OSRP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US company PC Mall, Inc., recently inaugurated its first office outside North America on the 2nd level of EDSA Central Pavilion, Greenfield District, Mandaluyong. The office warming party was attended by executives of OSRP, Greenfield Development Corporation, the project assurance consultation team, and the first batch of OSRP employees. EDSA Central Greenfield District is accredited by the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA) as an Information Technology (IT) Zone.
With headquarters in Los Angeles, California, many offices within the US, and a branch in Canada, OSRP sells computer technology products to US businesses, consumers, government and educational institutions, posting approximately US$1.2B in sales last year.
According to OSRP President Dan DeVries, the EDSA Central office will have majority of its employees in place by year’s end. The first batch of workers will do back office operations, with most of the people focused on Internet content. The next round will consist of IT people like web programmers, web designers and application designers, as well as accounting and credit processing people. The final batch of employees is going to be taken up by call center people who will provide technical support and customer service. "We’ll know by the end of the year or the first quarter of 2006 where we’re going on the whole expansion plan. We’re pretty excited," he says.
DeVries is happy about the fact that the office is located in EDSA Central, Mandaluyong, which is situated along EDSA, in the middle of Quezon City, Makati, Pasay and Manila, easily accessible from outlying areas like Parañaque and Alabang, and is connected to the MRT.
The team that made it easy for OSRP to make the move to EDSA Central is EnVision, which does Project Assurance for OSRP and other American and European companies that plan to operate in the Philippines. "As the local consultant, EnVision helps foreign companies with the nitty-gritties of setting up an office here: from studying capital and operating expenses, and complying with business and legal requirements to evaluating potential office sites, and recruiting qualified personnel," said President Toby Castillo.