

About NRTC
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) represents the advanced telecommunications and information technology interests of more than 1,500 rural utilities and affiliates in 48 states. Founded in 1986, NRTC provides products and services developed specifically to meet the needs of rural utilities and their customers, such as high-speed Internet access via WiMAX and satellite, full-service Internet access and support, advanced metering infrastructure, SmartSCADA, wireless technologies, power quality products, long distance programs, mobile phone service, IP backbone services, direct broadcast satellite service (DBS) with DIRECTV and programming for Internet protocol television (IPTV).  For more information, visit www.nrtc.coop.

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