Leading mobile platform company founder, John Duffy recognized as a Palm Beach Ultimate CEO by the South Florida Business Journal.

Boca Raton, FL, (PRWEB) April 1, 2011– 3Cinteractive®, a provider of cloud-based mobile software and services for the Fortune 1000, is proud to announce that John Duffy was recognized by the South Florida Business Journal as a 2011 Palm Beach Ultimate CEO.

John Duffy is a serial entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in communications and payment processing. Prior to founding 3Ci, Duffy built several successful companies in a broad section of industries.  As founder and CEO of 3Cinteractive, Duffy is responsible for setting corporate strategy, driving revenue, and helping maintain the company’s key relationships with customers and vendors.

“South Florida is home to many innovative companies with great leadership so It is a real honor to be recognized as an Ultimate CEO by the preeminent business publication in our region,” said John Duffy, 3Cinteractive’s founder and CEO. “Receiving this award would not be possible without my fellow founders and the great team we have assembled to execute on our vision.”

This award puts Duffy in elite company.  Past South Florida Business Journal Ultimate CEO honorees include H. Wayne Huizenga, William Koch, and Dr. Phillip Frost.

Under Duffy’s leadership, 3Ci was ranked 28th on the 2010 Inc. 500 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in the U.S. with three year revenue growth of 6,844%. 3Ci has also been recognized as the Fastest Growing Technology Company in South Florida and one of the Best Places to Work by the South Florida Business Journal.

To watch John’s lighthearted acceptance speech, check out the video below. To view pictures from the event held at The Breakers of Palm Beach, visit the 3Ci Facebook page.

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Our region’s leading business publication, the South Florida Business Journal, proclaimed 3Cinteractive as one of the Best Places to Work in South Florida. Out of several hundred companies that fought for the title, 3Ci was selected among only fifteen other companies in the medium sized company category with 51—149 employees.

Employees were asked to complete anonymous surveys answering questions like: Does your company offer resources to advance your career? Do you feel your work is appreciated? Do you feel you are fairly compensated? Is your office space cool and have motorcycles in the lobby? OK, so maybe the last question didn’t make the survey, but if it had, 3Ci would have passed with flying colors. Either way, 3Ci team members answered proudly. The result: according to our employees, 3Ci is one of the (awesomest) or rather, Best Places to Work!

We love what we do and the people we work with.  And potentially lucky for you — we are hiring! If you would like to learn more about the positions that are available, visit the careers section of our website.

To make room for more 3Ci team members, the company is in the process of moving its global headquarters to the LEED certified Boca Colonnade II , more than doubling our office space to over 25,000 square feet. Our new office will be built soon so check back for updates on the build out.

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3Cinteractive’s fearless leader John Duffy will be a featured panel speaker at the South Florida Business Journal’s Med-U-Tech event on Tuesday, November 9th at 8:30 AM at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

The panel, containing some of Boca Raton’s most influential leaders, will discuss the multi-million dollar economic impact the healthcare, education and technology industries have on our area — and what needs to be done to position our community for continued growth in the future.

John will be joined by other prominent business and community leaders including:

• Pete Martinez, chairman, Palm Beach Medical Education Corporation
• Jerry Fedele, president and CEO, Boca Raton Regional Hospital
• Dr. Kevin Ross, president, Lynn University
• Dr. Barry Rosson, interim vice president of research, FAU
• Ralph Swanson, vice president, healthcare and higher education banking, PNC Bank

A special report will be published in conjunction with the event and inserted in the South Florida Business Journal (SFBJ) as well as other key markets nationally. Visit the SFBJ’s Med-U-Tech site for more information on the event or to register to attend.

3Cinteractive was honored to be a recipient of the South Florida Business Journal’s (SFBJ) 2010 Fast Tech Award, which recognizes the fastest growing technology companies in South Florida based on highest percentage of revenue growth over the past year.

At a breakfast ceremony on October 5th the South Florida Business Journal recognized 3Ci, which ranked second on the list of 25 with 137% revenue growth. This is the third consecutive year 3Ci has ranked in the top three of the Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies list. In 2008, 3Ci ranked first on the list with 1,263.6% revenue growth. Processing over a quarter billion mobile transactions a month, 3Ci is well on pace for similar revenue growth in 2010. New initiatives in mobile health care (mHealth) and mobile web development (mWeb) are driving that growth.

“We are honored to receive this award from the South Florida Business Journal, the leading business publication in our market,” said John Duffy, 3Cinteractive’s Founder and CEO. “Our success is a direct result of our clients. We feel fortunate that some of the world’s largest brands such as ESPN, TracFone, Walgreens, and AT&T look to us to help solve business challenges.”

3Cinteractive Co-Founder and President Mike FitzGibbon was a featured speaker at the event along with IBM Chief Information Officer Pat Toole. Mike spoke about the importance of employing great people, coupled with laser focused planning as the key factors to 3Ci’s success. Check out what Mike had to say here.

