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LV-1084 Riga Business type: SSC Sectors covered: Multifunctional SSC Global HQ location: Belgium Year started: 2014 Full time employees: 80 (2015) Notes: A global company with $1.5 billion in sales, Allnex is a leading supplier of resins and additives for architectural, industrial, protective, automotive and special purpose coatings and inks In Riga Allnex plans to establish shared service centre which will serve company’s finance, purchasing, IT and HR functions. Management/Contact: info@allnex.com
SSC Allnex Gunāra Astras iela 1C
SSC Atea Global Services, Ltd Mukusalas street 15
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ernance, e-services, system integration); Mobile applications development; Data Warehouse solutions, and Customized product solutions, as well as independent software testing, reengineering and data migration, IT advisory, and R&D.
Ivars Puksts Chairman of the Board, JSC Exigen Services Latvia; Parent Company: Return on Intelligence, USA What is Exigen doing in Latvia? Exigen Services Latvia is a pioneer in comprehensive IT development outsourcing in the Baltics. Based in Riga, Latvia the company delivers software development and maintenance solutions for the national government and municipalities as well as leading companies in the financial, telecommunication, transport and other sectors in Latvia and abroad. The company was established in 1995, but in 2004 the company joined Exigen group (USA) thus becoming the largest delivery centre of its parent company in CEE. Today, through its parent, the American IT consultancy firm Return on Intelligence, Exigen Services Latvia cooperates on global projects with development centers in Eastern Europe, Russia, the US and Australia. What is Exigen’s main business? Exigen Services Latvia main business focus is custom software development and product customization for its own clients, however, as a subsidary of an international company it performs R&D services and product development services for leading IT vendors.
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Baltic Computer Academy, Ltd (Lattelecom group) Tallinas iela 4 LV-1001 Riga Tel.: + 371 67505090 Business type: BPO Sectors covered: BPO Global HQ location: Latvia
Do you provide external services to unrelated companies? We provide our services to unrelated companies only. Main markets: Baltic countries, Germany, Switzerland and USA. Employee Issues? Currently we have 320 professional and skillful staff members, the number has not changed considerably over the past three years. Why Riga, Latvia? Secure and business friendly environment. A member of EU, Eurozone, NATO and is the country of a tradition of democracy. Free trade policy, Latvia is a member of Schengen and WTO. One of fastest Internet connection speeds in the world. Advanced transport infrastructure: ports, largest airport in the Baltics. Qualified, motivated labour force for competitive cost. What do you foresee in the next 2-3 years? Key strategic focus for the coming 2-3 years will be Custom software development (incl.IS for state institutions, e-gov-
Ivars Puksts is Chairman of the Board of Exigen Services Latvia. His experience in IT spans over 30 years in programming, analysis, international project management and business development. Before joining the Exigen Services Latvia team, Ivars held high-level positions in several Latvian IT companies, including utility company Rigas Elektrotikli and Riga Technical University. He was one of co-founders of JSC DATI. Ivars’ specialization is development and management of complex IT projects for clients in Latvia and Europe. Ivars works tirelessly to position the company as a sustainable and socially responsible enterprise. For four consecutive years since 2011 the company earned a Silver rating on the Sustainability Index. “Exigen Services Latvia” is the only software development firm to date to win this recognition.
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Accenture Technology Solutions, Latvian branch Brīvības gatve 214 - 3.floor, LV-1039 Riga Tel.: + 371 67019700 Business type: BPO Sectors covered: IT BPO Global HQ location: USA/Finland Year started: 2002 Full time employees: 600 Notes: IT delivery and customer support. Other software consultancy and supply Countries served: USA/ Scandinavia/ UK/ Germany/ Switzerland/ Austria/ Russia/ Greece/ Italy/ and others Management/Contact: zanda.arnova@accenture.com
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LV-1013 Riga Tel.: +(371 67359600 Business type: SSC Sectors covered: BPO/SSC Global HQ location: Norway, Denmark Year started: 2013 Full time employees: 330 (2015) Notes: Atea Global Services is the supplier of IT infrastructure solutions in the market. Company is a part of ATEA Group. It is planned to create global business services centre in Riga employing more than 600 employees and it will provide finance & control, HR, procurement, client management, contract management and other services to ATEA Group and other clients. Management/Contact: rigaservicedesk@atea.dk