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SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Names Coppell-based VARIDESK the No. 1 Entrepreneurial Company in Dallas Area at 26th Anniversary Awards Banquet

November 30, 2016

Dallas (SMU) Nov. 30, 2016 – VARIDESK®, maker of adjustable standing desks, was revealed to be the fastest-growing entrepreneurial company in the Dallas area Tuesday evening at the 26^th Annual SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Awards Ceremony and Banquet at the Omni Dallas Hotel, presented by the Cox School’s Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship.

VARIDESK®, based in Coppell, manufactures and ships fully assembled adjustable desks that can be mounted on top of existing desks. The company offers the adjustable desk as a solution for employees with chronic back pain to “work smarter, work healthier, and perform at their very best.”

“This year’s No.1 winning company, VARIDESK, is a great example of the wide variety of entrepreneurial companies that contribute to the area’s economy,” said Simon Mak, Ph.D., associate director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at SMU Cox. “We never cease to be impressed by the robust group of fast growing entrepreneurial companies that are represented by the Dallas 100™ each year. These entrepreneurs have turned their dreams into reality, provided jobs for thousands, and collectively help make the Dallas Metroplex an economic powerhouse.”

For 26 years, the Caruth Institute has annually ranked the top 100 Dallas entrepreneurial companies based on sales growth and absolute dollar growth over the previous three years. This year’s program examined sales from over 250 companies for 2013 to 2015, the last year for which complete data is available. The winners represent a broad spectrum of Dallas-area businesses—everything from information technology to healthcare and a wide variety in between. The top 100 fastest-growing companies were announced at the awards ceremony. VARIDESK, which bills itself as the “height adjustable standing desk,” had the biggest percentage sales increase and dollar growth for 2013 to 2015, as determined by the calculations of the accounting firm BKD LLP CPAs and Advisors.

Simon Mak, associate director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, presents the Dallas 100 award for fastest growing private company in North Texas to Jason McCann, CEO of Coppell-based VARIDESK.

The second fastest-growing business in North Texas, according to this year’s Dallas 100 awards, is Arcis Golf. The Dallas-based company owns about 70 golf courses around the country under the brands Castlegate and Ironbridge. SMU alumnus Blake Walker, who earned his Bachelor of Art in 1988 is chairman, CEO and president of the company, which he spun off from an equity firm. Several members of the Arcis executive leadership team are also SMU alumni, including Chief Financial Officer Julian Potter, who earned his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in 1989; General Counsel Scott Siddons, who holds two degrees from SMU Cox, a BBA, which he completed cum laude in 1988 and an Executive MBA, which he completed with honors in 2008; and Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing Chris Crocker, who graduated with his BBA in 1988.

Dallas 100™, co-founded by the Caruth Institute, honors the ingenuity, commitment and perseverance of the fastest-growing privately held entrepreneurial businesses in the Dallas area. According to Caruth Institute data, this year’s winning companies collectively generated $3.7 billion in sales in 2015, and grew at an average annual growth rate of 96 percent per year for each of the last two years.

“The key statistics of the Dallas 100™ consistently amaze,” said Jerry White, the Linda A. and Kenneth R. Morris Endowed Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, who has been at the helm of the event since it began in 1990. “These outstanding companies created more than 10,000 jobs in the last two years—jobs that are critical to fueling the Dallas economic engine.”

The Dallas 100™, presented by the Caruth Institute at SMU Cox, was sponsored this year by Avison Young; BKD LLP; CARR Intellectual Property Law; The Dallas Business Journal; Evos Financial; Executive Press; KRLD 1080 News Radio; Tekzenit and Texas Capital Bank. The event recognizes privately held corporations, proprietorships or partnerships headquartered in the Dallas area that often don’t get attention, but which have created jobs and generated wealth for their founders and employees and enhanced the area economy.

