SDL was founded in 1996 by two academic researchers whose goal was to put state-of-the-art university research into products and services for commercial enterprises. The company principals, Stuart J. Shelley and Thomas D. Sharp earned their Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cincinnati and the company remains headquartered in Cincinnati today. SDL's products and services reduce cost, uncertainty and time-to-market for development of products and processes that involve DSPs. SDL has developed a broad client base since its inception; including the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, and NASA as well as numerous commercial customers. SDL has formed close partnerships with its clients, in effect becoming an integral part of their Research and Development Staff. The list of company successes is long; including the development of an experiment recently performed on the International Space Station.

Be recognized as the premier company providing outstanding, creative solutions to the most difficult mechatronic problems experienced in developing high technology products and processes

SDL is committed to forming strong mutually valuable relationships with our customers, partners and associates. We measure the success of meeting our mission by asking our stakeholders one question: "Would you recommend us to your peers?"

• Total Customer Satisfaction - We ensure that our customers, clients and partners are delighted that they have honored us with their business association.
  
• Superior Solutions to Difficult Problems - We provide superior, multi-disciplinary, engineering solutions to our customers' difficult, unsolved problems; transforming these needs into best-in-class products and processes, reducing their time-to-market, development cost and risk.
  
• Constant Improvement - We constantly improve the skills and abilities of our associates and the capabilities of our technology.


• Respect - Treat all people with respect, fairness and compassion.


• Life Balance - Maintain a healthy balance between work and family.