Accenture Opens Innovation Hub in Houston
February 22 2017 - 12:59PM
Business Wire
At opening event, Accenture to host panel with
Houston business leaders to discuss expanding city’s innovation
economy
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today opened a new innovation hub in
Houston as part of the company’s accelerated innovation investment
in the U.S. The innovation hub is designed to help clients grow,
compete and transform in the digital economy. Houston is the first
of 10 new hubs that Accenture will establish as part of a
nationwide initiative, which includes a $1.4 billion investment in
training and the hiring of 15,000 new employees over the next four
years.
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Accenture unveils a new innovation hub in
Houston, the first of 10 new hubs that the company will establish
as part of a nationwide initiative to accelerate its innovation
investment in the United States. (Photo: Business Wire)
Located in the heart of Houston’s business district, the
innovation hub includes a liquid studio and innovation center.
These are highly collaborative environments where Accenture works
side-by-side with its clients to leverage digital and emerging
technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, drones
with computer vision, and virtual reality to create innovative
business solutions.
“The next wave of U.S. growth and competitiveness will come from
continuous innovation, and I am proud our Houston team is working
closely with our clients to drive value by harnessing the power of
digital technologies like never before,” said Peggy Kostial, senior
managing director for Accenture, U.S. Southwest region. “Our
1,800-person team brings innovation, speed and scale to help our
clients achieve their goals quickly. And our innovation hub is
fundamental to the support of these efforts, as well as being
further evidence of Accenture’s commitment to the Houston
innovation economy.”
The Houston innovation hub offers clients access to a range of
capabilities, including an innovation center that applies new
thinking and technologies to solve business problems, and a liquid
studio that quickly turns concepts into prototypes through rapid
software application development. The innovation hub also features
client solutions, including Accenture’s work with a major oil and
gas company to develop a gaming engine to visualize massive amounts
of real-time drilling data, enabling it to anticipate and prevent
costly maintenance issues.
Expanding Houston’s Innovation Economy
In conjunction with the opening of the new innovation hub,
Accenture is hosting a panel discussion with local business and
civic leaders to discuss the findings of a study conducted with the
Greater Houston Partnership. The research was designed to identify
opportunities to develop Houston’s innovation ecosystem and
includes a survey of local business leaders, entrepreneurs, policy
makers, researchers and venture capitalists as well as learnings
from the development paths of other cities.
“As our early findings suggest, Houston has an excellent
opportunity to further diversify its economy and raise its profile
as an attractive destination for entrepreneurs and startups,” said
Bob Harvey, president and CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership.
“The Partnership is a key driver of collaborative efforts to grow
the region’s innovation economy, so we are committed to a continued
partnership with Accenture to help set the strategy to mature
Houston’s high-growth, high-impact startup ecosystem.”
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. With more than 50,000
people and operations in 42 cities in the United States, Accenture
serves 93 of the Fortune 100 and more than 70 percent of the
Fortune 500. In the United States, Accenture has innovation
hubs which bring together key elements of the Accenture Innovation
Architecture – including labs, studios and innovation centers – to
help clients develop and deliver disruptive innovations to drive
growth and increase competitiveness. With an unwavering commitment
to inclusion and diversity, Accenture is consistently recognized 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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