Along with VARIDESK, 99 other Dallas-based companies were announced as SMU Cox Dallas 100™ winners to an audience of about 900 guests Tuesday night. The top 10 companies were given special recognition: No.1) VARIDESK; No.2) Arcis Golf; No.3) S2 Capital, LLC; No.4) Asociar, LLC; No.5) J.W. Logistics, LLC; No.6) United Laboratories Manufacturing; No.7) Paragon Healthcare, Inc.; No.8) PB & J Labs; No.9) GuideIT, LLC; and No.10) Thermigen, LLC.

A complete list of all SMU Cox Dallas 100™ companies for 2016 follows:

DALLAS 100 2016

Rank	Company Name — City
1	VARIDESK LLC — Coppell M3anufacturer & seller of active office Products
2	Arcis Golf — Dallas P6rivate & public golf clubs operator
3	S2 Capital, LLC — Addison V9alue add multifamily investment company
4	Asociar LLC — Plano Network migration/software integration
5	J.W. Logistics, LLC — Frisco Last-mile transportation provider
6	United Laboratories Mftg. — Carrollton Contract manufacturing
7	Paragon Healthcare, Inc. — Dallas Specialty infusion provider
8	PB&J Labs — Addison Commerce as a service (Caas) platform
9	GuideIT, LLC — Plano Technology optimization services
10	ThermiGen LLC — Irving RF systems for aesthetics developer
11	Highlands Residential Mort. — Dallas Retail mortgage lending
12	Simpli.fi — Ft Worth Programmatic advertising platform
13	Sierra Auto Finance — Dallas Speciality auto finance
14	Mercer\|CPSG Partners — Dallas Cloud services for human capital & financial mgmt.
15	HomeVestors of America,Inc. — Dallas Professional real estate investing franchises
16	BSI FInancial Services — Irving Loan servicing, quality control
17	PGL — Irving 3^rd party logistics/supply chain management
18	Riveron Consulting, LLC — Dallas Financial services
19	Dunhill Homes — Dallas New home builder
20	Optimal Blue — Plano Cloud-based investor info provider for mortgage industry
21	Deca Dental — Dallas Privately held dental company
22	Southern Dock Products — Farmer’s Branch Loading dock equipment Branch
23	UR Holdings — Carrollton Construction, renovation, roofing
24	Capital Title of Texas, LLC — Plano Title insurance & escrow services
25	First National Title Ins. Co. — Plano Title insurance underwriter
26	Shaddock Homes — Plano Single family homes
27	iPhotonix, LLC — Richardson Interoperable fiber access technology
28	rewardStyle — Dallas Turnkey digital content monetization platform
29	iWire365 — Richardson Wireless networks & gigabit cities
30	freshbenies — McKinney Telehealth-Advocacy-ID Theft
31	metre22 — Dallas Management consulting in strategy
32	Venus Construction Co. — Mansfield Underground utility construction
33	Akorbi — Plano Global multilingual business solutions
34	Tachyon Technologies LLC — Irving Enterprise mobility analytics cloud solutions
35	Pariveda Solutions — Dallas Management consulting
36	TruEnergy — Dallas Energy broker
37	Point 2 Point Global Sec., Inc. — Addison Corporate, private security & Investigative services
38	Resolve Tech Solutions — Addison Full-service SAP provider
39	FutureTelecom — Balch Springs Telecom maintenance service
40	projekt202 — Addison Application design & development
41	Southwest Solutions Group — Lewisville Productivity efficiency products
42	Enseo, Inc. — Richardson Hospitality integrator& tech-based services
43	Money Matters w/ Ken Moraif — Plano Financial planning & wealth mgmt..
44	Gadberry Construction Co,Inc. — Dallas General contracting & construction
45	PROLIM Global Corporation — Plano IT, PLM & engineering solutions
46	Halff Associates, Inc. — Richardson Civil engineering, full service A/E firm
47	J. Hilburn, Inc. — Dallas Custom menswear
48	Sanitation Supply Systems — Dallas Sanitation chemicals & services
