Southern Ute Indian Tribe

What Southern Ute Indian Tribe does

Southern Ute Shared Services (SUSS) is the internal information technology shared services organization of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Ignacio, Colorado. SUSS provides IT services exclusively to Southern Ute Tribal entities — including the tribal government, the Southern Ute Growth Fund and its portfolio companies (Red Willow Production Company, Red Cedar Gathering Company, Southern Ute Utilities, GF Properties Group, Kava Equity Partners, Sky Ute Casino Resort, Sky Ute Fairgrounds), and the Southern Ute Permanent Fund. It does not serve external commercial customers.

Its core product portfolio comprises six integrated service lines: Help Desk (centralized service request intake, desktop support, telephony, inventory management, and free device repair for tribal members and employees); Network & Infrastructure (inter-entity networking, SAN, email, wireless, data backup, site security); Enterprise Applications (PeopleSoft FSCM & HCM, Corporate Performance Management for budgeting, Business Intelligence, GIS, and Web Services); a Project Management Office covering portfolio, procurement, client relationship, workforce planning, and audit/compliance; and periodic Software Training in Microsoft and Adobe products. The technology stack is conventional enterprise IT built around PeopleSoft and standard infrastructure tooling; there is no disclosed AI/ML component.

Commercially, SUSS does not generate external revenue. It operates as a managed internal services function funded by tribal government appropriations and inter-entity service agreements, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The broader Southern Ute Indian Tribe directs business activity through the Southern Ute Growth Fund, which controls wholly-owned subsidiaries across energy production and gathering, utilities, real estate (GF Properties Group), private equity (Kava Equity Partners), gaming and hospitality (Sky Ute Casino Resort), and shared services (SUSS). In 2025–2026, the Growth Fund expanded via the Kava-led acquisition of The Berg Group (industrialized construction) and participation in the multi-state Rocky Mountain Gas Roadmap initiative.

Name

Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Legal name

Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Website

https://southernute.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Southern Ute Shared Services is the internal IT shared services organization of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, providing help desk, network, enterprise applications, PMO, training, and free device repair services exclusively to tribal government and Growth Fund portfolio entities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ignacio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Internal IT Services: Southern Ute Shared Services provides information technology-related services to Southern Ute Tribal entities as an internal shared services organization. Revenue is generated through tribal government funding and inter-entity service agreements rather than external market transactions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Southern Ute Shared Services provides internal information technology services to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and its affiliated tribal government, Growth Fund portfolio companies, Permanent Fund, and Sky Ute Casino Resort. The service portfolio spans a centralized Help Desk, network and infrastructure operations, enterprise applications support (including PeopleSoft FSCM & HCM, CPM, BI, and GIS), a Project Management Office, free personal device repair for tribal members and employees, and periodic Microsoft/Adobe software training. All services are delivered as a single, centralized shared services offering to internal tribal customers rather than to an external commercial market.

Product overview

Southern Ute Shared Services (SUSS) is an IT services organization that provides technology services and solutions to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and its affiliated entities, including the Southern Ute Growth Fund, Permanent Fund, Sky Ute Casino, and other tribal departments. The service portfolio consists of six core offerings: Help Desk Services (providing centralized contact for technology support), Network & Infrastructure Services (covering networking, data backup, security, and communications), Enterprise Applications Support (including PeopleSoft FSCM & HCM, Business Intelligence, and GIS), Project Management Office services, Technology Repair Services (free repairs for tribal members and employees), and Software Training (Microsoft and Adobe products). The organization aims to be the single service provider for all tribal technology needs via centralized service request and help desk systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sky Ute Casino Resort: Casino and hospitality resort operated by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe
• Southern Ute Shared Services
• Kava Equity Partners
• Red Willow Production Company
• Red Cedar Gathering Company

Products and services

• Help Desk Services Centralized IT support service providing a single point of contact for technology problems, system issues, and service requests for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and related business units, including desktop support, help desk, telephony and collaboration, and inventory management.
• Network & Infrastructure Services IT operations service providing inter-entity networking and core access functions including data backup and retrieval, systems architecture, site security, email, network access, SAN, server-side file and print services, and wireless connectivity for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
• Enterprise Applications Support Enterprise software infrastructure and support service covering PeopleSoft FSCM & HCM, Budget & Planning (CPM), Business Intelligence, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and Web Services for Southern Ute Tribal Entities.
• Project Management Office (PMO) Full suite of IT project management services including Project & Portfolio Management, Purchasing & Procurement, Client Relationship, Workforce Planning, and Governance, Audit & Compliance for Southern Ute Tribal entities.
• Technology Repair Service Free repair service for Southern Ute Tribal Members' and Southern Ute employees' personal computers and related devices that meet certain conditions.
• Software Training Periodic training service in the use of Microsoft and Adobe products for Southern Ute Tribal entities.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Western States and Tribal NationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 October 2025Collaborative initiative to develop the Rocky Mountain Gas Roadmap & Implementation Playbook, establishing infrastructure pathways for Rocky Mountain natural gas to serve domestic and international markets. The partnership emphasizes leveraging existing infrastructure, reducing costs, and minimizing environmental impact while strengthening U.S. energy leadership. Multiple regional governments and tribal nations support this initiative.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Peraton: Large federal/government IT services contractor delivering managed IT, enterprise applications, and infrastructure support across government agencies — broadly comparable to SUSS's enterprise IT service model but at vastly larger scale and across multiple external federal clients.
• SAIC: Major government IT services and solutions integrator serving federal, defense, and civilian agencies — operates a managed IT service bureau model analogous to SUSS's internal shared services organization, just with external federal customers instead of internal tribal ones.
• Leidos: Large-scale federal IT services provider managing enterprise systems, networks, and PMO functions for government clients — comparable functional scope (enterprise applications, network, PMO, BI) but a broad federal portfolio rather than a captive tribal one.
• Maximus: Government services firm operating technology and business process services for state, federal, and health agencies — a comparable shared-services IT provider model with analogous customer concentration in the public sector.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Government IT and management consulting firm providing enterprise IT support, technology strategy, and PMO services to federal clients — overlapping in capability mix with SUSS but serving externally contracted government customers.
• ManTech International: Federal IT and engineering services provider delivering managed IT, enterprise applications, and network services to government agencies — direct functional analogue to SUSS's internal IT shared service scope, scaled to multiple federal agencies.
• ICF International: Professional services and IT solutions firm with significant public-sector practice, providing technology implementation, BI, and PMO services — comparable in service mix and public-sector orientation to SUSS's enterprise support.
• Insight Enterprises: Global IT solutions and managed services provider delivering enterprise infrastructure, hardware, and IT support across clients — comparable end-to-end IT support and procurement function within a much larger, multi-client commercial model.
• CGI Federal: Federal IT services arm of CGI providing enterprise application support, managed infrastructure, and PMO services to federal agencies — a directly comparable shared-services IT delivery model.

Emerging players

• Kforce Inc. IT staffing and solutions firm delivering technology professionals and managed support to enterprise and government clients — partial overlap with SUSS's desktop support, helpdesk, and project-based technology support capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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