July 31, 2018 • Page 6 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Technology Company Credits South Dakota State Treasurer Unclaimed Workforce For Its Continued Success Property Booth To Head To Sioux Empire Fair By Jen Lambley by major brands, such as Dell EMC Gateway employees make up much Governor’s Office of Economic and Cisco, and make them work betDevelopment ter, together. DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. – It is often For example, storage needs are said that when one door shuts, on an incredible trajectory. Individuanother one opens. And, from the als need more digital storage space perspective of Brad Moore, Presifor their photos, videos and mesdent and CEO of Sterling Computers, sages through their various devices. no truer words have been spoken. Likewise, the needs of companies When Gateway left North Sioux and government entities are growCity, S.D., in the early 2000s, it left ing, too. The federal government, behind a talented workforce with which is the company’s largest more than 20 years of industry client, captures data from numerous experience. Which was just the thing collection points and needs a way to that Sterling, a growing technology sort, retrieve and secure that data solutions company, needed. in a cost-effective, accessible and “Our business really got a jump secure way. start,” said Moore. “We were in Sterling acts as a one-stop-shop, growth mode, and everything that combining products, assessments, our company was going through, our and an in-depth knowledge of employees had been through before. specialty IT practices to install and The workforce in South Dakota deploy technology solutions to cuswas key to helping us navigate the tomers across the US. challenges of fast growth and was Good at What They Do instrumental in our success.” As the largest technology comA Little Background pany in the state, Sterling has won Sterling Computers, now located numerous industry awards and in Dakota Dunes, S.D., began in 1996 recognitions. The company was in California by Moore’s cousin and recently named Dell EMC’s Partner his wife, Troy and Maggie Jones. By of the Year, a distinction it’s earned 2002, Moore and several other relatwice in the last four years. It has tives had joined the family business also won an equivalent recognition and relocated the corporate headfrom HPE and has been featured on quarters to Nebraska. Moore and Washington Technology’s Top 100 his wife, Jean, were living in Dakota List of Government Contractors as Dunes at the time. well as the Inc 5000. In 2018, the Moore saw an opportunity for company claimed the No. 1 spot on Sterling in the area because of the the prestigious Air Force contract, plenitude of experienced workers in NETCENTS-2. the technology field. So, in 2013, the And, while Moore credits much couple became majority stockholdof Save $30 on a Summer AC Tune-Up!the company’s success to the ers of the company and decided to workforce, he also credits South relocate the headquarters to Dakota Dakota’s favorable business climate, Dunes. tax structure, ease of doing business Just give us a found a wealth of talent in “We call and we’ll and quality of life. theaSioux City area left over from “My wife and I may have moved to send out qualified Gateway and its supporting busiSouth Dakota because of our family Servicenesses,” said Moore. Technician like ties, but we moved Sterling to South What Sterling Computers Does Dakota because of the favorable tax Tyler, to make sure your Unlike Gateway, Sterling doesn’t structure and ease of doing business AC unitproduce orfor those technology. in the state,” Moore said. “We are is ready manufacture Instead, it takes elements happy to be in South Dakota.” hot summer South Dakota that are Tyler already available and manufactured Reiser Moore said that while former days and save $30!* of Sterling’s current workforce, he has also been very successful at recruiting nationally and getting people to South Dakota. “We are finding that people want the same thing in South Dakota that we do – a high quality of life, low cost of living, and no income tax,” Moore said. “I know if we were anyplace else, we wouldn’t have had the level of success that we’ve had.” More Growth Ahead Next on the horizon for Sterling: an expansion project. The company has outgrown its current facility and headquarters, and has acquired an 82,000 square-foot, two-story office building in North Sioux City. The kicker? The building is part of the former Gateway campus. “We are very excited and plan to remodel and refurbish what is known as the Pacific part of the former Gateway facility,” said Moore. “We have always been a lot more interested in repurposing than building new. There is a certain satisfaction and challenge with revitalization.” There have been some smaller companies in parts of the building in the time between Gateway’s occupation and Sterling’s acquisition, but for the most part, the facility has been untouched. “We went into what was an old conference room, and there was a white board with some of our employee’s names and notes on it, from over 15 years ago,” said Moore. “What’s more, is some of those employees will be returning to the same building they worked in when they were employed by Gateway. 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