NTT DATA Costa Rica

NTT DATA COSTA RICA NTT DATA COSTA RICA A TOP IT SERVICES PROVIDER AT A GLANCE NTT DATA COSTA RICA WHAT: A top IT services pro- vider WHERE: Heredia Province, Heredia, Costa Rica WEBSITE: www.nttdata.com/ global/en N TT Data Costa Rica is a subsidiary of the Japan-based NTT Data Group, which was founded in 1967, as a subsidiary of the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. NTT Data is a top-10 global business and IT services provid- er with over 118,000 employees in more than 50 countries. The company offers business and technology solutions with expertise in the Fi- nancial Services & Insurance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Public, and Manufacturing & Commer- cial sectors. Its full-service portfolio includes: Consulting, Business Intelligence, Analytics and Automation, Cloud Services Digital Business Services, Enterprise Applications and SaaS (Soft- ware as a Service), Infrastructure Management, Security and Hosting, BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) and BPaaS (Business Process as a Service), Application Modernization, Develop- ment and Management, and Strategic Staffing. NTT Costa Rica was established in 2014, as part of NTT Data’s U.S. operations, headquar- tered in Plano, Texas. “The company was looking for a near shore location in the Americas,” says Regional General Manager, Franklin Apuy. “At the time, the only one available was in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They did an assessment including Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Pan- ama, and after the assessment they made the decision to open the subsidiary in Costa Rica.