Archon Information Systems

Archon Information Systems, L.L.C. is a privately held Delaware corporation headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, that provides technology and collection services to government clients. Its business centers on delinquent ad valorem property taxes, an important source of revenue for local governments. Rather than operating primarily as a general-purpose software vendor, Archon combines proprietary software with administrative, notification, collection, filing, and tax-sale services intended to help public-sector clients manage the full life cycle of delinquent property taxes and related property dispositions. The company was founded in January 2008 by three New Orleans professionals: Bryan P. Barrios, Beau L. Button, and William D. Sossamon. Barrios brought experience from the legal field and local tax-collection work, while Button and Sossamon brought backgrounds in technology and projects involving large corporate clients. Barrios also worked on legislation concerning municipal tax collections in New Orleans and Louisiana, including provisions addressing online tax sales. The founders' combination of legal, governmental, and technology experience shaped Archon's focus on public-sector tax administration. Archon's software development is described as central to its business model and uses test-driven development. The company's principal software identity is CivicSource, a proprietary suite designed to consolidate tax management, tax collection, delinquency administration, document handling, and online tax or foreclosure sales. CivicSource Administrator supports the management of taxable properties, owners, and associated records. CivicSource Auctioneer provides an Internet-based venue for tax sales and related sales of tax liens, tax deeds, adjudicated properties, and foreclosed properties. CivicSource Services supports operational and statutory processes surrounding these activities. Archon also develops custom software with clients when a government program requires capabilities beyond its standard products. The City of New Orleans was Archon's first major client. Archon's software and services supported multiple online tax sales for the city, including an online tax sale described as the first of its kind in the Gulf South region and the first tax sale conducted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The company also supported tax-sale activity elsewhere in Louisiana. Its work included statutory notifications, certificates, filings, and pre-sale collection efforts. According to the referenced account, these processes helped clients collect delinquent taxes more promptly and increased revenue compared with earlier sales results, although no independently quantified financial figures are provided here. Archon maintains its corporate headquarters in New Orleans and has representatives in states across the United States who conduct outreach to local governments. A referenced company description reported approximately 53 employees at the New Orleans headquarters; the date and present applicability of that figure are not established. The available material does not provide reliable information about current ownership, later corporate transactions, financial performance, or a current executive roster beyond the leadership identified at formation. Archon's public identity is therefore best understood as a specialized civic-technology and government-services brand whose principal market is local-government management of delinquent property taxes and related online sales.

Archon Information Systems was founded in January 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana, by Bryan P. Barrios, Beau L. Button, and William D. Sossamon. The founders combined experience in legal and municipal tax matters with technology development and large-scale technology projects. Barrios had spent approximately twelve years working in the legal field, including local tax collections for New Orleans law firms. He also drafted legislation for New Orleans and the Louisiana Legislature concerning municipal tax collections, including a provision related to online tax sales. Button and Sossamon each had more than twelve years of technology experience and had worked on technology projects and contracts involving Fortune 500 companies before establishing Archon. The company was organized as a Delaware corporation while establishing its operating base in New Orleans. Its focus became the collection and management of delinquent ad valorem taxes, which are property-based taxes and a major revenue source for local governments. Archon developed proprietary software and paired it with collection and administrative services rather than limiting its role to licensing software. Test-driven development was identified as a core software-engineering method in the company's model. Archon's first major client was the City of New Orleans. Its software and services were used to host multiple online tax sales, including the first online tax sale in the Gulf South region and the first tax sale held in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The company's work extended beyond the auction interface. It supported statutory tax-sale notifications, certificates, filings, and pre-sale collection activity. The referenced account states that these processes produced more timely collections and increased revenue for the tax-sale clients, but it does not supply figures that can be reported as verified financial results. The company's principal software identity is the CivicSource suite. CivicSource Administrator is designed for the management of property-tax information, including taxable properties and owners. CivicSource Auctioneer provides an Internet-based platform for tax and foreclosure sales. CivicSource Services encompasses supporting functions connected with tax management, collection, and sale administration. Together, the components are intended to manage records and documents and to provide online disposition mechanisms for tax liens, tax deeds, adjudicated properties, and foreclosed properties. Archon also develops custom software in cooperation with clients. Following its New Orleans work, Archon provided software and services for multiple online tax sales across Louisiana and maintained representatives in states throughout the United States for local-government outreach. In 2012, Button and Sossamon were named among New Orleans's young entrepreneurs to watch by Under30CEO. A referenced company description reported approximately 53 employees at the New Orleans headquarters, although the date of that staffing figure is not clear. The available reference material does not establish later changes in ownership, executive succession, financial results, or corporate transactions. Archon's documented history therefore remains centered on its founding team, its New Orleans public-sector work, the CivicSource suite, and the broader application of online technology to delinquent property-tax administration.

