JMPE

What JMPE does

JMPE Engineering Inc is a Santa Barbara, California-based professional electrical engineering and lighting design firm founded in 1994 by John Maloney, PE. The firm delivers six core service lines: advanced electrical systems design for power, lighting, and signal systems; power distribution and analysis including Short Circuit, Coordination, and Arc Flash studies; Title 24 lighting calculations and custom photovoltaic solar design; scalable EV charging infrastructure engineering; critical backup power engineering for California skilled nursing and residential care facilities (AB 2511 72/96-hour mandates); and architectural lighting design. JMPE licenses Professional Engineers support compliance-driven and aesthetic-critical projects, with differentiated expertise in California energy code and healthcare backup power regulation.

The firm serves commercial, industrial, governmental, retail, and residential clients from three California offices (Santa Barbara headquarters, Bakersfield, and Santa Maria), with marquee projects including Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, Nobu at the Biltmore, Ospi Montecito Restaurant, MOXI Museum, and the South Coast Watershed Resource Center. Revenue is generated entirely on a project-based professional services engagement model, with pricing quoted per project based on scope and complexity and no public rate cards or subscription offerings. The firm maintains no public apps or API products, uses PayPal and Venmo for client payments, and markets through a portfolio-driven website, direct client relationships, and a deep credential base of more than a dozen industry awards spanning 1991–2026.

In 2026, JMPE joined the Agathos AEC network, a newly formed nationwide architecture and engineering design platform established by Hunter Forest Capital LLC and backed by Aldine Capital Partners, Petra Capital Partners, Pine Street Capital, and Patriot Capital, giving the firm multi-discipline teaming capacity and national project reach while preserving its dedicated California service model. The firm remains privately held and operates as part of the Agathos AEC strategic platform without separate disclosed financials or headcount figures.

Name

JMPE

Legal name

JMPE Engineering Inc

Website

https://jmpe.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JMPE is a Santa Barbara-based electrical engineering and lighting design firm serving commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential clients across California with Title 24 compliance, power distribution analysis, and architectural lighting design expertise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Barbara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: Project-based electrical engineering and lighting design services for commercial, industrial, governmental, retail, and residential projects. Revenue generated through consulting and design fees for specific engineering projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

JMPE is a licensed professional electrical engineering and lighting design firm providing full-spectrum design services for commercial, industrial, governmental, retail, educational, multi-family/hospitality, and high-end residential projects across California. Core offerings include advanced electrical systems design, power distribution analysis (Short Circuit, Coordination, Arc Flash), Title 24 energy compliance and PV solar design, EV charging infrastructure engineering, AB 2511 critical backup power solutions, and architectural lighting design.

Product overview

JMPE provides full-spectrum electrical engineering and lighting design services for commercial, industrial, governmental, retail, and residential projects. The company's product portfolio consists of six core service offerings: Electrical Systems Design provides advanced engineering for power, lighting, and signal systems; Power Distribution & Analysis delivers expert distribution design including short circuit analysis and arc flash studies; Compliance & Sustainability offers Title 24 lighting calculations and photovoltaic solar design; EV Charging Infrastructure provides scalable electric vehicle charging solutions; Critical Backup Power Solutions delivers resiliency engineering for California's 72/96-hour backup power mandates; and Architectural Lighting Design creates interior and exterior lighting solutions. Founded in 1994 and now part of the Agathos AEC network, JMPE serves all of California with offices in Santa Barbara, Bakersfield, and Santa Maria.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electrical Systems Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 years of delivering innovative, energy-efficient engineering and lighting design since 1994

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Agathos AECcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 February 2026JMPE joined the Agathos AEC network in 2026 as part of a new platform formation in the Architecture & Engineering sector. Agathos AEC is a diversified, nationwide architecture and engineering design firm platform combining civil, structural, MEP, surveying, and electrical engineering expertise. The partnership provides JMPE with expanded technical reach, streamlined operations, enhanced project stability, and integrated multi-discipline solutions.
• Plump Engineering, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 February 2026Plump Engineering, Inc. (PEI) is a strategic partner with Agathos AEC alongside JMPE, both being partner firms in the Agathos AEC platform combining civil, structural, MEP, surveying, and electrical engineering expertise.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Affiliated Engineers (AEI): AEI is a national MEP and specialized design consulting firm focused on high-performance building systems. Like JMPE, it competes for complex electrical, lighting, and power distribution work on commercial, healthcare, and institutional projects, making it a direct comparable on capability rather than size.
• ME Engineers: ME Engineers is a specialized MEP/lighting design consulting firm serving commercial, sports, cultural, and entertainment projects. It overlaps directly with JMPE's electrical and lighting design practice, including marquee stadium and museum-type engagements (e.g., Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, MOXI Museum).
• Glumac: Glumac is a MEP/sustainability engineering consultancy with strong West Coast presence and high exposure to Title 24-style code compliance and decarbonization. The platform was itself absorbed into a larger professional services platform, mirroring JMPE's recent Agathos AEC integration trajectory.
• Environmental Systems Design (ESD): ESD is a MEP engineering consulting firm with a strong electrical and lighting design practice serving healthcare, higher-education, commercial, and government clients. The profile of jurisdictional compliance work and mission-critical electrical design lines up closely with JMPE's portfolio.
• Plump Engineering, Inc. (PEI): Plump Engineering is the sister strategic partner of JMPE inside the Agathos AEC platform, providing civil/structural/MEP/surveying services. As a co-tenant of the same PE-backed design-firm roll-up with overlapping electrical-adjacent engineering services, it is the most operationally comparable peer.
• P2S Inc. P2S is a specialized MEP and technology systems consulting firm working on healthcare, higher-ed, government, and commercial projects. Its mix of power distribution, lighting, and code-driven compliance work closely mirrors JMPE's engineering offerings and customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Stantec is a global professional services firm with a large buildings electrical engineering practice covering power distribution, lighting, and code compliance. It competes with JMPE on commercial, healthcare, and government projects but as one of many disciplines inside a much larger platform.
• SmithGroup: SmithGroup is a large integrated architecture/engineering/design firm with a substantial electrical engineering and lighting practice. It competes with JMPE on commercial, government, healthcare, and higher-ed projects but at greater scale and as part of a broader multi-discipline portfolio.
• IMEG Corp. IMEG is a national engineering consulting firm (formerly KJ Engineering) with significant electrical engineering and lighting design capability serving healthcare, government, and commercial clients. It is a broader incumbent comparable on capability stack but much larger and geographically diversified.
• HGA Architects & Engineers: HGA is an integrated architecture and engineering firm with an in-house electrical engineering and lighting design practice. It serves similar markets to JMPE (cultural, civic, healthcare, higher-ed) but at greater scale and as part of a wider design-services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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