Avid Aligns Global Footprint to Strengthen Innovation and Accelerate Customer Success
May 03 2016 - 9:00AM
Avid® (NASDAQ:AVID) today announced the results of a strategic
global alignment focused on helping the company better serve
customers. As part of its multi-year strategic, financial, and
operational transformation, Avid is hiring hundreds of experienced
media professionals at new state-of-the-art facilities in Asia,
Europe, and the United States.
Avid is now able to significantly expand product development and
R&D capabilities, and provide 24/7 support to customers in all
regions of the world. This alignment enables Avid to better serve
current customers, while positioning the company for growth over
the months and years to come.
“Avid is a global company, and we are focused on providing the
industry-leading innovation and support that our customers around
the world need,” said Avid Chairman, President, and CEO Louis
Hernandez, Jr. “To support our aggressive growth strategy, we
reassessed our global footprint to bring our people and facilities
closer to clients. This strategic realignment reinforces our
valuable heritage knowledge by adding hundreds of experienced
industry experts at state-of-the-art facilities worldwide, putting
Avid in the best position to serve customers moving forward.”
Avid is leveraging the expertise of a high-tech global workforce
to open new facilities in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Around 250 new employees have been added at new locations,
including:
- Manila, Philippines: Avid’s brand new global
shared services and support center houses the company’s new
world-class technical support team, which includes dozens of
industry professionals with real-world experience and expertise.
Members of the Media Composer®, Pro Tools®, and Sibelius® support
teams have an average of nearly 10 years experience using Avid
solutions. The facility provides 24/7 coverage to customers
worldwide, and is located in a growing business district alongside
other leading technology companies.
- Taipei City, Taiwan: Avid’s new hardware
design center is located at the epicenter of Avid’s global supply
chain, and brings together an industry-leading team with expertise
around hardware design, manufacturing, and engineering.
- Szczecin, Poland: Avid’s new research and
development facility is located in a growing technology hub near
leading universities. The new facility will incubate burgeoning
talent from nearby academic organizations to develop new software
and hardware innovations for real-time video and graphics.
Additionally, the Szczecin office includes veteran staff for
engineering, customer care, and professional services.
- Boca Raton, Florida, USA: Avid is building a
consolidated administrative support group at the new Boca Raton
office, leveraging a strong work force to improve efficiency and
productivity. The new office also serves as an important gateway to
Avid’s customers in Latin America.
Additionally, Avid is committed to further investment in major
US media markets, with more information coming later in 2016. For
information on joining Avid during this transformative phase of
growth, please visit www.avid.com/careers.
About AvidThrough Avid Everywhere™, Avid
delivers the industry's most open, innovative and comprehensive
media platform connecting content creation with collaboration,
asset protection, distribution and consumption. Media
organizations and creative professionals use Avid solutions to
create the most listened to, most watched and most loved media
in the world—from the most prestigious and award-winning feature
films, to the most popular television shows, news programs and
televised sporting events, as well as a majority of today’s most
celebrated music recordings and live concerts. Industry leading
solutions include Pro Tools®, Media Composer®, ISIS®, Avid NEXIS™,
Interplay®, ProSet and RealSet, Maestro, PlayMaker, and Sibelius®.
For more information about Avid solutions and services,
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logo, Avid Everywhere, Avid NEXIS, iNEWS, Interplay, ISIS,
AirSpeed, MediaCentral, Media Composer, Pro Tools, and Sibelius are
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subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. The
Interplay name is used with the permission of the Interplay
Entertainment Corp. which bears no responsibility for Avid
products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners. Product features, specifications, system requirements and
availability are subject to change without notice.
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Avid
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310-907-6909
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