SM&A, founded in 1982 as Steven Myers & Associates, is a defense and aerospace consulting firm located in Irvine, California. The founder and Chairman Emeritus of SM&A is Steven Myers. In 2008 Steven Myers sold the company to Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC and the name was shortened to simply SM&A. The company is the world’s largest provider of Competition Management services (business capture and proposal development) and Program Services (high value post-award program solutions).