
Mr. Darwin Deason launched Affiliated Computer Services. ACS) as a bank data processor in 1988. Then ACS acquired the data processing and electronic funds transfer operations of First Texas Gibraltar expanding into more and diverse services provided. ACS expands out of banking services when it signed a 10-year data processing outsourcing contract with Southland Corp. 7-Eleven) In 1995 ACS becomes a public firm and divests bank data processing. By FY1996 ACS became the 4th biggest commercial outsourcer in the U. S.