• 2012

  Two Archon technology leaders receive entrepreneurial recognition

  [1]Archon Information Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  Under30CEO named Beau L. Button and William D. Sossamon among young entrepreneurs to watch in New Orleans.

• 2008

  Archon Information Systems is founded

  [1]Archon Information Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  Bryan P. Barrios, Beau L. Button, and William D. Sossamon founded Archon in January 2008.

• Archon conducts early New Orleans online tax sales

  [1]Archon Information Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  The City of New Orleans became Archon's first major client and used the company's technology and services for online tax sales, including a post-Hurricane Katrina sale described as a regional first.

A specialized civic-technology and government-services provider combining proprietary software with operational support for delinquent property-tax collection, statutory compliance, and online tax and foreclosure sales.

• Government tax-administration software

  CivicSource Administrator

  CivicSource Administrator is a component of Archon's proprietary CivicSource suite for managing property-tax information. The documented functions include searching, viewing, and editing records concerning taxable properties and their owners, as well as digital management of documents associated with delinquent properties. It is intended to support government workflows before and during the administration of delinquent tax cases.

• Online tax and foreclosure sales platform

  CivicSource Auctioneer

  CivicSource Auctioneer provides an Internet-based platform for conducting tax and foreclosure sales. Within the broader CivicSource offering, it supports online disposition of tax liens, tax deeds, adjudicated properties, and foreclosed properties. The platform formed part of Archon's work for New Orleans and other Louisiana tax-sale clients.

• Government tax collection and compliance services

  CivicSource Services

  CivicSource Services represents the service and administrative component of Archon's proprietary suite. It supports tax management, delinquent-tax collection, statutory notifications, certificates, filings, and related tax-sale processes. The offering illustrates Archon's combined software-and-services model, in which technology is used alongside operational assistance for local-government clients.

• Custom software services

  Custom government software development

  In addition to its named CivicSource products, Archon develops software in collaboration with clients. The available material describes this as a way to address government requirements that are not fully covered by the standard suite, while retaining the company's focus on tax administration and related public-sector processes.

• 2008

  Archon adopts a combined software-and-services model for delinquent taxesStrategy

  Background

  The founders established the company to address local-government delinquent property-tax collection and administration, combining legal and municipal tax knowledge with software development.

  Action taken

  Archon developed proprietary CivicSource software while also providing collection, notification, filing, and tax-sale support to government clients.

  Aftermath

  The model supported Archon's work for New Orleans and later online tax sales across Louisiana.

  Source

• Archon deploys the CivicSource software suiteProduct launch

  Background

  Local governments require systems for property-tax records, delinquency management, statutory processing, and the disposition of tax-related property interests.

  Action taken

  Archon created CivicSource Administrator, CivicSource Auctioneer, and CivicSource Services to cover tax management, collection, document handling, and online tax or foreclosure sales.

  Aftermath

  The suite became the company's best-known software offering and was used in government tax-sale work.

  Source

1. 1Archon Information Systemsen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Archon Information Systems official websitearchoninfosys.com