What Emprise does

Emprise Corporation is a privately held, veteran-owned engineering and software firm headquartered in Ledyard, Connecticut, founded in 1987 by James J. Diaz, a former U.S. Navy submarine maintenance engineer. The company specializes in predictive maintenance and condition monitoring for U.S. Navy, defense agencies, and commercial maritime and industrial clients, combining a proprietary software portfolio (Logbook, ShipsLog, SEAS, ViPRe, ESTA, EJS Charts, Energy Dashboard, SIP, eDock, and the Diesel Doctor CBI metric) with hands-on services including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, diesel engine combustion analysis, and LiDAR-based 3D scanning. ShipsLog is positioned as the first and only U.S. Coast Guard-approved software for vessel log-keeping, and Emprise holds ABS External Specialist status for Condition Monitoring and CMMC Level 2 certification.

Emprise generates revenue through a mix of multi-year government contracts (notably a $24.6M five-year cost-plus fixed fee NSWCPD Diesel Management Strategy award), software licensing, recurring maintenance and support subscriptions with 24/7 help desk, and professional condition monitoring services. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise sales, leveraging contract vehicles such as Seaport-E and direct awards from agencies including NSWCPD, Military Sealift Command, and NAVSEA, alongside commercial engagements with fleet operators and classification societies. Customers span the U.S. Department of Defense, Navy commands, the Military Sealift Command, the American Bureau of Shipping, the Great Lakes Fleet, and historical industrial accounts. Operations are distributed nationally, supported from offices in Ledyard, CT and Chesapeake, VA.

The company operates without disclosed institutional investment or public listing, with founder James J. Diaz continuing as CEO. Emprise does not appear in third-party accelerator, venture funding, or acquisition databases, and it has no disclosed parent company or subsidiary structure. Its competitive position is anchored by regulatory certifications, multi-decade domain expertise, and embedded Navy and maritime relationships rather than by AI-native technology or venture-scale growth signals.

Name

Emprise

Legal name

Emprise Corporation

Website

https://emprisecorporation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Emprise Corporation is a privately held, veteran-owned engineering firm founded in 1987 that provides predictive maintenance software and condition monitoring services to the U.S. Navy, defense agencies, and commercial maritime and industrial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Predictive Maintenance Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (8112)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine Systems Commissioning, Testing & Certification Support (TLAKAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electrical, Automation & Navigation MRO (Power, Controls, Comms, ECDIS/Radar) (IMAJAFAD), Marine Electrical Installation, Commissioning & Field Services (IMAJAJAL), Electrical, Automation & Control Systems Repair (TLAKAKAG)

Keywords

• Predictive maintenance software
• Condition monitoring solutions
• Maritime log-keeping systems
• Vibration analysis platforms
• Secure file transfer

Headquarters

HQ city

Ledyard

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Contracts: Cost-plus fixed fee contracts with federal government agencies, particularly the Department of Defense and Navy. Includes engineering, technical, training, logistics, administrative, and program management support. The $24.6M DMS contract is a five-year cost-plus fixed fee contract.
2. Software Products: Sale and licensing of proprietary software products including Logbook, ShipsLog, ESTA, SEAS, and related condition monitoring solutions. Products include installation, training, and ongoing support services.
3. Condition Monitoring Services: Hands-on condition monitoring services including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, diesel engine combustion analysis, and balancing services. Provided as full-service contracts or data analysis of client-collected data.
4. Software Maintenance and Support: Annual upgrade maintenance plans, help desk support, troubleshooting, debugging, and training courses. 365/24/7 help desk support provided to commercial and government customers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Emprise Corporation develops and licenses proprietary predictive maintenance and condition monitoring software—including ShipsLog (the only U.S. Coast Guard-approved vessel log-keeping software), SEAS vibration/oil analysis, ViPRe condition monitoring, and Logbook electronic log-keeping—while delivering condition monitoring services, engineering and technical support, and software maintenance on a cost-plus basis primarily to U.S. Department of Defense, Navy, and commercial maritime clients.

