Since 1999, SCA Technologies has provided category sourcing and cost management solutions that help industry leaders maximize profits by better managing market, supply and demand volatility. Our fresh, cross-functional approach provides improved visibility and streamlines processes for planning, tracking and optimizing direct materials costs and prices.A passion for helping businesses wring more efficiency and profit from their supply chains is what brought our founders together. CEO Samarth Sarthi brought management expertise from Carnegie-Mellon University and an extensive supply chain career in industry and foodservice. CTO Vishy Visweswaran brought a Princeton Ph.D. and an extensive background in optimization and planning.Together they formed a team around an innovative set of algorithms for optimizing supply chain performance across raw materials, manufacturing and distribution. The software achieved measurable results, and over the early 2000s, the SCA customer base grew rapidly with enterprise applications for customers in the food, electrical, technology and metals industries.