WHY PITTSBURGH FOR INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGYPittsburgh is home to operations for tech giants – including Apple, Facebook,

Google, Intel, Microsoft, SAP and Uber – as well as highly successful, homegrown spinouts and startups like ANSYS, Duolingo and Schell Games. With technology

touching everything we do in today’s world, the applications, products and services being developed by companies in the Pittsburgh region’s IT sector are providing

manufacturing, e-commerce, finance, healthcare, education, entertainment and other industries with the advantages they need to excel in a digitally driven economy.

Access to pipeline of world-class techtalent from world’s best universities

• 2,600ITdegreesawardedannually;2ndamongbenchmarkcities

• Apopulationwithamedianage(32.8)belowtheU.S.averageandalowcostoflivingin“themostlivablecityintheContinentalU.S.”(The Economist)

Innovation powerhouse• $3BinvestmentinR&Dannuallyspanningacademic,corporate

andgovernment

• Networkoforganizationsnurturinginnovation,entrepreneurship:AlphaLab,AlphaLabGear,IdeaFoundry,InnovationWorks,PittsburghLifeSciencesGreenhouseandPittsburghTechnologyCouncil

• CompanieswithR&Dfacilitiesintheregioninclude:Apple;AutoDesk;Bosch;Disney;Facebook(Oculus);IBM;Intel;MicrosoftandUber

Cyber security center of excellence• Ourregionisacybersecurityhotbedwithgloballyvaluedassets,including

theCERTCoordinationCenter;CMU’sCyLab;theNationalCyberForensics&TrainingAlliance;andthePittsburghHighTechCrimesTaskForce(FBI/CERTcollaboration)

Established firms and employment base

Companies Growing HereANSYS,Inc.;Apple;ArgoAI;AutoDesk;Bosch;ConfluenceTechnologies;Deeplocal;Delphi;

Duolingo;Facebook(Oculus);Google;NetHealth;SAP;SchellGames;Uber

28,000 employees

1,500 IT firms

IT Assets

IT Touches EverythingThestrengthofthePittsburghregion’sITsectorliesinitstalent,researchcapabilitiesandinnovationecosystem.Bothglobalandsmall-tomedium-sizedcompaniesacrossindustries–includingfinancialandbusinessservices,ourregion’slargestsectorbyGDPandlargestemployerofITtalent–aretappingintoourITsectorassetstoaddvaluetotheirbusinessesandpositionthemselvesforfuturesuccess.

Financial & Business ServicesBNYMellon’sPittsburghInnovationCenterisincubatingnewideasandtechnologyintheFintechspacetodigitallytransformthetraditionalfinancialservicesindustry.Ourregion’stalentandinnovationarehelpingBNYMellonbettersolveclients’challenges.

Advanced ManufacturingInseparatepartnerships,simulationsoftwarecompanyANSYSiscollaboratingwithCarnegieMellonUniversityandtheUniversityofPittsburghtofostereducationandresearchofadditivemanufacturing.Researchprowessandworld-classtalentattractedANSYStopartnerwiththeuniversities.

Healthcare & Life SciencesUPMCEnterprisesiscultivatingtheregion’sentre-preneursandinnovatorstorevolutionizethehealth-careindustry,andHighmarkandtheAlleghenyHealthNetworkarepartneringwithCarnegieMellonUniversity’sDisruptiveHealthTechnologyInstituteonresearchtofurthertheintersectionofinnovativetechnologyandaffordablehealthcare.

We’re very excited that over the last decade Pittsburgh’s tech scene has gotten stronger and

stronger and has attracted a broader variety of companies of all sizes. Having a strong tech

ecosystem here in Pittsburgh is excellent for the city and it’s great for Google.

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Kamal Nigam EngineeringDirector,GooglePittsburgh

Leaders & Partners • Pittsburgh Technology CouncilhasdevelopedacommunityofIT-relatedcompaniesandentrepreneurs andprovidesresourcesforbusinessopportunitiestokeepcompaniescompetitiveintheglobalmarket.

• University of Pittsburgh’s (Pitt) iSchoolpreparesstudentstointegratetechnologyintoeveryday processesinindustrieslikehealthcare,law,finance,manufacturingandgovernment.

• University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and SecuritybuildsuponPitt’sexisting strengthsincybersecurityandprovidesaplatformforinnovativesolutionsthatarecriticaltomeet cybercrimethreats.

• Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)isthe#1rankedcomputersciencegraduateprogrambyU.S. News & World Report.

• Pittsburgh Supercomputing CenterisajointeffortofCMUandPittthatprovidesuniversity,government andindustrialresearchersaccesstoseveralofthemostpowerfulsystemsforhigh-performance computing,communicationsanddatastorageforunclassifiedresearch.

How the PRA Can Help YouThePittsburghRegionalAlliance(PRA)offerscomplimentary,confidential,projectmanagementservices;avastprofessionalnetwork;andPittsburghProspector.com–ourpropertysearchdatabase–tocompaniesconsideringinvestingorgrowingintheregion.

Ourservicesinclude:

•Siteselectionassistance

•Marketresearch&analysis

•Internationalbusinesssupport

•Fundingandincentivessolutions

•Workforceattractionand retentionresources

•Peer-to-peerexecutivemeetings

ThePRAisheretohelpyoureduceredtape,eliminatewrongturnsandclosethedeal.

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