About ARC Systems International

Our story

ARC Systems International was founded in 1998 in the Northeast, operating across Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. The firm opened a branch office in Florida in 2006, and by 2010 had shifted all operations to the Sarasota, Florida area, where it remains headquartered today.

ARC Systems' initial focus was residential management and technology consulting — the smart-home systems work described on the Project & Construction Management page today. The firm later expanded into commercial work through Community Association Management, bringing that same systems-level thinking to mid- and high-rise buildings and campuses across its three practice areas.

Today's typical clients are Start-up Companies, Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs), and Community Associations — Condominiums, HOAs, and mid- to high-rise buildings — served from the firm's Sarasota headquarters across Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte Counties.

Today, that same team structure spans three practice areas, letting a client start with a feasibility study, move into managed execution, and finish with ARC Systems crews in the field — without changing partners along the way.

25+

Years in Business

Numerous Multi-Faceted Projects

Completed

Sarasota/Manatee/Charlotte Counties

Primary Service Area

Mission & Values

What drives the work

Mission Statement

To provide executive-level guidance to Start-up Companies, Small and Medium-sized Businesses, Community Associations, and property owners across Southwest Florida — stepping in as a fractional or project-based CEO, CFO, or business development executive, taking on special projects from crisis management to AI implementations, managing communities, and delivering projects from capital improvements to smart homes and offices — with the same standard of care from the first conversation to the finished result.

Core Values

Accountability — one partner, one point of contact, from advisory through execution
Transparency — clear communication with clients, owners, and boards at every stage
Craftsmanship — attention to detail in every engagement, from a financial model to a home theater install
Respect for schedule and budget — plans that hold up against real-world constraints

Leadership

Our Senior Management Team

Richard J. Arena

Managing Partner · MBA, CMCA, CBC
General Consulting, Property & Project Management

Serial technology entrepreneur and senior executive with 25+ years leading organizations from Fortune 100 companies to venture-backed start-ups. He began as a software developer in banking, managed leading-edge products as a Senior Product and Program Manager at Texas Instruments and Motorola, and headed international divisions, including foreign subsidiaries, at CrossComm and Proteon. He then co-founded Net2Net Corporation as CFO and Vice President of Business Development; Net2Net was later acquired by Fluke Instruments. At ARC Systems he directs the consulting and community association management practices, serving clients as a fractional executive, consultant, project manager, and board member. BS in Engineering, Cornell University; MBA in Finance and Marketing, Boston University.

Eileen A. Liberatore

Partner · BA/BS, CCS, RHIT
Financial Services & Marketing Programs

Brings a Fortune 100 perspective from years in financial services. Earlier in her career she worked at an investigative security firm on Wall Street in New York City, then moved to American Express and to Epsilon Data Management, where her work spanned data mining, client list management, and premier customer service for luxury Platinum card programs. Experienced in health management systems and practical applications of Artificial Intelligence. Proficient in health management information software including Epic enterprise software as well as SaaS implementations of Dolbey and 3M encoding applications. At ARC, she focuses on financial services and marketing program optimization. BA/BS, New York University.