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Advance Computer Services was founded in 1976 by Mr. S.J. Patel, who had previously worked as a senior mainframe programmer for General Motor’s (Fleetwood Division) in Detroit, Michigan. Upon his retirement from GM, Mr. Patel pioneered global information technology by being one of the first to bring IBM Mainframe (1401) and IBM AS/400 technology from the US to India. Advance Computer Services, with 200 plus employees became a major service provider in India, as a data processing consulting company and then as a mainframe maintenance provider to the top 50 companies in India. Mr. Patel followed the IBM 1401 by purchasing several newer model mainframes through the early 90’s.

In 1992, Mr. Patel had a vision. Due in large part to his diverse industry, technical and management expertise, coupled with his strong desire to provide his employees an opportunity similar to his – of moving to and working in the United States, Mr. Patel incorporated ACS International Resources in Newark, Delaware, to provide cost-effective staff augmentation and IT consulting services to US businesses both large and small. Today, many of those first ACS employees are now CIO’s, CEO’s and Sr. VP’s.

In 1996, S.J. Patel’s son Milan joined ACS full-time as CEO. Milan, a Drexel University graduate and his dad had a common desire to build a company dedicated to delivering results for customers, based on the core values of personal and professional integrity. With this philosophy in mind, ACS Limited was successful in landing and delivering on several large contracts and grew to become one of the fastest growing, privately-held companies.

Today, ACS Limited is an Inc. 500 Hall of Fame company with headquarters in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and locations in both India and US.