Accero is an IT services company. Accero is headquartered in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

 (US), and has operations in the U.S., Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, and the UK.

History

Originally founded in 1974 as Cyborg Systems, Inc., Accero was acquired by Hewitt Associates in 2003.

In February of 2008, the company was acquired by Vista Equity Partners

Vista Equity Partners

Vista Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in software and technology-enabled businesses. The firm was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in Chicago, Illinois and Austin, Texas. Vista Equity Partners currently holds...

, a San Francisco-based private equity firm.

In February 2011, Accero’s founding CEO, Tom Malone, stepped down and Sean Fallon was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

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