Altaworx Named Small Business Of The Year

Altaworx was honored at the Mobile Chamber’s Summer Reception. Left to right, Sidney King, vice chair of small business development for the Chamber who is president and CEO of Commonwealth National Bank; Rickey Richey, CEO and founder of Altaworx; Forrest Derr, president of Altaworx; and Bradley Byrne, president and CEO of the Mobile Chamber. | photo courtesy Mobile Chamber

FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Fairhope-based telecommunications provider Altaworx, LLC has been named the Mobile Chamber’s 2022 Small Business of the Year. Founded in 2003, Altaworx helps businesses find communication solutions, including addressing the emerging demand for Voice Over Internet Protocol business telephone systems. It also operates two AT&T data centers, in Dallas and Atlanta, and has a presence in 46 states. Applicants, including other finalists Mount Man of Mobile, LLC and Walks and Wags, Inc., also of Mobile, were evaluated by a committee and chosen based on business operations and impact, financial position, innovation and entrepreneurship, customer service and market strategy, and community involvement.