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Learn how Computech helped the nationwide switch from analog to digital broadcasting.

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Company History

From our first contract with the Department of Energy, our projects have involved highly visible clients. For almost all of our projects, Computech has been the prime contractor – rather than a subcontractor. Why? Because the firm and our staff thrive on challenges and opportunities. Together, we prefer to work with a client in setting a direction and responding to the “impossible” – the role we feel is most often reserved for the prime contractor.

  • A Brief Timeline

  • 1979: Computech founded in Bethesda, MD and began work for the Department of Energy.
  • 1983: Begins 13-year relationship with Special Industrial Radio Services Association to build and deploy an integrated frequency management system.
  • 1991: Starts work on the Federal budget management system for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
  • 1992: The Kingdom of Thailand’s telecommunications authority engages Computech to develop a system to manage and license the kingdom’s airways.
  • 1996: Hires 50th employee and wins a contract with U.S. Customs to build an import system to account for international trade.
  • 1997: Works with the Federal Communications Commission to develop and implement the Federal government’s first online auctions system.
  • 2000: Hires 100th employee.
  • 2005: Grows to 175 employees.
  • 2007: Welcomes Computech’s first Leadership Development Program class and introduces a new Technology Advisory Group.
  • 2009: Builds the first data-driven dashboards at the FCC to facilitate the transition to DTV.

By any measure Computech has been successful. Government and public firms have retained Computech for many different reasons. For most, the engagement called for the design and development, and then the maintenance of an automated system. In many instances, the initial engagement durations were from six months to one year before turning into multi-year, long-term engagements.