Our Company
BPS is a successful small business dedicated to helping organizations improve business performance through the innovative and practical application of technology. Our vision is to provide responsive, innovative, and cost-effective services that result in high-value solutions for our customers. We accomplish this through the use of knowledgeable and experience staff, agile processes, industry-leading tools, and effective collaboration. We have hands-on experience and deep expertise in four main areas:
- Federal Program Management Support
- IT Program Technical Support
- Verification and Test
- Application Development and Systems Integration
Business Performance Systems was founded in 2001 by a group of experienced consultants who believed that government organizations and commercial businesses would benefit from practical information technology solutions linked directly to business performance...a belief that was not widely held during the Internet bubble years. The founders also believed that success in today's complex world requires effective collaboration among individuals, teams, and organizations.
These two beliefs continue to drive the company today. Our services emphasize practical solutions that leverage the organization's current resources and help people work effectively together to achieve the goals of the organization.
Business Performance Systems is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Our clients are primarily in the national capital area (including the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), but range as far as California. For over 20 years we have helped numerous federal agencies successfully improve their organizations through the effective use of technology to support business processes, mission operations, and management decisions. We are proud that our Open Ratings score of 93% reflects our tireless commitment to high customer satisfaction.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be a recognized superior provider of IT systems and services by delivering high-value, low-cost solutions that directly improve business performance.
Our Values
Business Performance Systems believes in certain core values that guide our performance in the workplace. These values include the following:
- Superior customer satisfaction and real business value are best achieved by skilled and thoughtful staff.
- Project goals are achieved most efficiently when there is a trusting relationship built on high integrity and a record of consistent performance.
- Repeatable processes supported by practical mechanisms accelerate business performance and allow more attention to innovation.
- Long-term success is built on understanding complex technologies well enough to use them appropriately to create simple, cost-effective solutions.
These values result in services and solutions for our customers that align with the three core characteristics of BPS:
- Responsive: We work hard to ensure we understand the customer's needs and respond quickly to meet them.
- Innovative: Our talented staff are able to think "outside the box" and judiciously apply contemporary technologies to create better solutions.
- Cost effective: Our lean organization and fair pricing provide outstanding value as evidenced by our many long-term and repeat customers
Our Leadership
David Isaac
Managing Partner
David has over 35 years of experience as a business practice manager and large-scale system architect for a wide variety of information technology initiatives. This experience includes work in e-Government systems, enterprise web applications, data warehousing, satellite data archives, telecom operational support systems, strategic performance management, digital audio networks, and mass storage systems.
He has served in senior technical and management roles for IBM, Mitre, and MRJ (now General Dynamics), and supported strategic technology initiatives for both government and commercial clients including HHS, NARA, ED, USPTO, NASA, OPM, NSA, DEA, DOL, VHA, BCBSA, IBM, BroadBand Office, Warburg-Pincus Ventures, and Prudential Insurance. Recent experience includes conducting technical assessments for HHS Grants.gov, system architecture definition and advanced concept prototyping for NARA's Electronic Records Archive and OPM's Retirement Systems Modernization, strategic IT consulting for NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise, and management of a Federal data warehousing practice.
He has published a number of papers on advanced information systems concepts and co-authored the book Parallel Systems in the Data Warehouse. He holds a Bachelor’s in electrical and computer engineering and a Master’s in systems engineering.
Anish Sharma
Managing Partner
Anish has over 30 years of business and technical experience including lead roles in both management and technical teams for a variety of Fortune 100 clients and government agencies. His areas of expertise include systems performance assessment, enterprise application architecture and design, technology strategy, verification and validation, and project management. He has significant experience in a variety of domains including patents, federal grants, consumer goods, financial services, telecom, and healthcare. He has served in lead technical and team management roles for USPTO, HHS, NARA, DOL/OSHA, CMS, BCBSA, American Express, Ernst & Young, and CSC.
Anish holds a Bachelor’s in electrical engineering, an MBA in finance, and certifications in Loadrunner, Java, and related technologies.
Our Team
At BPS, senior and junior staff work side-by-side. We understand the importance of investing in our team through a collaborative, mentoring style. Input is sought regularly from seasoned and junior staff members alike. Our approach is a blend of fresh new ideas combined with proven methods. We feel that collaboration is paramount to the overall success of our team, and ultimately to our customer’s success.
BPS Culture
BPS has a very egalitarian culture, where staff at all levels work side-by-side to develop outstanding solutions for our customers. Technical excellence is appreciated and rewarded. Our management style is one of servant leadership, removing obstacles and enabling technical staff to perform to their full capability.
At BPS, we understand that our success is largely dependent upon the quality of our project teams. We utilize a judicious mix of senior and junior staff to ensure high-quality, cost-effective results for our customers. Careful consideration is placed on hiring not only for technical talent, but also collaboration skills and work ethic. As a result, we have high-performing, cohesive teams and very little staff turn over.
BPS offers competitive salaries, as well as a comprehensive benefits package on par with those offered by large companies. We offer medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance from premiere providers, along with a 401(k) plan and matching contributions. Our education/training benefit provides ongoing professional development opportunities. We appreciate and understand the need for work/life balance, and the need for our employees to be recognized and rewarded for their contributions. Accordingly, we provide flextime and telework opportunities, as well as performance awards.
BPS welcomes and appreciates diversity, is an equal opportunity employer, and participates in E-Verify.