WASHINGTON and REDLANDS, Calif. — New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT) is an integrated Information Technology (IT) and geospatial services consultancy serving customers across government, non-profit, and commercial sectors. Founded in Washington, DC in 2001, the firm's early years focused on developing location-based enterprise web and database solutions — such as the Master Address Repository (MAR) and DC Atlas — for the District of Columbia government. As the firm's customer portfolio grew, it established partnerships with leading businesses and technology providers to expand its capabilities and market reach.
One of the most important of these was formed in 2004, when NLT became a partner with Esri, the world leader in location intelligence technology. This partnership enabled the companies to leverage each other's technical and domain expertise to serve more customers. The two companies joined forces on enterprise geospatial development and migration projects, including work for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in 2005.
NLT's success continued as it expanded from state and local to federal government clients, including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where the firm established itself as a trusted provider of research, development, and technology implementation services for the national statistical, agricultural, and disasters communities. Working in mission-critical, computationally intensive environments, NLT became a leader in DevSecOps, cloud computing, real-time data integration and analytics, and high-performance web application development and visualization.
Over the years at FEMA, the partnership between NLT and Esri has proved vital as the companies work closely to help the agency establish and enhance robust geospatial infrastructures (including Disasters.Geoplatform.Gov and Gis.Fema.Gov) that support disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Working together, the firms have implemented a portfolio of server, desktop, and field-based software solutions leveraging ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS GeoEvent Server, ArcGIS Image Server, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, and other packages that help users conduct spatial analyses, manage and serve datasets, and communicate information to advise decision-making throughout the disaster lifecycle.
During the 2017 and 2018 disaster seasons — among the most devastating and costly in U.S. history — geospatial software specialists from both firms developed and deployed interactive Esri-based dashboards that analyzed complex information to predict impacts to people and infrastructure, guide evacuation and rescue operations, assess damage, and analyze economic recovery.
NLT & Esri Through the Years:
- NLT joins the Esri Partner Program in 2004
- Esri adds NLT enterprise software subject-matter experts to its Developer Support Group
- NLT wins New Business Partner of the Year in 2006
- NLT and Esri team on professional services contracts
- NLT joins the Esri Federal Small Business Specialty in 2017
- NLT and Esri lead federal geospatial software implementation projects
"Our Esri Partner relationship has been a key component of our overall growth in geoscience capabilities and customer acquisition and retention over the years, and we look to continue to build and nurture that relationship to deliver value-added services using the ArcGIS platform," said NLT's CEO and Founder.
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About New Light Technologies
New Light Technologies (NLT) is a Washington, DC-based firm with 25+ years of experience delivering:
- Geospatial systems and enterprise GIS
- Cloud-native data platforms
- AI/ML and advanced analytics
- DevSecOps and cybersecurity solutions
NLT supports federal, state, and international organizations in operationalizing data for mission impact.