49	Pediatric Home Healthcare,LLC — Dallas Private duty nursing agency
50	Coats Homes — Dallas Luxury custom home builder
51	Catapult Health — Dallas Preventive check-ups nationally
52	Foreman Therapy Services — Dallas Healthcare staffing
53	Improving — Addison Software development, tech training
54	Lucernex — Plano Cloud integrated workplace mgmt. system solutions
55	Popular Ink, LLC — McKinney Flexographic printing on food packaging
56	Amino Transport — Dallas 3^rd party logistics company (3PL)
57	The CFO Suite, LLC — Dallas Financial consultative staffing & executive search
58	LiquidAgents Healthcare, LLC — Plano Healthcare staffing services
59	Civitas Capital Mgmt, LLC — Dallas Investment management company
60	THMED, LLC — Dallas Permanent & temp. healthcare staffing
61	Deep Ellum Brewing Company — Dallas Craft beer
62	Pioneer Wine Company — Dallas Wholesale wine distributor
63	Humphreys & Partners Architects, LP — Dallas Architectural firm
64	Granbury Solutions — Grapevine Technology Solutions for Restaurants, Retailers, Wineries
65	Legacy ER & Urgent Care — Plano ER & urgent care hybrid billing
66	JW Nutritional — Allen Nutritional/dietary supplements
67	EDGE Realty Partners — Dallas Commercial real estate
68	JSJD Media, LLC — Plano Digital sponsorship procurement
69	TSP (Technology Service Professionals) — Dallas Information technology services
70	D-BAT Sports — Carrollton Sports franchise/sporting goods
71	Dialexa — Dallas User-Centric Software & Hardware Design/Engineering
72	Switchplace — Dallas Corporate Housing
73	Mars Services — Haltom City Carpet cleaning/resurfacing/housekeeping
74	WatchGuard Video — Allen Law enforcement video solutions
75	Hayden Consultants, Inc. — Dallas Civil engineering, surveying, construction mgmt..
76	4WEB, INC. — Frisco Orthopedic implant devices
77	Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate — Dallas Global buying, selling, leasing
78	Cyber Group — Dallas Software engineering services
79	EST Group, LLC — Arlington IT consulting service/hardware & software sales
80	Baker Brothers Rotovision — Mesquite Residential & commercial plumbing
81	Revolution Retail Systems — Carrollton Improving store analytics
82	Maestro Personal Assistants — Carrollton Branded personal assistant svcs.
83	GFF, Inc. — Dallas Architecture, planning, interior design, landscape
84	The Expo Group — Irving Trade show management
85	Commercial Fleet Financing, Inc. — Carrollton Nationwide equipment financing
86	Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers, Inc. — Dallas Civil engineering, land surveying, landscape architects
87	Ming Wang/ Misook — Grapevine Wholesale women’s apparel
88	Viverae — Dallas Corporate wellness
89	Anserteam Workforce Solutions — Dallas Contingent staffing
90	WeBuyHouses.com — Southlake Marketing & technology for real estate investors
91	Saxony Partners, LLC — Dallas Business & technology solutions
92	Aprima Medical Solutions — Carrollton Healthcare IT
93	The BOSS — Dallas Flooring, cabinets, home improvement
94	Impiger Technologies — Richardson IT services & consulting
95	CBG Surveying Inc — Dallas Land surveying
96	SYNERGEN Health LLC — Dallas Healthcare financials solutions
97	Penrose Senior Care Auditors, Inc. — Dallas Caregivers monitor seniors for families
98	Premier Logitech — Grand Prairie Supply chain provider
99	FPX — Plano Enterprise software solutions
100	Architecting Innovation, LLC — Dallas Software development consulting services

SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Names Coppell-based VARIDESK the No. 1 Entrepreneurial Company in Dallas Area at 26th Anniversary Awards Banquet

DALLAS 100 2016

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