McLean, VA  -  October 27, 2011  -  Celerity VA is pleased to announce that it was recently recognized as one of the “50 Fastest Growing Companies” in the Greater Washington D.C. area. Of the 1,100 participating companies, the top 50 were selected based upon their three-year revenue growth from 2008 to 2010. With an average three-year growth of 24.5%, Celerity joined an impressive list of DC-based organizations, including many technology consulting service and product companies.

“After nine years in operation and a very difficult economy for the past three years, it is a great honor for Celerity to be again included as one of Washington’s fastest growing companies,” said CEO Michael Berkman.  “This is a testament to the resourcefulness and hard work of our talented team. They have found a way to grow our business against many odds. I am very humbled and grateful for each and every one of them for their commitment to success.”

An award reception took place on October 6, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton in Tyson’s Corner to honor all 50 of the companies. The 50 Fastest Growing Companies award program is sponsored by the Washington Business Journal along with partner companies including BB&T Corporate Banking, BB&T Capital Markets | Windsor Group, Cherry Bekaert & Holland, Jones Lang LaSalle and The Washington Group, A member of the Mass Mutual Financial Group. The fastest growing companies were also featured in a special supplement in the Oct. 7-13 edition of The Washington Business Journal. For more information about The Washington Business Journal’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies please follow this link http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2011/10/07/the-list-2011-fastest-growing-companies.html.

About Celerity

Celerity is a regional consulting firm focused on solving IT and business challenges through the efficient mix of tailored solutions and premiere talent in web and mobile services, business process management, and project/program management. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Celerity operates eight offices with approximately 600 employees and $100 million in revenue.

About The Washington Business Journal

The Washington Business Journal has been Greater Washington’s leading source of business news and information for more than 20 years, providing over 150,000 business executives with comprehensive news on local people and their companies, as well as industry trends, tips and strategies and award-winning critical analysis.

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Los Angeles, CA  -  October 6, 2011  -  Neotys, a leader in easy-to-use, cost effective load testing tools for web applications, today announced the Celerity Innovation Center is using NeoLoad to performance test Adobe Flex web applications before they go “live” with customers. NeoLoad has cut load and performance testing time by 50%.

“We reviewed a multitude of performance and stress testing tools and found that NeoLoad worked best for our Adobe Flex environment”

The Celerity Innovation Center develops web and mobile applications that streamline customer interactions, improve business processes and deepen user interactions. It is a rapidly growing company that has more than tripled in size during the past year. It attributes its success to its innovative spirit and staying active in meeting customers’ needs.

Celerity has chosen Adobe Flex as its primary web development platform. Adobe Flex allows customers to have interactive, dynamic, and platform-independent applications with the flexibility of desktop applications in a Web environment. Consistent with best practices, the Celerity Innovation Center performs load tests for all of its applications. These tests identify possible bottlenecks enabling the Center to maximize performance before the go-live date.

Before using NeoLoad, Celerity Innovation Center testers were manually executing tests and tediously reviewing logs and server utilization. This time consuming process involved multiple people and resources across disparate locations. To improve its efficiencies, the company began a search to find a tool to meet the load and performance test requirements for Adobe Flex applications.

“We reviewed a multitude of performance and stress testing tools and found that NeoLoad worked best for our Adobe Flex environment,” said John Scarpino, D.Sc. director of quality assurance and software testing, Celerity Innovation Center. “Now that we have used NeoLoad for more than 11 full tests, we are amazed at the incredible amount of time and resources we have saved; the tool has cut our testing time in half. With NeoLoad we’ve been able to design and run realistic tests, get actionable information and analysis from NeoLoad graphs and reports. The reports are very easy to analyze and understand and effectively illustrate any issues that we need to address. The customer service and support team has also been excellent; we received timely responses whenever we had questions.”

NeoLoad was picked due to its easy-to-use GUI interface that requires minimum scripting and provides a rich feature set for the Adobe Flex environment at a cost-effective price point.

According to Gerald Labie, Gerald Labie, CEO Neotys USA, “The Celerity Innovation Center recognizes the importance and value of faster more efficient pre-production load testing and decided on NeoLoad. Not only was this a great choice based on feature set and usability but because of the product’s ability to support Adobe Flex technologies that are pervasive throughout the Celerity’s development work.”

About Celerity Innovation Center www.celerityinnovation.com

The Celerity Innovation Center is an agile consulting firm providing turnkey and specialized solutions to corporations. Its practices include: Project Management, Business Analytics, User Experience, Visual Design, Web and Mobile Development, Quality Assurance, and Support. Clients entrust it to manage full implementations from Ideation through Deployment and Support. The company has a wide range of skills and offerings and helps organizations on or off-site with fluidity and professionalism.

