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Groundbreaking Held For Company Promising 300 New Tech Jobs in Brewton
October 26, 2017
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey attended the groundbreaking Wednesday afternoon for a new technology company that will bring hundreds of jobs to the Brewton area.
Atlanta-based parent company Optomi selected Brewton as the site of a new ProValus subsidiary designed to provide information technology outsourcing services onshore.
The company will bring some 300 jobs to the local economy with an economic impact of more than $18 million annually. Training is underway for computer coding employees at the company’s temporary office space downtown.
ProValus, a tech-staffing firm, will construct three buildings totaling 60,000 square fet on about 10 acres at the former Dogwood Hills Golf Course. That operation closed early this year after years of declining use by golfers.
Brewton will become Optomi’s ‘flagship U.S. facility’, according to Provalus/Optomi President Chuck Ruggiero. Funding for the project included $1.5 million from Ivey’s discretionary fund.
Brewton was tops on the company’s list after an extensive search in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas.
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2 Responses to “Groundbreaking Held For Company Promising 300 New Tech Jobs in Brewton”
Sitel in Andalusia closed a year ago and they too offered outsourced technology jobs. I read Sitel had a difficult time finding a good trained workforce for low wages. Imagine that. I wish this company the best but it seems like it will be difficult to draw in large droves of worker types in an isolated area like Brewton, Alabama.
This should be a wake up call for Pensacola as they built a “technology campus” that continues to be an empty lot. Congratulations Brewton. You have proven that if you build it they don’t always come. On a side note, the Mobile bay bears have been sold. If they can’t support a team, how long before Pensacola bids farewell to the multi-million dollar Studer project?