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Microsoft will import some workers for Vancouver software development centre
Microsoft Corp. is setting up a software development centre in the Vancouver area this fall that will house hundreds of employees - many of them highly skilled programmers brought to Canada from other countries to work on the company's products.
The location will be one of only a few development centres outside Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., about 200 kilometres south of Vancouver.
Four others exist in North Carolina, Ireland, Denmark and Israel and two more are planned for Boston and Bellevue, Wash., which is near Redmond.
Microsoft says the Vancouver location will allow the company to recruit and retain highly skilled people who would have difficulty with U.S. immigration requirements.
"It's not uniquely a Microsoft issue. ... It has affected lots of other industries as well as other companies in the technology industry," Microsoft Canada president Phil Sorgen said Thursday from headquarters in Mississauga, Ont., near Toronto.
In addition, Microsoft has embarked on a strategy to tap into a "global market for technical talent" by setting up development centres in multiple locations.
"We will have employees from around the world, including Canada, as part of the development centre," Sorgen said.
"Vancouver is an international gateway. It has a diverse population (and a) strong international reach that we think will give us greater access to the best and brightest," Sorgen said.
In particular, he noted there is a growing number of students in the Asia-Pacific region that are graduating with computer science degrees and Vancouver has "a very strong connection" to that region.
"We're opening it with the expectation of a couple hundred developers to be in place in the fall, with optimism we can grow over time," he said.
"The type of people we hire will truly represent a global footprint. ... So we look for cities that foster and support innovation and are multicultural and diverse in nature."
Many of the centre's personnel will be new to Microsoft but current employees will also move there, he said.
Sorgen declined to discuss Canada's immigration law but said the "innovation agenda" that has been publicized by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Industry Minister Maxime Bernier is "very supportive of attracting the best and brightest to Canada in fields like high tech and fields that expand our knowledge economy here in Canada."
"And we think Canada has an environment that is perfectly suited for highly skilled professionals like the ones we'll hire."
Financial details for the Vancouver office were not disclosed. The company has narrowed its choices of location but hasn't signed a lease yet.
Microsoft Corp. is setting up a software development centre in the Vancouver area this fall that will house hundreds of employees - many of them highly skilled programmers brought to Canada from other countries to work on the company's products.
The location will be one of only a few development centres outside Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., about 200 kilometres south of Vancouver.
Four others exist in North Carolina, Ireland, Denmark and Israel and two more are planned for Boston and Bellevue, Wash., which is near Redmond.
Microsoft says the Vancouver location will allow the company to recruit and retain highly skilled people who would have difficulty with U.S. immigration requirements.
"It's not uniquely a Microsoft issue. ... It has affected lots of other industries as well as other companies in the technology industry," Microsoft Canada president Phil Sorgen said Thursday from headquarters in Mississauga, Ont., near Toronto.
In addition, Microsoft has embarked on a strategy to tap into a "global market for technical talent" by setting up development centres in multiple locations.
"We will have employees from around the world, including Canada, as part of the development centre," Sorgen said.
"Vancouver is an international gateway. It has a diverse population (and a) strong international reach that we think will give us greater access to the best and brightest," Sorgen said.
In particular, he noted there is a growing number of students in the Asia-Pacific region that are graduating with computer science degrees and Vancouver has "a very strong connection" to that region.
"We're opening it with the expectation of a couple hundred developers to be in place in the fall, with optimism we can grow over time," he said.
"The type of people we hire will truly represent a global footprint. ... So we look for cities that foster and support innovation and are multicultural and diverse in nature."
Many of the centre's personnel will be new to Microsoft but current employees will also move there, he said.
Sorgen declined to discuss Canada's immigration law but said the "innovation agenda" that has been publicized by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Industry Minister Maxime Bernier is "very supportive of attracting the best and brightest to Canada in fields like high tech and fields that expand our knowledge economy here in Canada."
"And we think Canada has an environment that is perfectly suited for highly skilled professionals like the ones we'll hire."
Financial details for the Vancouver office were not disclosed. The company has narrowed its choices of location but hasn't signed a lease yet.
