Boulder County Business Report released its annual Top 25 Women-Owned Businesses List today and Amadeus Consulting, a custom software development company, is ranked #10 on the list. The honor can only be bestowed on companies in the Boulder and Broomfield county areas who are at least 51 percent women-owned. The Top 25 Women-Owned Businesses list is generated annually and ranks companies based on their revenue and number of employees.

Amadeus Consulting is on the list for the second year in a row and increased in ranking from #13 in 2009, to #10 this year. Amadeus Consulting is led by co-founder and CEO Lisa Calkins, who started the company in 1994 with partner John Basso. Their guiding principle is that "Everything is Possible," which translates across the company in everything it does: from large scale enterprise software down to mobile development and everything in-between.

Recently, the company has much success in many technology areas, specifically in mobile application development and rich Internet applications. Amadeus Consulting was recently named the top mobile development company in Boulder and Broomfield. Its team leverages the Apple^TM iPhone^TM and Android^TM platforms, as well as Microsoft^® Silverlight^TM and Flash^®.

"We are very proud to have ranked among such prestigious and hard-working woman-owned firms," said Amadeus Consulting CEO, Lisa Calkins. "While our delivery of exceptional custom software development solutions certainly drives our business successes; we believe our ultimate success comes from our foundation in our guiding principles. I believe this recognition showcases that companies can succeed in delivering business results while standing up for their principles!"

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 Applications, content management systems, e-commerce, surveys, social networking sites, data collection and management, browser plug-ins, and mobile application development including iPhone^TM, Windows Mobile^® and Android^TM. Amadeus Consulting ranked in the top 25 on the prestigious Mercury 100 list of the fastest-growing private companies in Boulder and Broomfield counties for three consecutive years, and has placed on the Inc. 5000 list for four consecutive years.

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