The Company

Cigital of Dulles, Va., thrives by figuring out why computer code doesn’t behave the way it’s supposed to.

Headquarters:
21351 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 400, Dulles, VA 20166
Phone: (703) 404-9293
URL: www.cigital.com
Ticker: Private
Employees: 70
Business: Provides consulting services to analyze and fix errors in software, and to improve software-development processes.
Founded: 1992, as Reliable Software Technologies.
Executives: Jeffery Payne, president and CEO; Jeffrey Voas, chief scientist; Gary McGraw, chief technology officer.
Funding: Raised $4 million in August 2002 from Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, Blue Water Capital and the Washington Dinner Club LLC. Co-founders Payne and Voas together retain the majority equity stake.
Financials: Revenue of $8.3 million in 2002, according to Hoovers; the company says it’s profitable.
Competitors: Accenture; @stake; BearingPoint; EDS; IBM Global Services; PricewaterhouseCoopers.