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WESTCHESTER WORKS TAMI (Technology, Advertising, Media & Information)
A VIBRANT TECH CORRIDOR
TAMI (Technology Advertising Media Information), is one of the fastest-growing economic sectors, both regionally and nationally. From Fortune 500 and publicly-traded industry giants to innovative regional leaders and startups, Westchester is home to approximately 900 tech-related companies, employing nearly 14,000 professionals. Here are a few of the area companies defining this vibrant sector.
IAC employees enjoy Hudson River views.
IAC employees gather in a common area at the firm’s Westchester headquarters.
Tinder, OkCupid and Match.com, plus more than a dozen other sites, such as CollegeHumor and Dictionary.
“Our corporate roots are in Westchester - the company was founded here 17 years ago. We have grown from a small group of employees in Irvington to almost 500 employees in seven global offices – but our corporate head- quarters is still here. In 2013, we relocated our headquarters to the historic Otis elevator building on the Yonkers waterfront, the same building where the elevator was invented in 1853. This build- ing serves as a daily reminder of what innovative thinking can ac- complish. Now it is our turn to innovate.” —Eric Esterlis, Co-CEO,
IAC Applications
“We believe that our perfor- mance as a company is linked to the health and vitality of the com- munities where we live and work. We are committed to making a difference in Westchester (and our other communities) so we partner with organizations like Groundwork Hudson Valley to clean and beautify our neighbor- hoods, and Riverside High School to mentor students and sponsor their robotics program. I am con- tinually inspired by what we can achieve when our teams connect with our community partners and leverage our skills and our drive to make a positive impact.”
—Tim Allen, Co-CEO, IAC Applications
With locations in Armonk, North Castle and Yorktown Heights, IBM continues to lead the industry, offering a host of cloud-based, cognitive, data & analytics, IT & Infrastructure and Security offer- ings. Westchester is also home to IBM’s world-renowned Watson Research Lab.
MasterCard Labs, located at Mas- terCard’s headquarters in Purchase, researches leading-edge payment tech- nologies for consumers and enterprises.
Level 3 Communications is a global telecommunications carrier and provider of data services, security, and other offer- ings to businesses in more than 60 coun- tries. With regional offices in Tarrytown, Level 3 serves clients across a variety of sectors throughout the Hudson Valley.
White Plains-based Inspiria Media Group is a strategic media buying, out- door advertising and inbound market- ing firm that aims to simplify marketing for clients and agencies throughout the
United States. Having grown to one of the leading marketing agencies in New York, Inspiria is also a nationally-ranked, top-tiered Hubspot Partner Agency.
Presented in partnership with Man- hattanville College, The Business Coun- cil of Westchester debuted TAMI Talks! – an incisive new series that explores the world of TAMI. The inaugural program featured an insightful interview with Don Callahan, Head of Global Opera- tions and Technology at Citigroup.
IAC APPLICATIONS
IAC Applications has called the heart of the Yonkers Waterfront District its home since 2013. Formerly known as Mindspark, the company, which is a unit of Interactive Corp (IAC), occupies a 40,000-square-foot space at 29 Wells Avenue, and produces browser appli- cations, desktop utilities and mobile applications. The company controls
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