Tag: Rodney Stamps
Stampsco plans for the inevitable in Tornado Alley
July 9, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
OKLAHOMA CITY—When your business is located in Tornado Alley, it pays to have a contingency plan, a fire and life safety company here has concluded after two F5 tornadoes roared through the vicinity in May.Rodney Stamps, president and CEO of Stampsco, said that his company didn't take a direct hit from the May 20 tornado that devastated nearby Moore, Okla. or from the May 31 tornado that tore through this city—which at 2.6 miles wide was the widest tornado ever recorded.But he said the...
STAMPSCO again one of Oklahoma City's fastest-growing companies
August 22, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
OKLAHOMA CITY—With 60 percent revenue growth last year, several large-scale projects under way and a hiring increase, it's really not surprising that STAMPSCO has been named one of this city's top 50 fastest-growing companies. And this marks the second time in a row that the fire and life safety company has won such recognition.What's the secret of the company's success? “Nothing really very magical, except for a great team doing lots of work,” company President and CEO Rodney Stamps...
Companies fired up about social media
August 1, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
YARMOUTH, Maine—In the one year that Stampsco has been active on social media, staff at this small but busy fire company has had to carve out time to figure out how to best use sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
“Typically,” said Rodney Stamps, president of Oklahoma City-based Stampsco, “we have normal business activities during the day, and in the evenings come in and discuss what we're going to do on social media.”
But Stamps said he's committed...
Global Fire Systems Design Group launched
November 17, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
OKLAHOMA CITY—Complex new requirements for how fire alarm and mass notification systems are designed, installed and tested, especially for military applications, led a fire and life safety company based here to create a team of experts specializing in such work.
Stampsco this month announced the launch of its specialized global Fire Systems Design Group, which had been in the planning phase for about a year. Rodney Stamps, company president and CEO, said the new division will “assist...
Stampsco one of OK City's top 50 companies
September 1, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
OKLAHOMA CITY—Since the start of the economic recession, Stampsco, a fire and life safety company based here, has more than doubled its revenues, nearly tripled its office space, and has twice as many employees, according to company president and CEO Rodney Stamps.
Stampsco's rapid growth has led to its recently being selected by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce as one of the top 50 fastest-growing private companies in the metropolitan area in 2011.
Business has “just...