American private government technology company
Accela Company type
Private Industry
Software development , GovTech Founded 1999 Founder Robert Ausherman Headquarters , U.S.
Key people
Services Implementation services Managed application services Accela U Number of employees
201-500 Website
accela.com
Accela is an American private government technology company.
[1] It was established in 1999 as a result of a merger with Sierra Computer Systems and Open Data Systems.
[1] Accela's platform is used by state and local government agencies in the United States and in other countries.
[2]
History
Accela was founded in 1999 as a result of a merger with Sierra Computer Systems and Open Data Systems.
[1]
Between 2014 and 2015, Accela acquired ten companies including
PublicStuff , GeoTMS, IQM2, Envista, Kinsail, Government Outreach, Decade Software, Civic Insight, Springbrook Software, and SoftRight.
[3] In 2017, Accela was acquired by
Berkshire Partners .
[4]
In September 2018, Accela partnered with
Microsoft Azure to power its cloud-based services.
[2] On December 10, 2018,
Gary Kovacs was named Chief Executive Officer of Accela.
[5]
On September 6, 2023,
Francisco Partners announced a new investment in Accela.
Berkshire Partners remains as a significant investor.
[6]
On January 16, 2024, Accela welcomed new CEO Noam Reininger.
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Usage
Government agencies that use Accela's platform include those of
San Joaquin County, California ;
Pima County, Arizona ;
[8]
San Antonio, Texas ;
[9]
San Diego, California ;
[10]
Baltimore County, Maryland ;
[11] New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; the city and county of
Denver, Colorado ;
El Paso, Texas ;
Brownsville, Texas ;
Indianapolis, Indiana ;
Salt Lake City, Utah ;
Culver City, California ;
[12]
Cabarrus County, North Carolina ;
[13] several cities and counties across Florida;
[14] and
Abu Dhabi .
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[2]
The Accela Civic Platform digitizes governmental processes.
[16] Accela's Civic Applications aid governments in delivering various services, such as permitting, licensing, and code enforcement.
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[18] Accela also has permitting applications for solar energy and natural disasters.
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References
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c Sciacca, Annie (July 5, 2013).
"Cutting red tape: There's an app for that" .
San Francisco Business Times .
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c Kawamoto, Dawn (December 11, 2018).
"East Bay tech company names former Mozilla CEO as its new top executive" .
San Francisco Business Times . Retrieved May 6, 2023 .
^ Wood, Collin (May 19, 2015).
"Accela Acquisition of PublicStuff Signifies Maturation of Government Tech Market" . GovTech .
^ Miller, Ben (September 28, 2017).
"Private Equity Firm Acquires Accela in What May Be the Biggest Gov Tech Deal Ever" . GovTech .
^ Wood, Colin (December 10, 2018).
"Five Questions with New Accela CEO Gary Kovacs" . GovTech .
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"Accela Advances Momentum with New Strategic Investment from Francisco Partners" . Francisco Partners Media . September 6, 2023.
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"Accela Appoints Noam Reininger as New CEO to Drive Next Phase of Innovation" . PR Newswire . January 16, 2024.
^ Kanowitz, Stephanie (June 21, 2022).
"Cloud integrates county's splintered back-end workflows" . GCN .
^ Westrope, Andrew (September 14, 2020).
"Accela, OpenCities Partner on No-Code Digital Services Tool" . GovTech .
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" 'Culture of Compliance': Supervisors Advance County Subcontractor Transparency Ordinance" . Times of San Diego . March 17, 2021.
^ Meoili, John (March 13, 2014).
"Baltimore County Code Enforcement goes mobile" .
The Baltimore Sun .
^ Rueter, Thad; Adams, Andrew (August 31, 2022).
"Where Is Gov Tech Industry Headed in Final Stretch of 2022?" . GovTech .
^ Stone, Adam (July 9, 2019).
"Digital Counties 2019: Winners Push Shared, Citizen Services" . GovTech .
^ Kanowitz, Stephanie (October 25, 2022).
"Cloud-based property assessments speed hurricane recovery" . GCN .
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"Abu Dhabi selects Accela Automation to support economic diversification" . Tech Monitor . October 23, 2008.
^ White, Angela (September 7, 2021).
"County permit, zoning, license system going online" .
Newnan Times-Herald .
^ Miller, Ben (May 6, 2023).
"Accela Launches Planning and Building Apps, Hoping to Streamline Development" . GovTech .
^ White, Angela (September 7, 2021).
"County permit, zoning, license system going online" .
Newnan Times-Herald .
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"Accela Recognized as 2020 Microsoft Us Partner Award Winner" . AiThority . July 17, 2020.
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"Accela to Roll Out Free Solar Permitting App to Customers" . GovTech . April 29, 2021.
^ Kanowitz, Stephanie (October 25, 2022).
"Cloud-based property assessments speed hurricane recovery" . GCN .
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