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Our Values

We Work Together to Provide the Best Support for Our Customers & Peers

Our founder, Bert Rosecan, created a culture where employees work together to provide the best support to both our customers and their peers through Creativity, Collaboration, & Commitment.

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Creativity

Create efficiencies and improvements in all that we do, asking how we can do better.

We continually analyze and evaluate our performance and adapt to a changing world through the evolution of current skills and acquiring new ones.

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Collaboration

Work together to achieve common goals and overcome our challenges.

We foster open communication to solve problems and drive growth as individuals and as an organization. We value others and deliver innovative solutions.

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Commitment

Go the extra step as professionals to deliver on our promises to our colleagues and customers.

We do what is right, ensuring we earn the trust of others in the delivery of our services, remaining dedicated to quality and backing up our promises.

Ethics

SMS is committed to conducting its business in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations and in accordance with high standards of business ethics. SMS employees are expected to comply, and assist the company to comply, with all applicable laws and regulations.

We fully subscribe to the following:

  • We adhere to the highest standards of ethical business conduct and expect the same of its employees, officers and Board of Directors. We all have a responsibility to act in the best interests of the corporation.
  • SMS’ customers place special trust and confidence in us when they award us work. We must honor this special trust by ensuring the integrity of our accounting and company records.
  • We are committed to providing a safe and respectful work environment free from threats, violence, harassment and discrimination. Respecting others and performing with excellence allows every employee to achieve success in our workplace.

Whether you need a quick assessment or a full-scale transformation, SMS has the expertise and flexibility to meet your needs.

History of SMS

SMS Founded

SMS emerges in the IT marketplace by introducing high performance IBM-compatible mainframe systems to the federal government.

Army Desktop Deployment

SMS begins the Army’s first mass deployment of desktop computers, supplying 47,000 users with customized systems and Local Area Networks.

Internet Protocol

The word “internet” appears in the Washington Post for the first time referencing an SMS contract award of early Cisco routers for the Air Force.

SMS.com

SMS claims ‘sms.com’ on 5/23/1990 and becomes just the 523rd ‘.com’ domain ever registered.

Telecommunications Modernization

SMS provides exclusive network solutions to Bell Atlantic in support of the government’s massive Telecommunications Modernization Project (TEMPO).

Pentagon Renovation

SMS joins the Pentagon Renovation team to build a SONET ring network connecting 3 buildings in Crystal City, VA with the Pentagon.

9/11

In the days following the attacks on the Pentagon, SMS builds and deploys emergency networks in Crystal City for 3500 displaced workers.

Survivable Pentagon Network

SMS provides network architecture and engineering for the Defense Secretary’s Command Communications Survivability Program.

West Wing

SMS modernizes the West Wing network infrastructure to improve overall redundancy and stability.

New Campus East

SMS supports the planning, design, and deployment of the IT enterprise and systems for the government’s 2.3 million square foot New Campus East (NCE) building.

Joint Regional Security Stacks Consolidation

SMS begins migration efforts to consolidate 400 worldwide points of presence to 25 redundant and survivable sites for the Defense Department’s Joint Regional Security Stacks program.

Prime Contract Awards

SMS receives prime contract awards on the Air Force Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) Network Operations vehicle as well as Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP V).

Quality Management

SMS expands its quality management system with certification in the ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 service management system.

Air Force Task Orders

Within four years of award on the NETCENTS-2 contract, SMS wins over twenty task orders, supporting Air Force operations in more than a dozen states.

Celebrating 45 Years

Supporting innovative Army cloud programs at Enterprise Cloud Management Agency and Enterprise IT as a service, while continuing support at Pentagon Joint Services Program, DISA Joint Regional Security Stacks, Air Force task orders across the country, various Army installations, New Campus East, and Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

RS3 Contract Vehicle

SMS wins over $100M in Air Force task order recompetes on the RS3 Small Business contract vehicle.

Cloud with SMS

SMS establishes the Platform Engineering team to provide dedicated Cloud and DevOps support to its commercial customers, including a new domain and website, cloudwithsms.com.

Learn more about SMS and the SMS solutions for the government sector.