RJS was founded in 1993 by John Smeltzer.
John began demonstrating a natural inclination towards electronics at a preschool age. He was designing and fabricating printed circuit boards by the 5th grade. Entrepreneurial tendencies started to show in high school, where he would sell custom circuit boards.

After graduating from Pioneer Joint Vocational School, John moved to Columbus Ohio to acquire a BSEET (Bachelor of Science - Electronic Engineering Technology ) from DeVRY Institute of Technology.

Shortly after moving to Columbus, John started working at a local CableTV repair facility. Within weeks John was promoted to Assistant Chief Engineer where he stayed for his 4 years of college. After graduating, John spent the next few years as a field service engineer responsible for multi-million dollar injection molding machines and robots. After excessive and unpredictable travel for 2 and half years John resigned to stay home and tinker. This tinkering became RJS Electronics Inc.