Tata Consultancy Services to merges Uruguay-Argentina operations

29 September 2007

Tata Consultancy Services has consolidated its operations in Uruguay and Argentina into a single unit focused on providing nearshore services to other Latin America countries as well as the United States and Europe.

Vice president, business development, Mario Tucci, previously the head of TCS'' Andean country operations, has been appointed country manager of this new unit, which comprises a global delivery centre and regional training center in Montevideo (Uruguay), and an extension centre in Buenos Aires (Argentina). TCS has plans for a major expansion of this unit in the future, which currently employs over 850 professionals.

"This region has very highly trained human resources, English language skills and an attractive cost structure, which makes it a natural base for exporting services to other countries. Leveraging these conditions, we intend to grow to 1200 employees this year and double our employee and client base over the next two - three years," said Tucci.

The regional training centre, which the firm had set up in Montevideo in January 2007, is now operating at full capacity to train human resources, most coming from non technology backgrounds, towards building a constant stream of recruits for the firm.

TCS will expand its infrastructure by setting up a new world-class building for over 400 professionals to be inaugurated in Montevideo this November.

"We have already trained over 200 professionals and expect to train over 3000 professionals at the centre in Montevideo in the next four years, initiating them into TCS'' successful high quality and process methodologies, said Gabriel Rozman, president, TCS Iberoamerica.