GUILFORD, Conn., Sept. 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sightlines, LLC, a leader in helping academic institutions better manage their facilities and capital investment strategies, has been named to the 2012 Inc. 5000 list, an annual report from Inc. Magazine of the fastest growing privately owned businesses in the U.S.
This is the fourth consecutive year that Guilford, Conn.-based Sightlines has been included on the list. To view the company's profile on the Inc. 5000, go to http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/sightlines.
"We're very proud of our inclusion on the Inc. 5000 list again as it illustrates how the support of our member clients and the dedication of our employees drives the continued growth we've experienced over the past four years," said David Kadamus, president and chief executive officer of Sightlines. "University executives know that the buildings and facilities on their campuses are among their most valuable financial assets. Sightlines was founded with the goal of providing the tools to optimize the management of their current assets, capital and operating investments."
According to Kadamus, Sightlines uses its proprietary QVQ ProcessSM (Quantify, Verify, Qualify) to help colleges and universities with their strategic decision-making about campus planning and investments. In collaboration with its more than 270 institutional members, Sightlines independently gathers and validates facilities investment data, benchmarks each member against its peer institutions, and provides strategic insight for short-term and long-term capital investment decision-making. Benchmarking supports the discovery of opportunities, and the Return-On-Physical-Assets (ROPASM) planning model helps colleges and universities define their strategic decision-making around campus planning and investments. This unique service allows members to optimize their campus investments and contribute to the mission and long-term financial health of their institutions.
"We see tremendous growth potential in the future, both within the four-year college/university market and the community college market, as well as providing these services to private K-12 schools," said Kadamus. "In addition, we're increasingly finding that our robust database is an extremely valuable resource and we envisage a number of business development opportunities as we leverage the power of this database in new and unique ways to deliver great value to our customers."
Indeed, Kadamus noted that through August, Sightlines has already added 40 new members – including the University of Arizona, Montana State University, Abilene Christian, Towson University and Stanford University -- and projects an additional 10 to 20 academic institutions will become members in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The independent entrepreneur segment of the U.S. economy is one of the bright signs in the sluggish U.S. economic recovery. The median growth rate of 2012 Inc. 5000 companies is 97 percent and the companies on this year's list have created more than 400,000 jobs in the past three years. The aggregate revenue among the Inc. 5000 companies is $299 billion.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and the methodology for selection, can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2012.
About Sightlines
Founded in 2000, Sightlines works with more than 270 academic institutions annually to create its ROPASM (Return-on-Physical-Assets) service, which provides a holistic approach to defining capital needs and provides an independent view of campus performance, reliably benchmarked against peer institutions. Academic institutions use ROPASM to defend budgets, secure additional funds, evaluate new construction, rebalance budgets, assess maintenance backlogs, determine proper staffing and service levels, and successfully present budgets to boards. For more information, please go to www.sightlines.com or email insights@sightlines.com.