About Neotys www.neotys.com

Since 2005, Neotys has helped over 1,000 customers in more than 60 countries enhance the reliability, performance, and quality of their web and mobile applications. The best-in-class NeoLoad load testing solution is flexible, easy to use with infinite scalability from the cloud and support for all web 2.0 technologies. All this is backed by a dedicated team of Neotys professional services and support to ensure your success. For more information about Neotys and NeoLoad visit: www.neotys.com or contact sales@neotys.com.

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Jenifer Kern

Marketing Director, Celerity

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Harrisburg, PA  -  September 26, 2011  -  Celerity PA has once again been named as one of the Best Places to Work in PA—the second consecutive year the firm has earned this honor. This highly competitive awards program is designed to identify and recognize the best places to be employed in Pennsylvania, focusing on organizations that benefit the state’s economy, workforce, and businesses.

Celerity PA competed with firms across the state in a rigorous two-part selection process comprised of workplace evaluations around policies, practices, and philosophies (25% of score) and employee satisfaction surveys (75% of score). More than 140 Celerity employees completed the survey.

“I am extremely proud to be included in this elite group,” said Jim Bailoni, President of Celerity PA. “It is our people who shape and define our success. Knowing that our employees are highly satisfied working at Celerity is a tremendous compliment for which I am grateful.”

Created in 2000, the Best Places to Work in PA awards program is a public/private partnership between Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Central Penn Business Journal.

The formal award and rankings will be revealed at the awards banquet on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, PA. The complete list of the 2011 Best Places to Work in PA award recipients can be found at www.bestplacestoworkinpa.com and at www.centralpennbusiness.com.

About Celerity

Celerity is a privately-held technology and business consulting firm with $100M in annual revenues. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Celerity specializes in delivering web and mobile services, business process management, program/project management, and strategic staffing solutions. Founded in 2002, Celerity operates eight offices across the Mid-Atlantic States with approximately 700 employees.

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Jenifer Kern

Marketing Director, Celerity

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McLean, VA  -  September 21, 2011  -   The EnVest Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) social philanthropic foundation, has selected Mark Drever, President of Celerity Government Solutions, as one of their 40 individuals under the age of 40 for his professional and philanthropic contributions. The EnVest Foundation presents this prominent award in order to respect the altruistic endeavors of these 40 young leaders who make a difference in the lives of those in their community. In particular, Drever has partnered with the Wounded Warrior Project on several occasions to bring awareness to and fundraise for injured soldiers that return home from war, while also providing assistance to their families.

In May, Drever completed a 25- mile bike ride around downtown D.C. alongside wounded warriors, service members, veterans and other civilians. He and the rest of his team raised nearly $10,000 during this philanthropic effort. Drever also co-hosted a company golf outing to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. In addition to Drever’s work with the Wounded Warrior Project, he is involved with the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Drever continues to bring awareness to these great organizations in order to give back to his community and help those in need.

The EnVest Foundation will recognize the 40 individuals under 40 for their continued support to their respective philanthropic organizations on Tuesday, October 18^th. A pre-reception and dinner will be held at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, D.C. beginning at 6:30 pm.

Please visit http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ if you would like to make a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project.

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Marketing Director, Celerity

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Dallas, Texas  -  August 15^th, 2011  -  In early August, Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano, Texas was in jeopardy of closing its doors for good. The extreme heat across the area and high electricity bills caused a shortage of supplies and lack of donations from regular contributors. Thanks to several local news and media channels who called for support, the pantry received truckloads and supplies on August 4, replenishing the food pantry generous provisions.  

Several employees from a local technology consulting firm, Celerity, volunteered at an event hosted by Minne’s Food Pantry. During the three-hour volunteer effort, six Celerity employees helped to prepare bags of food that fed the 35 families (over 100 individuals) that came in. They also sorted, stored and packed hundreds of food items for future volunteer endeavors. Additionally, Celerity made a $250 monetary donation which will go towards purchasing food items to create hundreds of meals for those in need.

“Volunteering at Minnie’s Food Pantry in such a great time of need was such a wonderful experience. It was extremely rewarding to see the immediate impact the Celerity team had on the Plano community,” said Sanam Boroumand, Celerity’s Director of Process and Performance Management .

 Minne’s Food Pantry is a nonprofit organization that provides quality food assistance to families in need in North Texas.

About Celerity

Celerity is a privately held technology services and business consulting firm with $100M in annual revenues. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Celerity delivers process and performance management; project, program and portfolio management; and web and mobile solutions to government and commercial clients. Celerity was ranked as a “Best Places to Work” by Washington Business Journal and the State of Pennsylvania in 2010, and was included on Inc. 500’s fastest growing companies list. Celerity has approximately 700 employees across its eight office locations in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Texas.

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Marketing Director, Celerity

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