Information Technology

Innovation Economy: Key Players

| 9/20/2012

• 25,000 companies employ nearly 235,000 workers

• 3rd largest exporter of high-tech products and 3rd largest state for
high-tech establishments

• Strong presence in digital media; modeling, simulation and training; photonics/optics; mobile technologies

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Mindtree Limited
Gainesville

» Global IT and product engineering

» Selected a site near the University of Florida for its U.S. expansion; bringing 400 new jobs; $2.9-million capital investment

“MindTree was seeking a community where it could collaborate with a major university, relocate employees somewhere they would want to live and with a proximity to potential Fortune 2000 clients in the Southeast.” -- Scott Staples

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