When he was campaigning for president, candidate Barack Obama made a stop in Lebanon, Virginia to talk about creating more high technology jobs. He singled out CGI, a global information technology and business process services provider, for bringing over 300 high tech jobs to a rural area of the state.
Encouraged in part by Virginia’s business-friendly orientation and the state’s aggressive effort to build out high-speed broadband technology, CGI decided to locate one of its 13 Centers of Excellence in Lebanon.
The Center expands CGI’s capacity to provide its government and private sector clients with a broad range of IT services at competitive rates. Locating a center in a rural area provided the additional benefit of spurring economic development in a region anxious to attract employers.
CGI, which has operations in 16 countries, has its U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, Va. The company is a leader in IT and business processes that reduce costs, improve efficiency and help clients solve difficult business challenges. In deciding to locate in Russell County, Va, the company recognized the availability of a well educated, skilled workforce and its proximity to leading universities and colleges in the region. “With the Southwest Virginia Center, we were able to address a long-standing economic and social issue across the US—the exodus of jobs as well as young people from smaller, rural communities in favor of larger, metropolitan cities,” says Donna Morea, President, CGI United States.
Encouraged in part by Virginia’s business-friendly orientation and the state’s aggressive effort to build out high-speed broadband technology, CGI decided to locate one of its 13 Centers of Excellence in Lebanon.
The Center expands CGI’s capacity to provide its government and private sector clients with a broad range of IT services at competitive rates. Locating a center in a rural area provided the additional benefit of spurring economic development in a region anxious to attract employers.
CGI, which has operations in 16 countries, has its U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, Va. The company is a leader in IT and business processes that reduce costs, improve efficiency and help clients solve difficult business challenges. In deciding to locate in Russell County, Va, the company recognized the availability of a well educated, skilled workforce and its proximity to leading universities and colleges in the region. “With the Southwest Virginia Center, we were able to address a long-standing economic and social issue across the US—the exodus of jobs as well as young people from smaller, rural communities in favor of larger, metropolitan cities,” says Donna Morea, President, CGI United States.
