New York, NY, and Tampa, FL – September 30, 2020 – CGS, a global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services, today announced its 20th anniversary of opening its Tampa, Florida, office. The facility provides dedicated business process outsourcing (BPO) help desk, technical and sales support, customer care and social media care to the company’s growing list of multinational clients. >
The facility, which opened in September 2000, is marking the milestone on September 30 by recognizing its employees who have more than 10 years with the company, celebrating via virtual online event with all employees and providing personalized gifts to the Tampa team.
“With just 100 employees, we launched the Florida office with a project for a major technology client and today we serve several diverse industries and have more than tripled our staff there,” said CGS president and CEO Phil Friedman. “We’re proud of the team we have in place and the expansion of services we offer to our valued customers. The global clients serviced through this office have partnered with us to leverage our high-level technical support and the quality of customer service we deliver.”
Strongly committed to the area, CGS has partnered with dozens of local organizations in the Tampa area, including Trinity Café, Tampa Humane Society, Metropolitan Ministries, Habitat for Humanity and Keiser University. Over the last two decades, the CGS team spent hundreds of hours giving back to the local community and recruiting for various positions at the company. Since its founding, the company has offered training and career development programs, promoting within for its management teams locally.
Commissioner Lesley “Les” Miller, Chair of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners added, “Congratulations CGS on celebrating 20 years in Hillsborough County! During your time here, you have employed thousands of local residents, providing employees on-the-job training and development programs to advance their careers. You are also a leader in our community, giving back to many notable nonprofit organizations. We are grateful for your ongoing contributions in Hillsborough County and wish you much success over the next 20 years.”
With optimized call center resources to serve global clients, CGS offers a unique hybrid approach through automation and live agents in its contact centers located in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Its AI-enriched chatbot and RPA technologies complement the customer support services provided by thousands of multilingual call center agents. CGS supports many of the world's industry-leading global brands from retail, hospitality, financial services, healthcare, technology and telecom. CGS’s innovative, scalable and flexible business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions include technical and customer support, telesales, channel enablement and back office support.
About CGS
For over 35 years, CGS has enabled global enterprises, regional companies and government agencies to drive breakthrough performance through business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services. CGS is wholly focused on creating comprehensive solutions that meet clients’ complex, multi-dimensional needs and support clients’ most fundamental business activities. Headquartered in New York City, CGS has offices across North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.cgsinc.com and follow us on Twitter at @CGSinc and @OutsourcingCGS and on LinkedIn.
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Susan Sweeney, CGS