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EPAM Systems, founded by two Belarusians in 1993, is a provider of software development and engineering services for digital platforms and one of the world leaders in this field.
15 minutes earlier, EPAM Systems executives had offered employees to move to Poland or Lithuania due to continued violence from officials.
Pride of Belarusian IT
Although it is called an American company because 60 percent of its production is generated in North America, but it is also the pride of Belarusian IT, Minsk is one of its most important offices. From now on, this company will also have a branch in Vilnius.
kv. by photo / EPAM company office in Minsk
It is true that it is not announced whether specialists from Belarus will be transferred to him, but there are indications that this may be the case. Recently, Reuters quoted Arkady Dobkin, founder of EPAM Systems, as saying that violence on the streets of Minsk could lead to the eviction of workers.
Arkadijus Dobkinas
“The headlines are not born in an atmosphere of fear and violence. In the near future, we will see a massive exodus of specialists from the country,” he said.
By the way, the vice president of the company, Maxim Bogrecov, announced that he would join the coordination council of the opposition, which was convened by Sviatlana Cichanouskaja, who is currently in Lithuania. Most of the council members have already been arrested and questioned, they are being persecuted, so it seems that one of the most successful IT companies in Belarus does not see its future in the current country.
Good impression in Lithuania
It is announced that the company’s employees in Lithuania will work with such innovative technologies as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and DevOps technologies, data and software engineering, Internet of things and process automation.
“Our company was very impressed by the extremely dynamic information and communications technology sector in Lithuania. The information technology and engineering community in Lithuania is growing rapidly, with the help of “Invest in Lithuania” we hope to quickly establish ourselves and become an important part of the Lithuanian business services community, “said Jason Peterson, Vice President and Director EPAM Systems global financial institution.
Epam sign
Mantas Katinas, director of “Invest in Lithuania”, says this will create a “bridge” between the extremely strong community of the Belarusian technology park and Vilnius.
EPAM Systems, which in 2019. was included in the Fortune 100 list of the fastest growing global companies, developing innovative software solutions on a large scale and providing business consulting services, design and development of digital products.
“The arrival of such a company in Lithuania is a very joyous event for the entire technology community in the country,” Economy and Innovation Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius said in a press release.
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