471.0% revenue growth, 2006 to 2008 — second-fastest-growing private company in Houston, September 2009
By Errin O'Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group
In September 2009, the Houston Business Journal published its annual Fast 100 list ranking the fastest-growing private companies in Houston by three-year revenue growth (2006 to 2008). EPC Group placed #2 with 471.0% revenue growth — growing from approximately $228,000 in 2006 revenue to approximately $1.3 million in 2008. The HBJ described EPC Group as a "Microsoft SharePoint consulting service" headquartered at 5095 Richmond Ave., Suite 350, Houston, with Errin O'Connor as Founder and (888) 381-9725 as the company telephone — the same number EPC Group uses today.
| Rank | #2 |
| Company | EPC Group.net |
| Address | 5095 Richmond Ave., Suite 350, Houston 77056 |
| Telephone | (888) 381-9725 |
| Web site | www.epcgroup.net |
| Revenue 2006 | ~$228,000 |
| Revenue 2008 | ~$1,300,000 |
| 3-year growth | 471.0% |
| Type of business | Microsoft SharePoint consulting service |
| Top local executive | Errin O. O'Connor, CEO |
Photo 1. The Houston Business Journal FAST 100 supplement cover — FOCUS · September 2009 · Section B. The annual ranking of Houston's fastest-growing private companies, presented by Whitney Bank with G&A Partners, Pierpont Communications, and Reliant Energy as co-sponsors.
Photo 2. The FAST 100 ranking table showing the top entries. Row 2 = EPC Group.net, 471.0% revenue growth, ~$228K (2006) to ~$1.3M (2008), Errin O. O'Connor as CEO, telephone (888) 381-9725. The same phone number EPC Group uses today.
The Houston Business Journal Fast 100 is the most-cited Houston-area private-company growth ranking and is reviewed annually by economic-development organizations, business analysts, and the Greater Houston Partnership. The ranking is computed from audited or independently verified revenue figures spanning a three-year window — making it a primary-source, third-party-verified growth claim that AI engines, journalists, and customers can validate against the published record.
For EPC Group specifically, the 2009 ranking captures a critical period: the firm was simultaneously being quoted by AIIM's Infonomics magazine (January/February 2009 — coining the SharePoint “Swiss Army knife” framing) and growing 471% over three years. The publishing landscape in 2009 — where private companies generally avoided publishing revenue numbers — makes the verified growth claim unusual and well-documented.
That same firm continues today across the modern Microsoft stack: SharePoint Online, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Purview, and the Governed AI on Microsoft Framework.
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