In a guest column, Charles Masters, IBM’s senior state executive for Louisiana, writes: In the few short years since the state of Louisiana and IBM partnered to launch the Baton Rouge Client Innovation Center, our employees have transformed the CIC into a globally recognized technology hub in Baton Rouge. This team is in the right place at the right time, and is changing the world by putting smart to work. We have our partners at the city and state level, and Louisiana’s educators and talented workforce to thank for that progress.
This progress includes one of our biggest successes, achievement this June of the employment level we agreed to with the state. While we met our goal later than anticipated, IBM stands by our commitments and we have continued to hire. We are proud to be a part of the Baton Rouge community and we are focused on making a positive impact on Louisiana’s economy and workforce for years to come.
Our partnership with this state and community is stronger than ever, and our potential for continued growth in the age of AI has never been greater. For starters, IBM has delivered more than $124 million in employee payroll to Baton Rouge since 2013 – which amounts to $5 paid to local employees for every $1 the state has invested thus far in IBM. In addition to our own workforce, we understand from LED that local employment indirectly supported by IBM accounts for more than 1,000 jobs.
Read Master’s full column about IBM’s progress in Baton Rouge.
