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Auction Direct leads RBA's Top 100 list

By - 10/30/2009 2:32:06 PM

Auction Direct USA LLC tops this year’s list of the Rochester Top 100 fastest-growing privately held companies, the
Rochester Business Alliance Inc. announced Friday.

Auction Direct, a Victor-based auto sales company founded in 2005, has some150 local employees. It opened its first
location in a shopping mall, EastView Mall, on Thursday. The company is headed by CEO John Iannone.

The used-car auction house employs more than 200 people at its Victor, EastView Mall, Jacksonville, Fla., and
Raleigh, N.C., locations.

5Linx Enterprise Inc. in Henrietta ranked No. 2 this year, up from No. 3 a year ago. The company has 175 employees,
up 130 last year. The provider of voice over Internet protocol services swapped spots on the ranking with Optimation
Technology Inc. in Rush, which ranked No. 2 last year. The engineering and fabrication firm has 360 employees and
ranked third this year.

R. Brooks Associates Inc. in Williamson, Wayne County, and Lecesse Construction Corp. in Henrietta rounded out the
top five. (See the full Top 100 list at www.rochesterbusinessalliance.com.)

Turner Bellows Inc. was No. 1 a year ago and landed at No. 9 this year. Neither Auction Direct nor Lecesse were on
the last a year ago.

The Rochester Top 100 is a program of the RBA and the local office of KPMG LLP. It ranks firms based on revenue
growth.

The companies on this year’s list are slated to be honored Thursday at luncheon in conjunction with the RBA’s annual
meeting at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

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