After an intensive competitive process that pitted us against the city of Worcester, MA I am pleased to announce that we have landed a new member of the info-tech and digital media community here in Rhode Island! Inquest Technologies will be relocating during the fall from their current offices in Southborough, MA to 300 West Exchange St. in Providence. The move will include about 20 employees and Inquest has plans to hire approximately 30 employees over the next year or so.

Inquest Technologies product is called IQ9, a platform for delivering web-based enterprise business applications that covers a gamut of functions including business process management, project management, and collaboration (think a young Oracle or SAP). Their platform is already being used by leading worldwide organizations including ADT, Verizon, National Grid, ConEdison and the US Navy. In fact, they already have a small office in Newport to handle the myriad of business they have locally with the Navy. 

Some of you may have already met Jeremy Carr, their VP of Engineering, as he attended the Providence Geeks meeting with a couple of his senior engineers in May. He was initially impressed with what he saw and is looking forward to interacting with the geek community for both ideas and new staff.

This success provides further substantiation that Rhode Island (and Providence) has what it takes to attract new companies and talent to the state. Among other things, Mike Colapietro, their CEO, indicated that our “vibrant IT and digital media community” was one of the reasons for their move. Our momentum in the sector continues to build!

I’ve gotten to know them over the last few months and I am excited for both them and Rhode Island. Please join me in welcoming Inquest to the community.