Industry roots
Blue Water Design was founded by R. Chris Roark after years of work in hydrologic monitoring, flood warning, and field telemetry. That practical background shaped the company around equipment that has to work in remote sites, difficult radio environments, and agency operations where reliability matters.
From the early years of ALERT2 through today's deployed systems, Blue Water Design has stayed close to the full operating problem: field hardware, embedded firmware, protocol behavior, base stations, repeaters, integration points, and the software people use to understand the data.
Continuing the work
Blue Water Design was purchased in 2017 and continues to build on that foundation. Blue Water Design develops the A2M encoder, A2X modem, A2FX field transceiver, A2RT remote telemetry unit, and VantagePoint cloud monitoring software for ALERT2 and environmental telemetry systems.
Blue Water Design also continues to push the ALERT2 industry forward with new product ideas, modern configuration and diagnostics, two-way capability, integration tools, and software that gives operators clearer visibility into system health and field data.
Technology used across the market
Blue Water Design hardware and firmware have been licensed to many of the major players in the ALERT2 market. Its decoder, demodulator, encoder, and modem technologies have been used directly by agencies and as OEM components inside other manufacturers' systems.
Today, that history supports a practical mix of product sales, OEM relationships, software development, and consulting for ALERT2 systems, embedded systems, telemetry integration, and cloud monitoring workflows.