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CGS company history timeline

1984

In 1984, Phil Friedman started CGS in New York City with five people, providing professional IT services.

1990

In 1990, Friedman created a department called Customer Support Services.

1993

By 1993, CGS added Polo Ralph Lauren to its growing list of clients.

1997

Long-time employee Paul Magel joined CGS to start the company’s Y2K practice in 1997 and now serves as the President of Business Applications and Technology Outsourcing division.

2001

In 2001, CGS purchased Garpac which had been developing apparel software solutions for the garment industry.

2002

The second largest United States BPO facility CGS has in the United States is in Tampa, Florida, which opened in 2002.

2003

In 2003, the company bought a small application development company in India to augment the United States development team.

2004

In 2004, CGS opened a new office in Hyperabad, India.

2006

In 2006, CGS acquired a company called Easycall Communicatii SA in Bucharest, Romania, and rebranded it as Computer Generated Solutions Romania.

2012

In 2012, CGS purchased Prego, SA in Santiago, Chile, and rebranded as Computer Generated Solutions Chile, to provide BPO services throughout Latin America and to other Spanish-speaking countries.

2013

Although CGS has operated a BPO office in Atlanta since the ‘90s, the company experienced significant growth in the outsourcing business in 2013.

In 2013, Romania secured a prestigious award at Call Center Week in Las Vegas.

2014

In 2014, CGS announced the expansion of its Romanian operations to support its growing contact center division in the city of Targu Jiu.

Unfortunately, in 2014, CGS's main Santiago office was destroyed by an electrical fire.

2015

Eventually, CGS would grow its headcount in Chile to over 3,000 team members due to the acquisition of Mas Cerca in 2015.

2017

In 2017, the Atlanta operations would once again see growth and expanded to a larger office, practically doubling in size.

In 2017, CGS Israel won the Diversity Award from the Doy Lautman foundation.

2018

In 2018, the United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF), selected CGS BPO for customer support and outbound sales to aid the program’s donor initiative in Chile.

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