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IBM exec: Baton Rouge ‘right place’ to change the world through tech
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:02 am
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:02 am
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IBM exec: Baton Rouge ‘right place’ to change the world through tech
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Now is the time to change the world through technology, an IBM executive told area business leaders this afternoon, and Baton Rouge is the “right place” to do it—a potentially difficult task, given IBM’s historic troubles with meeting its local employment quota, though one new leadership is willing to undertake.
Charles Masters, the IBM vice president for North America client innovation centers, leads Baton Rouge’s center as well as four others in Monroe; Lansing, Michigan; and Halifax and Montreal in Canada. He was the keynote speaker at a luncheon hosted by the Baton Rouge Area Chamber today.
Masters started coming to the local IBM site in February, eventually filling the position vacated by Christine Alford. Unlike his predecessor, he moved to Baton Rouge, into the 525 Lafayette apartment complex next door to the IBM building.
IBM is actively recruiting recent college graduates to join its downtown Baton Rouge office, he said.
“We get 10 to 15 new hires every couple of weeks,” Masters told the luncheon attendees.
Or it's at least the place to get decent college grads for lower wages than what exists in the bigger cities like Houston or Chicago.
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To attract talent, the firm is exploring different marketing strategies such as a series of videos—some of which Masters unveiled at the BRAC event—that will be released over the next year promoting IBM as an ideal company to work for and Baton Rouge as a place to live, work and play.
The firm is also continuing its Come Home program, in which IBM aims to recruit qualified potential employees who used to live in Baton Rouge but moved away because of lack of job opportunities.
Wish them the best of luck. One of those higher paid experienced employees counts as 3-4 hires as far as the state's tax incentive program is concerned.
Would be nice to see LSU's Information Systems program beefed up.
This post was edited on 10/3/18 at 8:05 am
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Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:04 am to member12
IBM is producing a heat seeking bullet?
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:04 am to member12
Everywhere else is the wrong place
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:06 am to Dawgholio
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Everywhere else is the wrong place
I mean you can get good recruits in San Jose or Seattle.....but they can't live in the area on what IBM is willing to pay.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:07 am to member12
Fee bulletproof vest research.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:11 am to member12
Perfect for bringing in Foreign Visas to work.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:13 am to member12
I don't know if that whole bit could have possibly come across as less disingenuous. How has the world already not been changed through technology? Nearly every adult has a device in their pocket with an unbelievable amount of computing power, and most of them are addicted to it. And how is Baton Rouge the right place to do it? We aren't exactly known as a hotspot for technology, and the city is highly resistant to change. We can't even get our GD traffic signals timed effectively. I wasn't present for the speech, but this sounds like nothing more than a desperate plea to the business community from a company that failed to deliver on its promises, despite being given countless incentives to set-up shop here. 
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:18 am to member12
I don’t care whether they believe it or not really. Having jobs in BR, NOLA, Lafayette, Monroe etc. is a good thing and much needed for this state. We need to do what we can to attract more technology companies so we’re not so heavily dependent on oil.
This post was edited on 10/3/18 at 8:26 am
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:18 am to member12
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Now is the time to change the world through technology, an IBM executive told area business leaders this afternoon, and Baton Rouge is the “right place” to do it
When he realizes how much he and IBM are going to be expected to filter into Louisiana politicians retirement funds Baton Rouge will no long be the right place to do it.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:18 am to member12
IBM wants a culcha center
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:19 am to Swagga
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We need to do what we can to attract more technology companies so we’re not so heavily dependent on oil.
I agree.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:19 am to Grit-Eating Shin
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I don't know if that whole bit could have possibly come across as less disingenuous. How has the world already not been changed through technology? Nearly every adult has a device in their pocket with an unbelievable amount of computing power, and most of them are addicted to it. And how is Baton Rouge the right place to do it? We aren't exactly known as a hotspot for technology, and the city is highly resistant to change. We can't even get our GD traffic signals timed effectively. I wasn't present for the speech, but this sounds like nothing more than a desperate plea to the business community from a company that failed to deliver on its promises, despite being given countless incentives to set-up shop here
Agreed. This was a guy sucking up to get some extra tax incentives
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:21 am to Upperdecker
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Agreed. This was a guy sucking up to get some extra tax incentives
Likely.
I think he's trying to generate buzz ahead of a recruiting push.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 8:24 am to member12
If they do a lot of Oracle and SAP work, I may look into it once we get my wife through residency.
I'd love to move back to Louisiana.
I'd love to move back to Louisiana.
Posted on 10/3/18 at 9:06 am to Swagga
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I don’t care whether they believe it or not really. Having jobs in BR, NOLA, Lafayette, Monroe etc. is a good thing and much needed for this state. We need to do what we can to attract more technology companies so we’re not so heavily dependent on o
Here's the problem in a nutshell. People believe the state can simply purchase jobs by giving employers sweetheart deals, and while that might work to a small degree; the state cant really do enough to make a big difference.
But what the state can do is do its job. It can educate the citizenry. It can build up the infrastructure. It can draw up a tax code that fosters a good business climate and is fair to the taxpayers.
That is where La. fails, the government doesn't do a good enough job of what they are supposed to do, and buying movies, IBM, the Saints, etc. is all feel good stuff. It doesn't make much of a dent in the big picture.
This post was edited on 10/3/18 at 10:04 am
Posted on 10/3/18 at 9:44 am to member12
Are they creating a computer for working in traffic?
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