Artech (staffing company)
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Temping agency |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founders | Ajay Poddar and Ranjini Poddar |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 38 |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Subsidiaries | Scalence |
| Website | www |
Artech is an American employment agency that provides IT staffing services by placing IT professionals to fill technology-related roles on temporary, permanent or contract basis. It also provides outsourcing of IT roles.
As of 2019[update], Artech was the largest woman-owned IT staffing company in the US, and had around 10,500 IT staff on its books.[1] The company also provides project management services,[2] focusing on women and minority hires.[3]
By 2011, it was operating in Canada,[4] forty US states, China, and India, with $328.3 million in revenues, growing 83% since the previous year.[2]
History
Artech Information Systems was co-founded in 1992 by Ajay[5] and Ranjini Poddar,[6] and is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey.[7] Early clients for the company included the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and General Electric.[2] Artech matches candidates with client firms based on their demands for special skills.[7] Ranjini Poddar serves as the company’s CEO.[1]
Artech is a cofounder of a women-focused information technology center at Banasthali Vidyapeeth University in Rajasthan, India, called the Artech-Dalmia Centre for Information Technology.[8][9]
In 2014 Artech acquired Vega Consulting[10] and in 2017 Artech acquired Tech-Pro Inc.[11][12]
In 2018, Artech acquired the talent and technology services business unit of CDI.[13]
In 2020, Artech was the subject to a ransomware attack that affected its personnel database.[14]