Fast 25 2021

BAM buys and manages apartments in suburban communities that offer diverse employment opportunities and good school districts.

It’s a good time to be in the business of providing custom packing supplies and whatever else customers need to get their products safely from Point A to Point B, Mavpak owner John Goo said.

President Kevin Gearheart says the company is now in 20 states—it just added Texas and Tennessee and expanded in states such as Florida, where it already had a presence.

Co-founder Andrew Elsener says he expects company revenue to grow to $700 million this year and to $1 billion over the next 2-1/2 years.

Formerly Peterman Heating, Cooling & Plumbing, the rebranded Peterman Brothers is a Fast 25 company for the third year in a row.

Jason Gehring says his company’s growth is fueled by repeat business.

The company offers full creative design, illustration, writing, digital strategy, web design and web development, in addition to PR and community relations.

Third-generation owner Dan Babock attributes company growth to “good general-contracting partners and owners who trust our work” and employees who have been given the chance to thrive.

Travis Barnes says the company has grown from one tasting room to three (Virginia Avenue, Zionsville and Fort Wayne) and distribution in 21 states and on 120 military bases.

Mike and Ryan Redman’s business is the largest Kohler direct contractor in the country, has three locations, and does business in six states.

Jim Sapp’s co-warehousing business has facilities in eight cities in Indiana and Ohio with a total of 84 warehouses.

Sharpen Technologies Inc. provides what it calls an “agent-focused omnichannel contact center platform,” which is another way of saying the company’s software is designed to make customer service departments more efficient and give customers better experiences.

The company was part of the Super Bowl XLVI production team in 2012 and has been working with the NFL ever since on communications for the Super Bowl, the draft and its international games in London and Mexico.

Stay Dry focuses heavily on its online presence. Olinger said he has a minority business partner who runs a digital marketing firm, and they concentrate on search engine optimization.

Speedread Technologies LLC provides two products: a radio frequency automated meter-reading system to remotely read water, gas or electric meters; and its newest innovation, a cellular automated meter-reading system that can read any brand of meters.

Cornerstone still specializes in asphalt, concrete and erosion-control work. But it also has expanded to do interior construction and project-management work that will keep the company busy during the winter months.

Formstack, which helps customers build online forms and automate workflow, has been a Fast 25 company five of the past six years (the exception being 2019).

As much growth as GDI has experienced in the last four years, Cardwell said he anticipates similar success for the next few years.