Product overview

Emprise offers a suite of maritime and industrial software products for predictive maintenance and condition monitoring. The core products include Logbook® for industrial operations log-keeping, Shipslog® (the only U.S. Coast Guard-approved vessel log-keeping software), and ESTA® for secure file transfer. The portfolio extends to condition monitoring solutions including ViPRe and SEAS (offering vibration and oil analysis modules), an Energy Dashboard for energy management, and various log-keeping tools like eConsole and NMEA Gateway. The products work together to provide comprehensive data collection, analysis, and transfer capabilities for government and commercial maritime clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Logbook: A cost-effective electronic log-keeping solution for operations management, tracking process variables including temperature, vibration, pressure, and more.
• Shipslog
• ESTA
• ViPRe
• SEAS
• Energy Dashboard
• eConsole
• EJS Charts
• SIP
• eDock

Products and services

• Logbook® Cost-effective electronic log-keeping solution for operations management that replaces paper logs, featuring PDA data entry, alarm conditions for out-of-range readings, graphing capabilities, and audit trails for industrial and maritime operators.
• Shipslog® Nautical log entry system designed for mariners to automate Ship Position Log, Data Sheet, Remarks Sheet, Night Orders, Arrival/Departure, and Master's Daily Report; the first and only U.S. Coast Guard-approved software for vessel log-keeping.
• ESTA® (Emprise Secure Transfer Agent) Secure file transfer solution using TLS protocol and public/private key encryption that reliably delivers data over unreliable network connections, with automatic resume capability and FIPS-compliant options for government security requirements.
• Logbook® & Shipslog® Combined System Combined Logbook and Shipslog electronic and nautical log-keeping system for both industrial operations management and maritime vessel compliance; replaces paper logs across multiple log types with automated data capture and centralized management.
• ViPRe Predictive maintenance and condition monitoring product for industrial and maritime applications, providing vibration analysis and oil analysis to detect machinery faults before failure.
• SEAS (Shipboard Engineering Analysis System) Interactive web-based condition monitoring product for analyzing vessel data by shipboard and shore-side personnel, with vibration analysis and oil analysis modules for comprehensive machinery health monitoring.
• Energy Dashboard Energy management product for monitoring and analyzing energy consumption in industrial and maritime settings, enabling operators to track and optimize usage.
• EJS Charts Emprise JavaScript charting software providing interactive web-based data visualization that rivals commercial client-server applications, supporting condition monitoring dashboards and analytics.
• eConsole Console product under Emprise's Log Keeping category used for operations monitoring and data management, complementing the Logbook and Shipslog line.
• Emprise NMEA Gateway Gateway product under Emprise's Log Keeping category that integrates NMEA marine electronics data into the log-keeping and condition monitoring systems.
• SIP (Ship Inspection Program) Tablet-based inspection application enabling assessors to annotate conditions, collect objective quality evidence, categorically grade conditions, provide recommendations, take pictures, and generate Work Requests on location, integrating with maintenance management systems for vessel hull and corrosion inspection.
• eDock Data Transfer Appliance Headless data transfer appliance enabling secure communication between inspection program tablets and databases via computer networks, with identity management and automated upload/download workflows for inspection data.
• Diesel Doctor DK-20 Data Collector Reciprocating analysis data collector paired with Emprise's proprietary Cylinder Balance Index (CBI) metric for trending engine balance over time, using peak firing pressure standard deviation normalized across cylinders to assess diesel engine condition.
• Condition Monitoring Services Hands-on condition monitoring services including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, diesel engine combustion analysis, and balancing services, provided as full-service contracts or as data analysis of client-collected data for maritime and industrial clients.
• LiDAR Scanning Services 3D laser scanning services for vessel and facility mapping using Leica RTC360 cameras with class 1 laser and HDR imaging, creating millimeter-precision 3D models for structural integrity monitoring, blueprint development, and alteration planning.
• Diesel Management Strategy (DMS) Program Support Engineering, technical, training, logistics, administrative, and program management support contract for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division's Diesel Management Strategy program serving U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines, executed under a five-year cost-plus fixed fee arrangement.
