Software company Fast Enterprises picks metro Denver for new HQ over 36 other cities

A fast-growing software company with high-paying jobs has chosen the Denver area for its world headquarters, officials announced Thursday.

Fast Enterprises http://www.fastenterprises.com/ , a private company with offices in Boise, Idaho; Baton Rouge, La.; Helena, Mont.; and Victoria, British Columbia, picked Denver over 36 other cities.

The company is hiring software engineers and others, with an average salary of about $82,000, said Tom Clark, head of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. He announced the deal at the firm’s first "Report to Investors and Awards" event, which drew about 425 civic, business and political leaders to the Marriott City Center.

"And the average salary doesn’t include what the executives are getting paid or benefits," Clark said.

Martin Rankin, CEO of the company, said in a video broadcast at the luncheon that the company considered 36 cities before choosing Denver. As befitting a high- tech company, he said he did most of the research using the economic development group’s Web site. He said the site was so well-organized and so full of information that it made the decision to choose the Denver area easy.

By John Rebchook, Rocky Mountain News

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