{"id":4109,"date":"2015-05-06T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/company\/press\/west-coast-tech-hub-open-business\/"},"modified":"2015-05-06T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T12:30:10","slug":"west-coast-tech-hub-open-business","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/company\/press\/west-coast-tech-hub-open-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Our West Coast Tech Hub: Open for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"SF<\/a>
\n\u201cI\u2019ve always believed that talent attracts capital far more effectively than capital attracts talent \u2013 and that\u2019s why I\u2019m in San Francisco today to help\u00a0Bloomberg LP<\/a>, the tech company I founded 33 years ago, open a new R&D office for software developers.\u201d \u2013 Mike Bloomberg, Founder, July 17, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year our founder Mike Bloomberg announced we would be opening our first ever West Coast Technology Hub and today we celebrate the grand opening of this space.<\/p>\n

Our Head of R&D San Francisco Zach Haehn and team member Eric Vander Weele have been operating in San Francisco for over a year creating our technology mission for the new office.\u00a0 They have also been busy hiring local talent, and we now have had over\u00a0six developers join.\u00a0 The space will also house Roy Bahat and the Bloomberg Beta<\/a> team, which provides great synergies and opportunities for both groups.<\/p>\n

Having a technology presence in the Bay Area allows us to advance a number of important goals for the company. It helps us to engage more directly and consistently with the broad technology community.\u00a0 We are already participating in major events<\/a>, building strong relationships<\/a> and convening key tech community leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our engagement in the technology community raises awareness of Bloomberg as an advanced, mature technology innovator. Every day we are solving some of the most complex technological and computing challenges on the planet.\u00a0 Sharing our experiences\u00a0 not only enables us to contribute back to the broader technology community , but also helps us learn more about the incredible new technologies coming out every day.\u00a0 In short, we have a lot to offer, and we have a lot to learn.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to capture in words the effort that has gone into the design and planning, as well as the collaboration to create our new West Coast Technology Hub at 140 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco<\/strong>. \u00a0Watch the following video to get the full story about how this new office came to be and what it means to Bloomberg.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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