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Type
  
Public

Area served
  
Nationwide

Revenue
  
80 million USD

Founded
  
2002

Motto
  
What's holding you back?

Industry
  
Web development

Owner
  
AUSY

Number of employees
  
500

Headquarters
  
McLean

Parent organization
  
AUSY North America Inc.

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Genre
  
Information technology consulting

Key people
  
Michael Berkman(CEO) Lewis Waters(COO/CFO)

Profiles

Celerity IT is a Virginia based web development consulting group that specializes in developing digital business solutions. Celerity was established in 2002 by Michael Berkman, the current CEO, and Lewis Waters, the current COO and CFO, in McLean, Virginia. Celerity maintains offices in New York City; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Richmond, Virginia; Hartford, Connecticut and Dallas, Texas. Celerity launched Celerity Government Services (CGS) in 2009, which later spun off as Xcelerate Solutions.

In 2013, Celerity acquired 3PC Media, a digital agency based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In 2015, Celerity was acquired by the French firm, AUSY.

Awards

In 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2012, Celerity was named as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Greater Washington, D.C. Area by the Washington Business Journal.

In 2007, Celerity was listed as #143 in Inc. Magazine’s Fortune 500 List of Fastest Growing Private Companies.

In 2010 and 2011, Celerity PA was named one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania. From 2010-2013, Celerity PA was also a Central Penn Business Journal Business of the Year Award Finalist.

In 2014, Celerity’s work on the National Geographic website won a Nielsen Norman Award for Best Intranet Design and a 2014 Ektron Site of the Year award for the Intranet category.

In 2012, CEO Michael Berkman was a Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist for the Greater Washington Area.

In 2015, Celerity's work on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) website won gold in the 2015 Horizon Interactive Awards in three categories: advocacy, health, and university. The site also won gold at the 2016 AVA Digital Awards.

References

Celerity IT Wikipedia