ESA Sitka
Software DevelopmentOregon, United States11-50 Employees
ESA Sitka is a Portland-based software development firm offering open-source platforms, custom software products, and data management services designed to support communities, economies, and ecologies. The company helps policy makers, program managers, and regulators concentrate on outcomes through a Lean Design Build approach, an iterative, client-centric engagement model that reduces administrative costs by streamlining workflows and leveraging existing technologies. It provides a full spectrum of data-focused services, including database design, systems integration, GIS, data analysis, and visualizations, assisting clients from early needs assessments through strategic planning. ESA Sitka maintains a growing suite of software platforms—ProjectFirma, GeoOptix, TerraTrack, and Miradi Share—that support entities in improving data management practices from the outset. For most clients, the firm manages the full lifecycle of the applications it develops, deploying infrastructure in its own private cloud and in Microsoft Azure Commercial cloud deployments, while adhering to the Federal Government's NIST 800-53 R4 security standards. Based in Portland, Oregon, the company is a small to mid-sized provider focused on software development for government and regulated sectors.