What emerging technologies group does

Engage Software is a privately held custom software development and strategic consulting firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm builds bespoke web applications, member portals, account management systems, and internal workflow platforms for clients across associations and non-profits (the largest segment at roughly 60% of clients over the past three years), franchises and retail chains (True Value, Little Caesars), telecommunications (Consolidated Communications), and staffing firms (Innovative Staff Solutions). Engage has been a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner since 2000 and holds the highest DNN Gold Certified Partner status, anchoring its technical positioning around .NET, ASP.NET, C#, and the DNN Platform, with modern headless front-end work in Astro and Elm and content management via Payload CMS.

The firm's product surface includes Engage AMS (an association management system for events and memberships), Engage Sports (a sports league management platform), Faith Enroll (enrollment for faith-based organizations), and a portfolio of DNN skin packages and modules. The proprietary products complement rather than replace the core professional services business; consulting and custom development remain the primary revenue drivers, with SaaS subscriptions providing a secondary recurring stream. Notable operational scale signals such as running 3,000+ True Value store websites on a single DNN instance demonstrate capacity to operate at the enterprise end of the market.

Engage's go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by thought leadership content (blog posts on .NET, DevOps, headless architecture), DNN community event participation (DNN World, DNNCon, DNN Summit), and case-study-driven marketing. The firm expanded in January 2020 by acquiring SMB Creative Group, which added digital marketing services and the Connecting Members platform and led to the formation of the Engage Digital Services division. Leadership includes co-founder and President Rich Campbell, co-founder and VP Operations Kevin O'Brien, CTO Brian Dukes, VP Marketing and Sales Jason Stone, and DNN co-founder Joe Brinkman (joined 2019).

Name

emerging technologies group

Legal name

Engage Software

Website

https://emerging-tech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Engage Software is a 26+ year custom software development and strategic consulting firm in St. Louis, Missouri, serving associations, non-profits, telecom, franchise, and staffing clients with .NET, DNN, and headless web builds, plus proprietary AMS and sports league SaaS offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal IT Consulting and Custom Software Development

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Software Engineering & Application Modernization (BPAHAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Architecture & Technology Roadmapping (BPAEAAAC), Emerging Tech (IoT, Blockchain, AR/VR, Edge) Consulting (BPAHAEAL)

Keywords

• Federal IT consulting
• Cybersecurity services
• Cloud computing services
• Healthcare IT modernization
• Custom software development

Headquarters

HQ city

Gainesville

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, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Bespoke software solutions built to client specifications, including web applications, portals, and integrations. Typically project-based with 4-6 month timelines for major initiatives.
2. Strategic Consulting: Expert guidance on technology decisions, architecture assessments, DevOps practices, and digital transformation. Often leads to larger development engagements.
3. SaaS Products (Engage AMS, Engage Sports): Subscription-based association management and sports league management platforms provided as cloud-hosted solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Emerging Technologies Group (Emerging Tech) is a private IT services firm providing federal IT consulting, cybersecurity, cloud, software, and healthcare modernization services to government and enterprise clients. The company delivers strategic technology consulting, custom software development, and a portfolio of proprietary SaaS products including association management, sports league management, and faith-based enrollment platforms. Its delivery model emphasizes long-term partnerships, user-centered design, and DevOps-enabled continuous optimization across multi-phase projects.

Product overview

Engage Software is a custom software development and strategic consulting firm founded in 1999, offering both professional services and proprietary products. Their product portfolio centers on Engage AMS (Association Management System), a flexible suite for managing events and memberships for associations, complemented by domain-specific solutions including Engage Sports (sports league management) and Faith Enroll (religious education enrollment). They also offer DNN Platform skins/modules (Engage: Publish, Engage: BEFITTING, Engage: Zeen) and maintain a Digital Services division for marketing initiatives. The company specializes in .NET, DNN Platform, Astro (headless architecture), and Elm for front-end development, providing strategic consulting alongside their software offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Engage AMS: Association Management System for events and memberships
• Engage Sports
• Faith Enroll
• Engage Digital Services

