Cognizant Accelerator Tech Innovation Hub Launches In Boulder

BOULDER, CO -- Cognizant launched a new global technology center and innovation hub in Boulder on Feb. 7. The New Jersey-based company offers digital, technology, consulting and operations services and had 281,600 employees worldwide at the end of last year and a total 2018 revenue of $16.13 billion. The Boulder center, which currently employs 100, will be a part of the Cognizant Accelerator division, and will focus on developing new technologies and investing in emerging external startups.

Cognizant currently has approximately 1,400 employees Colorado, and its presence in the state has grown rapidly in recent years with acquisitions of Englewood's TriZetto in 2014 and Boulder's QuickLeft in 2016.

"Colorado is home to a number of our clients, and we expect to continue to grow and invest here as both our development needs and client needs increase,” Sean Middleton, Cognizant's senior vice president and president of Cognizant Accelerator told Consulting.us. "Boulder, in particular, has established itself as a vibrant tech community, an ecosystem of educational institutions, start-ups and companies where innovation is flourishing. It's an ideal environment for Cognizant Accelerator and the work we do in finding, fueling, engineering and running the groundbreaking ideas that are helping businesses around the world successfully transform to compete and win in the digital age."

This story has been updated to clarify employment numbers at Cognizant.

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