A business and technology consulting firm owned by Japanese technology giant NTT has opened an office in Douglas County that could eventually support 200 high-paying jobs.
The move could bolster Denver’s continuing effort to land direct flights to Tokyo, officials said.
The Revere Group, a Chicago company purchased by NTT Data Corp. in 2005, will launch a westward expansion from the new office, officials said. The office, headquarters for the Revere Group’s western region, currently has four employees.
“I would be disappointed if we did not have at least 200 people in the Denver metro area” within four to five years, said executive vice president Michael Horne, who is transferring from the Revere Group’s Charlotte, N.C., office to head the Denver office.
The firm employs about 450 and envisions a workforce of up to 500 consultants across the West, with regional revenues of $125 million. The company plans to grow by landing new contracts and making acquisitions. Business consultants typically earn $55,000 to $300,000 a year, Horne said.
The Revere Group serves companies of $500 million to $5 billion in revenues and is targeting U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese corporations, Horne said. The company currently is working with Nissan at its Tennessee operations.
“The primary driver for our move west overall is with the acquisition by NTT Data. There are a lot of Japanese multinational accounts in the West, including Colorado,” he said.
The Revere Group chose Denver because of its central location with frequent air service to national destinations, its large pool of technical employees and its roster of midsized companies, Horne said. It didn’t hurt that Horne lived here briefly about 12 years ago and yearned to return.
Denver economic-development officials said the move could help the city’s effort to lure direct flights from Tokyo. The Japanese capital is the top priority for future international service at Denver International Airport.
“The more Asian-owned companies doing business here, the more that’s going to help,” said Laura Brandt of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.
Other local companies with Japanese ties include Verio Inc., a Web-hosting company owned by NTT Communications, and InfoPrint Solutions Co. of Boulder, which IBM recently sold to Ricoh Co.
Colorado offered the Revere Group its standard economic-incentive package, Horne said. That package could include training and job-creation incentives worth up to $2,500 per employee, Brandt said.
Staff writer Greg Griffin can be reached at 303-954-1241 or ggriffin@denverpost.com.
