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Alexander Contract Services, which began as a humble meter-reading business over 40 years ago, has turned into a 50-person, computer-savvy company that brings in about $4 million annually. “Our goal is to become the premier meter-reading and bill-printing software division in the country over the next year,” said company owner Tim Alexander.

Alexander Contract Services first began in 1968, under the direction of Tim Alexander’s father Nelson Alexander. The younger Alexander joined the family business upon graduating high school, in the early 90s. At that point, the meter-reading business was breaking into two divisions: meter reading and printing of municipal and government notices. ACS has developed its own software to meet ever-changing industry demands, and that keeps them uniquely efficient. “We’re constantly upgrading the software. Constantly,” said Alexander of the California and Oregon-based business, which has plans to expand into Florida and Texas. “It’s a never-ending process.”

Despite the growth of the business, Alexander acknowledges that they are not the largest providers of meter reading services and software. To that end, he says, the company has to make sure that their services, particularly their software, are top-notch. Relying on their own tech-savvy software writers, Alexander and his business partners Mark Hibshman and Jim Beck keep all the work in-house.

“What we have to be is that much more adaptable and that much more unique so that the people who do see our product recognize instantaneously that it’s superior,” Alexander said. “We lead in the ability to critique ourselves, to improve—to not be accepting of the status quo.”

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