ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The co-founders of FireSocket LLC, Orange County's fastest growing company and the 43rd fastest growing nationally, have been honored by OC Metro magazine.
FireSocket co-founders Brad Perry and Jonathan Ord are included in OC Metro's "40 under 40" list for 2007. The annual list honors the achievements of Orange County's most successful young entrepreneurs and executives.
Perry is president and Ord is CEO of FireSocket, which builds industry specific customer relationship management software. FireSocket has received many other accolades as well such as being recognized by Deloitee & Touche as the fastest-growing company in Orange County over the past five years.
FireSocket is a collection of companies providing customer relationship management solutions to niche markets like automotive retail (DealerSocket), mortgage (MortgageSocket) and insurance (InsureSocket) industries. FireSocket has more than 500 clients and over 25,000 users across the nation, including 40 clients in Orange County.
Perry told OC Metro that the smartest move he ever made was to "jump off the cliff of risk and start a business from scratch."
Perry and Ord, both 35, have extensive experience developing best practices for specific technology and business management models. Their careers ran parallel at Deloitte & Touche LLP and Ernst and Young, and later they joined forces at Foreshock, a consulting application service company. Both men are graduates of Brigham Young University.
About FireSocket
FireSocket provides the most comprehensive Customer and Prospect Relationship Management solution available in today's automotive dealership market. More than 25,000 users and 425 dealerships use FireSocket's DealerSocket solution to optimize and manage sales, customer communications and service department operations. Dealership franchises of all sizes, including Van Tuyl, Gosch, Larry H. Miller, Ken Garff, Findlay, United Auto Group, Mossy and Hendrick Automotive leverage DealerSocket to optimize operations, increase revenue and enhance profits. FireSocket is based in San Clemente, California. More information is available at http://www.firesocket.com and http://www.dealersocket.com.