Company Profile
SMS Holdings began in 1988 as a small entrepreneurial enterprise built on hard work and teamwork. Our late founder Bill Coakley was passionate about his business but more importantly about the people with whom he worked.
The company has grown to become a family of operating companies providing facility, security, and transporation services nationwide that continue his priority on family. SMS Holdings includes Service Management Systems, Block by Block, Valor Security Services, PrimeFlight Aviation, Brantley Security, Brantley Usher, and FirstLine Transportation Security. Visit the websites via the logos below for more information.
Coakley authored the SMS Holdings Way that articulates his vision based on 12 core values that are still practiced today nationwide. Read The SMS Holdings Way here to discover more about those values: honesty, integrity, hard work, fairness, appreciation, fun, humility, growth, achievement, loyalty, God-centered, and faith-based.
How SMS Cares Started
The SMS Cares fund was created in immediate response to Hurricane Katrina and the other hurricanes of 2005 that devastated the Gulf Coast region. SMS Holdings employees nationwide wanted to help their colleagues in the region. The company quickly amassed $75,000 including matching funds from the corporation and was able to assist many SMS Holdings families affected in the region. The fund continues today to assist SMS Holdings employees and their families impacted by natural disasters, house fires, and other personal tragedies.
Communities Where We Live and Work
SMS Cares
has helped many families in the Gulf Coast region with assistance in rebuilding their homes
and communities from Texas to Florida. The contributions from SMS Holdings have impacted their colleagues as well as the broader communities of Gulfport, New Orleans, Port Arthur, and others.
Random acts of violence can affect anyone, and the sudden effects beyond the tragic event are devastating to the family and their community. SMS Cares has assisted the families and communities who have suffered tragedies by violence.