VANCOUVER, Wash., May 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DiscoverOrg, the world’s leading sales and marketing intelligence provider, announced it has received a 2017 TechOregon Technology Award as the Growth Company of the Year. Presented by the Technology Association of Oregon (TAO), the 33rd annual awards recognize the state’s most successful companies for their accomplishments, leadership and commitment to the industry and community. John Gardiner, President and CFO of DiscoverOrg, accepted the award at the Oregon Technology Awards ceremony held May 11, 2017 at the Portland Art Museum.
The TAO Company of the Year Award features five subcategories: Pre-Revenue; Emerging; Rising Star; Growth; and Enterprise. The Growth subcategory recognizes an outstanding company that has achieved $20-$100 million in revenues. In 2016 DiscoverOrg posted record growth, with $71 million in annual recurring revenue and 41% revenue growth.
“We’ve been watching DiscoverOrg’s upward trajectory over the past 10 years and are very happy to recognize them as the Growth Company of the Year,” said Skip Newberry, President and CEO of TAO. “The level of excellence and achievement we are seeing in Oregon and Southwest Washington’s technology community is astounding, and DiscoverOrg is one of the companies pushing others to even greater success.”
In addition to the TAO Growth Company of the Year award, DiscoverOrg has received numerous other accolades over the past year, including being named an Inc. 5000 company for the 6th straight year; being added to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list; being recognized as Category Leader for Sales Intelligence and Account-Based Marketing by G2 Crowd and as a 2017 Top Rated Sales Intelligence Platform by TrustRadius; and being awarded the SIIA Model of Excellence Award for Data Quality.
“It’s an honor to be recognized for our achievements by a local tech advocate like TAO,” said Henry Schuck, DiscoverOrg CEO. “The tech community here is incredibly innovative and vibrant. A primary reason we’ve experienced such significant growth is that we belong to a community whose companies encourage one another to excel.”
About DiscoverOrg
DiscoverOrg is the leading global sales and marketing intelligence tool used by over 2,300 of the world’s fastest growing companies to accelerate growth. The company itself has been named an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company six times. DiscoverOrg’s award-winning solutions provide a constant stream of accurate and actionable company, contact, and buying intelligence that can be used to find, connect with, and sell to target buyers more effectively – all integrated into the leading CRM and Marketing Automation Tools in the market. DiscoverOrg’s team of over 250 researchers refreshes every data point at minimum every 60 days – ensuring customers reach the right buyers with the right message at the right time.