SAIC Opens Oak Ridge Shared Services Center

July 23, 2008

Science Applications International Corporation is establishing the company's headquarters for shared services in Oak Ridge, Tennessee later this year. Those moves will initially create more than 150 new jobs in the Oak Ridge area through 2009.

Transaction-based functions associated with human resources, finance and corporate purchasing will be performed in this new shared services center. These functions were previously located in SAIC's San Diego, California and McLean, Virginia offices. Oak Ridge will be the headquarters of an enterprise-wide effort to deliver quality business services to the corporation worldwide.

The shared services center (SSC) will be located in an existing SAIC facility on Laboratory Road in Oak Ridge. SAIC is renovating existing office space, relocating some of the existing workforce to another location in Oak Ridge, and purchasing new equipment.

SAIC has been a leading employer in Oak Ridge for over 30 years, providing support to a range of clients including the Department of Energy and numerous commercial clients. With the new positions at the SSC, SAIC will employ nearly 900 individuals in the Oak Ridge area by the end of the year.

Leo Hazlewood, a senior executive with extensive experience managing line and support functions at SAIC, will lead the SSC. Hazlewood said, "We were drawn to the Oak Ridge area because of its stable work force, modern telecommunications infrastructure, favorable business environment and attractive quality of life. We've developed a great deal of respect for the business and social environment by virtue of our presence in the area for the past 30 years."