MD Orthopaedics of Wayland among fastest growing companies in the Corridor

The Corridor Business Journal has named the 15 fastest-growing companies in the Corridor, at its 3rd annual "Fastest Companies" awards breakfast, May 25, 2010 at the Cedar Rapids Marriott.

Thomas L. Cardella & Associates (TCA) was named the Corridor's "Fastest Company," and it was their first year making the list. TCA had 919% revenue growth over the past 3 years. TCA is an inbound telemarketing firm based in the Corridor and founded by serial entrepreneur Tom Cardella.

MD Orthopaedics of Wayland, Iowa was ranked 6th this year. In 2009 they were ranked 3rd, just behind the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort in Washington County.

MD Orthopaedics was founded in 2003 by inventor and designer John Mitchell. They make special braces and shoes for infants for use with the Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Treatment.

According to the CBJ, to be eligible, companies had to earn at least $350,000 annually and were ranked based on the percentage increase in revenue experienced from 2007 to 2009. Businesses submitted tax forms or audit statements to participate and Honkamp Krueger & Co., evaluated the entries.

The top 15 is listed below. Profiles of all winning companies can be found in the May 31 issue of the Corridor Business Journal.

1. Thomas L Cardella & Associates
2. HH Ventures LLC (Ready Mobile)
3. SecurityCoverage Inc.
4. AES Corp.
5. Clickstop Inc.
6. MD Orthopaedics Inc. - of Wayland, IA
7. Ovation Networks
8. Service Master Avenue of the Saints
9.  Expense Reduction Analysts
10. Involta LLC
11. Raining Rose Inc.
12. Innomatix LLC
13. TMone
14. RuffaloCody
15. Bankers Trust Co.