Products and services

• Custom Software Development Bespoke software solutions built to client specifications using .NET, DNN Platform, ASP.NET, and modern web technologies, with emphasis on optimal user experience and mobile performance. Projects typically span 4-6 months and scale to enterprise clients with dedicated teams.
• Strategic Consulting Expert technology guidance including project management, architecture assessments, technology roadmapping, DevOps automation evaluation, UX research, and digital transformation consulting. Often leads to larger development engagements.
• Engage AMS (Association Management System) A flexible SaaS suite to manage events and memberships for associations and similar organizations, with architecture that encourages configuration and custom integrations. Supports duplicate membership checking, auto-approve applications, multiple membership types, and company-based memberships.
• Engage Sports An all-in-one sports league management platform designed to streamline operations, manage registrations, schedules, payments, and communications for leagues, clubs, and sports organizations.
• Faith Enroll A streamlined enrollment platform for faith-based organizations that automates registration, payment collection, and communication to reduce administrative stress.
• Engage Digital Services Digital marketing services division offering online initiatives, website development, and support services for small to mid-market organizations; evolved from the January 2020 acquisition of SMB Creative Group.
• Engage: BEFITTING (DNN Skin Package) Commercial DNN Platform skin package with five layouts in four colors and seven containers, designed for flexibility across small business and personal sites.
• Engage: Zeen (DNN Skin) Free DNN skin package based on the Smazine WordPress theme, featuring semantic markup and design, offered to the DNN community under GPL.
• Engage: Publish Module Commercial DNN module released in 2008, representing one of the firm's first commercial modules with nearly 7,000 man hours invested; now open source.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 store websites managed on a single DNN instance for True Value
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SMB Creative GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020In January 2020, Engage acquired SMB Creative Group, a digital marketing firm specializing in online initiatives, website development, and support services for small to mid-market organizations. The acquisition brought the SMB Creative team into Engage and added the Connecting Members platform to their product portfolio. This acquisition evolved into the Engage Digital Services division.
• Joe Brinkman (DNN Co-founder)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Engage enlisted DNN co-founder Joe Brinkman to join their development team to meet growing product demand. In addition to working with clients, Joe helped bring two new Engage products to market in 2019.
• DNN Corp (DotNetNuke)coreTechnology or IntegrationEngage is a Gold Certified Partner within the DotNetNuke Partner program - the highest status available. They have been an active supporter of the DNN project for many years through the DotNetNuke Benefactor and Sponsor programs. Engage has been a DotNetNuke Partner since the program was announced.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationEngage has been a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner since 2000, demonstrating expertise in Microsoft technologies including .NET, C#, and related development platforms.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• DNN Corp: The vendor behind the DotNetNuke/DNN Platform. Engage is a Gold Certified Partner with deep ties to DNN Corp's community and co-founders, making this the closest ecosystem peer for partnership and platform-direction benchmarking.

Direct peers

• Wild Apricot (Personify): Leading SaaS association management system serving small and mid-sized associations and non-profits — directly competitive with Engage AMS in the same primary customer segment.
• MemberClicks: Cloud-based association management software for small-to-mid associations, overlapping squarely with Engage AMS in feature set and buyer profile.
• Impexium: Enterprise association management platform serving larger associations and member-based organizations — competes with Engage AMS in mid-market and enterprise association deals.
• AIS (Applied Information Sciences): Microsoft-focused custom software and cloud consultancy with similar .NET/Azure delivery capabilities, often bidding against Engage on Microsoft-stack enterprise projects.
• BlueModus: Kentico and Microsoft .NET digital experience agency serving associations and mid-market enterprises — directly comparable in CMS-platform expertise and association/non-profit vertical focus.
• Springthrough Consulting: Small, Microsoft-aligned .NET/Azure custom development firm with comparable headcount and service-line mix, often on similar association and mid-market RFPs.

Broad incumbents

• Perficient: Large Microsoft-focused digital consultancy offering custom software, CMS, and AMS-adjacent implementations — competes with Engage on enterprise custom-development engagements while serving a much broader portfolio.
• Slalom: Global consulting firm with a dedicated custom software and Microsoft practice; targets many of the same enterprise and mid-market custom-development opportunities as Engage.
• Rightpoint (Genpact): Digital experience and Microsoft Gold Partner consultancy; competes with Engage for .NET, DNN, and Sitecore-related association and enterprise web projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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