ARCOS LLC
ARCOS is an American software company based in Columbus, Ohio. The company produces automated crew callout and a resource management software system for electric and gas utility companies.
The ARCOS System is a software-as-a-service subscription.
History
ARCOS, an acronym for Automated Roster Call Out System, evolved from a company launched by Mitchell McLeod in 1993 called McLeod & Associates. In 1997, Alliant Energy Corp. asked McLeod to streamline the utility company’s callout system, which McLeod accomplished. Other U.S. utility companies asked for the same automated callout system, and McLeod focused his business on developing automated callout systems. McLeod spun off this business line in 2005, creating ARCOS.On November 11, 2013, Corum Group announced that ARCOS obtained a strategic investment from the Riverside Company to allow it to expand operations and staff. At the time of The Riverside Company's investment, ARCOS, Inc. changed its name to ARCOS LLC.
In 2011, Salt River Project, the third-largest U.S. public power utility, became the first company to put in place a smartphone automated callout application made by ARCOS.