CGI announces new onshore IT Services Delivery Center in Lafayette, Louisiana
2014年4月29日 - 4:55AM
Marketwired
CGI announces new onshore IT Services Delivery Center in Lafayette,
Louisiana
Partnership will create as many as 400 new jobs
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2014) - CGI
(NYSE:GIB) (TSX:GIB.A) today announced that it will establish a new
onshore information technology (IT) services delivery center in
Lafayette, Louisiana. The location will be CGI's fifth Onshore
Center of Excellence and create as many as 400 new, high-quality IT
jobs in southwest Louisiana. The annual economic impact of CGI's
Lafayette center is estimated to more than $90 million over the
next five years.
Governor Bobby Jindal said, "CGI is among the world's leading
providers of IT and business process services and represents yet
another significant win for Louisiana's fast-growing technology
sector. This project provides further validation or our work to
create a new Louisiana. Companies are choosing Louisiana because we
offer a highly rated business climate and a competitive workforce
with great talent and desire. The arrival of CGI in Lafayette means
we will retain even more of our best and brightest graduates while
also recruiting out-of-state talent who will recognize Louisiana as
the next great state for business and career opportunity."
"We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the economic growth
and vision of Lafayette and the surrounding region," said Dr. James
Peake, Lt. Gen. (Ret) President, CGI Federal, a wholly owned
subsidiary of CGI, serving clients in the civilian, defense and
intelligence sectors of the U.S. government. "Our partnership with
Lafayette represents a groundbreaking model for CGI - bringing
together the local community to identify opportunities for
innovation that can be applied globally, while tapping the talent
and resources of Louisiana. As a continuation of our relationship
with the state, this partnership will help create 400 jobs and
serve as a model of corporate-community cooperation for keeping
technology jobs in America. We congratulate the State of Louisiana
and the Lafayette community on this comprehensive, innovative
program."
CGI's onshore delivery model focuses on creating high-quality IT
jobs in America. It is a core element of the company's business
strategy to offer affordable IT services options to government and
commercial clients. The company continually looks for locations
offering access to a quality workforce, strong economics, and
partnerships with state and local government, academia and
industry. With its continued growth and technology-savvy workforce,
Lafayette is a perfect partner for CGI. CGI selected Lafayette
after a nearly two-year site-selection process during which many
locations across the country were considered. CGI's also has
onshore delivery centers in Lebanon, VA, Troy, AL and Belton, TX,
as well as a regional center of excellence in Athens, OH.
"CGI recognizes that Lafayette is an economic, technical,
educational and cultural hub of Louisiana," said Dave Henderson,
CGI senior vice president. "It is uniquely positioned within the
state as a community that can bring innovation to our market by
leveraging strengths, such as cutting edge fiber optic
communications provided by the city. It has one of the fastest
growing workforces in the state, fed by one of the top-ranked
computer science programs in the country - one that has a unique
partnership with the local community college. All of this is
accented by the cultural diversity and the unique "joie de vivre"
of the region."
As an anchor tenant of the 143-acre Research Park of the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, CGI will occupy a new $13.1
million, 50,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility designed to
bring world-class IT consulting capabilities to CGI's clients. The
project also includes a state-funded, 10-year, $4.5 million higher
education initiative led by University of Louisiana at Lafayette
that will result in a tripling of the number of undergraduate
degrees awarded annually by the University's School of Computing
and Informatics. That growth is anticipated to place the
university's computer science program among the Top 25 such
programs nationally for the number of bachelor's degrees awarded
annually.
"This collaboration will enable the University of Louisiana at
Lafayette to build on its strong legacy in computer science," UL
Lafayette President Joseph Savoie said. "Through our strategic
partnership with CGI, we will provide students with the knowledge
and specific computer science skills needed by the software
industry. This marriage of higher education and business will lead
to innovation that is an essential element of today's knowledge
economy. By providing professionals needed by high-tech companies,
UL Lafayette will play a key role in developing Louisiana's
economy."
"We are excited to welcome CGI to our community," Lafayette
City-Parish President Joey Durel said. "The jobs that they are
bringing to Lafayette are exactly those we envisioned when we
started the fiber project 10 years ago - the jobs that are good,
clean, high-paying and help our young people stay home. So it is
great to see our fiber investment take root in tangible ways like
this one. We are thrilled to work with CGI and its members to help
make Lafayette the best place to work, live, and raise a
family."
"Today's announcement by CGI is the culmination of more than 30
years of building a reputation that Lafayette, La., is a premier
technology hub - not only in the South but in the entire U.S," said
President and CEO Gregg Gothreaux of the Lafayette Economic
Development Authority. "CGI officials recognize the strength of UL
Lafayette's superior education programs and specialized centers,
and the community's assets and innovative spirit. CGI's decision to
locate more than 400 jobs in Lafayette is another step in keeping
our highly trained graduates in the area and in attracting those
who want to make their home in Acadiana. At LEDA, we look forward
to continuing our work with CGI as they become an integral part of
the University's Research Park and of our community."
Construction on the new facility will begin this year with plans
to be completed by year-end 2015. CGI will begin hiring in the next
few months and begin operations at a temporary location in late
2014.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent
information technology and business process services firm in the
world. Approximately 68,000 professionals serve thousands of global
clients from offices and delivery centers across the Americas,
Europe and Asia Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive portfolio of
services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems
integration, application development and maintenance,
infrastructure management as well as a wide range of proprietary
solutions. With annual revenue in excess of C$10 billion and an
order backlog exceeding C$19 billion, CGI shares are listed on the
TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Website: www.cgi.com.
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