SMI is built on the principle that our ability to add value is maximized only when we are capable of fully understanding our client's technologies, products and organization. At SMI, we devote extensive effort to analyzing every potential application of a given technology, product or science and identifying possible connections between applications and current opportunities. Our approach requires greater experience, creativity and effort. It is this approach that distinguishes SMI from its competitors.

On behalf of our clients, SMI has generated $780 million over the past six years in contract activity. By enhancing client visibility among key officials, SMI succeeds in building strong relationships with the government, other companies and organizations.

Capitalizing on extensive, high-level government contacts, SMI provides clients with strategic business intelligence critical for new market penetration within federal and state governments, as well as industry-specific analytical support for proposal planning.

Helios Strategies, a subsidiary of SMI, Inc, specializes in providing public policy guidance, predictive legislative and industry analysis, and federal research and development funding support in the rapidly changing world of renewable energy and climate change.