Accenture Opens Innovation Hub in Columbus, Adding 200 Jobs to City’s Tech Community
February 27 2018 - 10:29AM
Business Wire
Hub designed to help leading organizations
accelerate digital transformation programs
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today opened an innovation hub in Columbus
as part of the company’s accelerated innovation investment in the
U.S. The hub is designed to enable clients to compete in the
digital economy by helping them modernize legacy applications,
leverage disruptive technologies and take advantage of the latest
IT delivery techniques.
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“We are bringing our clients in Columbus, and across the U.S.,
the most advanced capabilities to modernize their IT to compete in
the digital economy,” said Julie Sweet, Accenture’s chief executive
officer – North America. “Our hubs are designed to help our clients
innovate, implement and scale new solutions with speed and
agility.”
As part of its investment in Columbus, Accenture is also adding
200 highly skilled technology jobs to the market and expanding its
U.S. apprenticeship program to provide under-represented groups
greater access to digital-economy jobs. Accenture’s national
program will grow to more than 100 apprentices by the end of 2018,
building upon the success of the company’s apprenticeship programs
in Chicago and San Antonio.
“We are thrilled to see Accenture expand its commitment to the
Columbus business and technology community with a new innovation
hub,” said Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “And we are equally
pleased by the opportunities they are bringing to our highly
skilled workforce, with 200 jobs and much-needed
apprenticeships.”
Accenture uses the most advanced software engineering
technologies including agile, DevOps, cloud computing and robotic
process automation. The hub will be connected to Accenture’s U.S.
and global network of innovation hubs, bringing the company’s deep
expertise around the world to Columbus. The hub also includes the
recently announced Accenture Pivotal Business Group (APBG), which
helps enterprises migrate legacy applications to the cloud and
accelerate cloud-native application development.
“The Accenture Pivotal Business Group was designed to help the
world’s largest enterprises move at startup speeds, by migrating
applications onto Pivotal Cloud Foundry® to unlock operational
efficiencies, as well as adopting next-generation software
development methodologies to boost developer productivity,” said
Bill Cook, President at Pivotal. “We’re also excited to see the
expansion of the APBG into new geographical locations to meet the
growing demand for the unique value our two companies bring to the
market.”
Located in the historic Buggyworks complex in Columbus’ Arena
District, the new innovation hub is the third of 10 new hubs in the
U.S. that Accenture announced last year. The company’s other U.S.
innovation hubs are in Boston; Chicago; Houston; New York; San
Jose, California; and Washington, D.C. Accenture’s nationwide
investment also includes a $1.4 billion commitment to training and
the hiring of 15,000 new employees by the end of 2020.
“Our ecosystem partners and our talent are critical parts of the
capabilities we bring our clients in the Columbus innovation hub,
said Annette Rippert, senior managing director--Accenture
Technology, North America. “With the Accenture Pivotal Business
Group, our clients have access to specialized skills to accelerate
their digital transformations. And as we grow our Columbus
workforce, we are recruiting people who have deep skills in DevOps
and Agile methodologies, Java and cloud computing.”
Accenture employs more than 750 people in Columbus and supports
local skill-development programs including Junior Achievement and
i.c. stars.
Accenture in the United States
Accenture is a leading professional services company providing a
broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting,
digital, technology and operations. Serving 95 of the Fortune
100 and more than 70 percent of the Fortune 500, Accenture employs
an innovation-led approach to help clients imagine and invent their
future. The company has more than 50,000 people and operations in
42 cities in the United States. Accenture was named one of the
leading companies to Change the
World by Fortune magazine, and is consistently
recognized as a FORTUNE Blue Ribbon Company. With an
unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity, the company
appears regularly on FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work
For and DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for
Diversity lists. Visit us at accenture.com/US.
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