Amadeus Consulting, a Boulder-based custom software development company, announced today that Chief Marketing Officer Jay Millard was nominated for the Boulder County Business Report's second annual Forty Under 40 Award. The award honors the Boulder Valley area's emerging leaders who are shaping its future.

Nominees of the Forty Under 40 award must meet a number of qualifications: Be under 40 years old as of Feb. 16, 2011, have had an impact on his or her organization, live or work in Boulder or Broomfield counties, made significant contributions of time and talent to the Boulder Valley Community and show potential for being a leader during the next decade.

Jay Millard has made significant contributions since his arrival at Amadeus Consulting in 2008. Revenue doubled as he pioneered the expansion of new service lines including mobile application development, 24/7 software maintenance, and conversion rate optimization. Jay also implemented a plan dedicated to creating long-term clients by continually exceeding expectations.

"Jay has been instrumental for our successful ability to pull-through the recession while continuing to expand our team and our revenues," said CEO Lisa Calkins. "We are grateful to have such an inspiring and visionary leader as a member of our executive team, and I am proud he is nominated for the second time."

A panel of Boulder Valley community leaders will select the final 40. Honorees will be recognized during the Forty Under 40 Event on Feb. 15, 2011 at the Boulder Theater, as well as profiled in the February 18^th issue of the Boulder County Business Report.

Amadeus Consulting is a custom software development company dedicated to creating intelligent technology solutions with successful business results. Amadeus Consulting is a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner as well as a Silverlight^TM Partner, winner of the Microsoft Office XP Challenge, and has Microsoft Partner Competencies in Custom Development, Mobility and Data Management Solutions. The company is an expert in custom software applications such as rich Internet Application development, content management systems, e-commerce, surveys, social networking sites, data collection and management, browser plug-ins, and mobile application development including iPhone^TM, iPad^TM, BlackBerry®, Android^TM and Windows Mobile®. Amadeus Consulting has continued to rank in the prestigious Mercury 100 list of the fastest-growing private companies in Boulder and Broomfield counties since 2007, and has placed on the Inc. 5000 list since 2006.

The Boulder County Business Report, an award-winning bi-weekly business newspaper, delivers quality business journalism through many forms of media. Known for comprehensive all-local business reporting in the biweekly business journal, BCBR also has embraced the Internet and e-mail, and frequently provides commentary and local news on radio programs and community TV.