Pictured, from left to right: Kevin Gale, Editor, South Florida Business Journal; Mike FitzGibbon, Co-Founder and President, 3Cinteractive; Mark Smith, Co-Founder and COO, 3Cinteractive: and David Clarke, Managing Partner, BGT Partners

Congratulations to the thirteen other South Florida firms recognized in the 2010 Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies list! 3Ci led the group with 6,844% revenue growth from 2006—2009.

Check out these links to see more of 3Cinteractive in the news:

• The South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• The Palm Beach Post
• The South Florida Business Journal

For the third consecutive year, leading mobile platform company, 3Cinteractive® ranks at the top of the South Florida Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies list with 137% revenue growth from 2008-2009.

Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) July 28, 2010 — 3Cinteractive, a leading mobile platform company, ranked second on the South Florida Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies list with 137% revenue growth from 2008—2009. 3Cinteractive helps companies develop and deploy powerful mobile strategies and increases the effectiveness of initiatives already in progress. 3Ci’s platform makes it possible for clients to access billions of mobile users worldwide — regardless of device or network.

“We are honored to appear on the South Florida Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies list,” said John Duffy, 3Cinteractive’s Founder and CEO. “Our success is a direct result of our clients. They are world-class brands and leaders in their respective industries. We are fortunate to have clients such as TracFone, Walgreens, and AT&T look to us to help solve business challenges.”

This is the third consecutive year 3Cinteractive has ranked in the Top Three of the Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Technology Companies list. In 2008 3Ci ranked first on the list with 1,263.6% revenue growth. Processing over a quarter billion mobile transactions a month, 3Cinteractive is well on pace for similar revenue growth in 2010. New initiatives in mobile health care (mHealth) and mobile web development (mWeb) are driving that growth.

“It’s impressive that despite the recession, 3Cinteractive is achieving so much success. It’s inspiring what this serial entrepreneurial team has accomplished with limited capital and other resources,” said John Sculley, 3Ci Board Member and former CEO of Apple Computers and Pepsi Cola Company. “I’ve been involved in several high profile technology-enabled companies, and I am convinced that 3Cinteractive has the people, culture and discipline that can take them anywhere they choose to go. There are many good lessons here for other entrepreneurs.”

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South Florida Business Journal
Brian Bandell
Friday, July 9, 2010

After creating mobile communication platforms for major corporations, Boca Raton-based 3Cinteractive has targeted the health care industry as a promising market for expansion.

The company has a pilot program with Walgreens to alert customers via text message that their prescriptions are ready. It’s working on similar patient notification applications for physician offices and pharmaceutical companies.

3Ci has done mobile applications work for national companies including AutoNation, AT&T and ESPN, mostly with cell phone mass messaging, billing and reservations. Mike FitzGibbon, 3Ci’s co-founder and president, said it spent much of the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first few months of 2010 planning its strategy for the health care market, where inefficiencies abound.

Health care is one of the few employment sectors that’s shown growth over the past year. The combination of aging baby boomers and increased access to medical services through the health care reform law should continue to make technology services for this industry a big market.

When it comes to being interactive with patients, health care is among the least technology savvy fields, FitzGibbon said, but 3Ci aims to change that.

One of the main targets for improvement is cutting down on medical appointment abandonment, he said. “Each appointment is worth a specific dollar amount and staff time,” FitzGibbon noted. “That’s lost revenue.”

Instead of having nurses and office staff call patients, 3Ci has designed an automatic text messaging application that alerts patients about their upcoming appointments. FitzGibbon said it’s more efficient than making calls, especially since some people don’t answer calls when they don’t recognize the incoming number.

For pharmaceutical companies, 3Ci is working on a text messaging application that would remind consumers when to take medications or order a refill. The pharmaceutical companies could also use the application to text coupons to consumers.

Sunrise-based Interim Healthcare is using a text-messaging system designed by 3Ci to contact its home health care providers in the field through mass messaging. The company often uses it to offer assignments and call multiple employees to the office, said Linda Shaub, Interim’s VP of marketing. While it’s not in all 312 of Interim’s offices yet, those that are using it have found it useful for communicating, she said.

John Styers, VP of corporate strategy at 3Ci, said the employee text messaging application has also been used by hospitals, including Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Missouri, because it makes sure that requests for assistance reach employees quickly. 3Ci’s other mobile applications for hospitals are for patients: to give them health and wellness news, notify them of available test results and give billing information.

While 3Ci has many predesigned programs for health care companies, it also has the flexibility to customize programs to meet the needs of particular clients, Styers said. Most of the programs it is rolling out were developed by working with a few health care providers, and engineering solutions for them.

“We want to make mobile solutions easier to deploy,” he said “It’s getting the health care facility to crawl by implementing mobile solutions where they can see immediate results.”