Company History

“Where does the name Semarca Come From?”

There once was a young boy named Gregg living in Venezuela with his family while his father worked for Sun Oil company.  To transport the oil company’s workers from land to the off-shore facilities, special boats called "launches" were leased from a company named Semarca.  The 40 foot aluminum boats were powered by two twin Jimmy Diesels which made them swift and smooth.  To 14 year old teenagers, these boats were way cool.  On special occasions, the boys were allowed to drive these “fast, cool launches” – an experience that had a profound impact on all of them.  It was on one of these trips that Gregg remembers declaring to his friends that one day he would own his own company and name it after this boat leasing company – Semarca.

On August 6, 1981, Gerald H. Smith II (Gregg) fulfilled his dreams when The Semarca Corporation was founded.  Things have certainly changed over the years.  Back when the company first started, the databases were custom written for each association and the hardware required to run the databases filled an entire room!  The software has evolved over the years from COBOL to R:Base; then to FoxPro, and in 2000 a true client/server product based on Delphi was developed.  The latest product is being finalized in 2010 and is based on MySQL.

The future of Semarca holds many great things as well.  The company has released a package of web-based applications for the organization's members to use in tandem with the Semarca Assocaition Management Software (SAMS) database, and soon the entire software package will be completely assessible through the Internet.  Semarca is constantly researching and developing new products and methods so that we may serve our clients as effectively as possible.  Our goal at The Semarca Corporation is to provide associations with Management Software that is fast, efficient, and very user friendly.  We create software that provides value to the organization; software that allows users to be productive and have fun while using it.  Semarca is committed to providing impeccable technical support with outstanding response times.