• Software Maintenance and Support Recurring annual software upgrade maintenance plans, 24/7 help desk support, troubleshooting, debugging, and training courses provided to commercial and government customers across the Emprise product portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• Early detection of machinery problems maximizes vessel productivity, minimizes unscheduled downtime, and increases machine service life
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 June 2024Emprise Corporation was awarded a $24,642,913 five-year cost-plus fixed fee contract by NSWCPD for Diesel Management Strategy (DMS) Program Support. The company provides engineering, technical, training, logistics, administrative, and program management support. NSWCPD supports in-service and logistics engineering for non-nuclear ship machinery systems for U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines.
• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmprise is recognized as an ABS-certified External Specialist for Condition Monitoring, enabling the company to submit vessels to ABS for acceptance into its Continuous Survey Program. This partnership allows Emprise to provide comprehensive condition monitoring services including machinery selection, data collection, analysis, and ABS submission processing.
• U.S. Navy / Military Sealift CommandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmprise delivers condition monitoring products and services to US Military Sealift Command, including the first interactive web-based SEAS vibration analysis product. Long-standing relationship supporting fleet readiness through predictive maintenance solutions.
• Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmprise supports NAVSEA efforts providing Diesel Maintenance Strategy to increase fleet readiness. The company builds upon its long-standing relationship with the U.S. Navy and its commands for various engineering and maintenance programs.
• Seaport-EminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEmprise holds a Seaport-E contract providing access to government customers through this Navy contracting vehicle for professional support services including software engineering, reliability support, configuration management, and IT support.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oceaneering International: Large marine services provider with significant U.S. Navy and government exposure and a broader portfolio than Emprise, but it competes for naval engineering, asset integrity, and condition monitoring task orders through its Marine Services and Subsea segments.
• BMT Group: U.K.-based maritime engineering, naval architecture, and asset management consultancy serving navies and commercial shipowners. Competes with Emprise on condition monitoring, fleet management, and reliability engineering for naval and commercial fleets.
• Vectrus: Public defense services prime that operates within NAVSEA/Seaport-E and provides sustainment, IT, and logistics engineering to the U.S. Navy — a likely prime contractor competitor to Emprise for NAVSEA condition monitoring and DMS-style task orders.
• Lloyd's Register: Major classification society offering ship survey, condition monitoring, and asset integrity services to navies and commercial operators. Competes with Emprise on regulatory-adjacent vessel services and continuous survey programs.
• Wärtsilä: Global marine technology and services provider with condition monitoring (SmartShip/Expert Insight) and lifecycle services for vessels and naval fleets. Adjacent to Emprise's predictive maintenance and engine condition monitoring work.
• Kongsberg Maritime: Major marine technology vendor providing automation, navigation, and integrated vessel management systems. Competes indirectly with Emprise's SEAS, ShipsLog, and shipboard engineering analysis products at the platform integration layer.
• M.C. Dean: Large U.S. systems integrator with deep DoD/Navy presence delivering electrical, automation, and IT/IA services — a likely Seaport-E competitor for the configuration management and IT support scope that Emprise also pursues.

Direct peers

• ABS Group: Affiliated with American Bureau of Shipping, ABS Group provides independent condition monitoring, asset integrity, and risk-based inspection services to marine and industrial clients — directly overlapping Emprise's ABS External Specialist condition monitoring work.
• RINA: Classification society and marine engineering consultancy providing ship survey, condition monitoring, and asset integrity services globally. Comparable to Emprise's ABS-led Condition Monitoring and vessel inspection work.
• DNV: Classification society and assurance provider running condition-based maintenance and remote survey programs for naval and commercial fleets. Closely comparable to Emprise's ABS-style External Specialist offering in condition monitoring.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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