Virtualization and automation software developer Parallels (www.parallels.com) confirmed last week that it is moving some operations currently located near Washington DC to the Seattle area in an effort to consolidate some of its US operations.
The company, which employs more than 650 people worldwide – including both its Seattle and DC operations, as well as a significant number in Europe, the UK and Asia – revealed internally last week that it plans to consolidate its US operations, moving many of its sales and marketing positions from Washington, DC-area town of Herndon, Virginia to Renton, Washington, a Seattle suburb.
According to the company, the main purpose of the move is to keep its operations streamlined in a way that can accommodate rapid growth in a cost-effective way. Another key advantage of the location, says Parallels, is the proximity of the Seattle office to those of Microsoft, a key Parallels partner.
“Focus and simplicity are two critical elements required for a company like Parallels to succeed and be able to scale up another 10 times, building on the record results Parallels enjoyed in Q1 2009,” said Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov, in an email to the WHIR. “To this end, we have been streamlining our operations since rebranding the company under the Parallels name and the latest step in this process is to consolidate our US operations in the Seattle area during this quarter. We will continue to have a presence in Herndon, VA, but will center executive management and the majority of our sales and Marketing efforts in Renton, WA. Remaining in Herndon will be mostly our back-office operations (finance and accounting) and a portion of our sales team.”
The company says it will offer to relocate certain employees to Renton, on an individual basis, but an unfortunate consequence of the move is that some of the people currently employed in sales and marketing positions in the Herndon offices will be lost.
Parallels says the transition is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2009.
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