A Silicon Valley company offering information technology services for business opened its new Arizona office April 13 in Gilbert, bringing about 300 workers to town.
TD Synnex, based in Fremont, California, and Clearwater, Florida, has 52,000 square feet in the Rivulon business park, Nationwide Realty’s $1 billion development on 300 acres at Gilbert Road and the Loop 202-Santan Freeway.
The company has been in Arizona for many years under different names through mergers and acquisitions. Its move into Gilbert represents an opportunity to bring workers together in a more modern office space, even for those doing hybrid work from home/office situations, said Jessica Yeck, senior vice president for vendor solutions.
The space is on the second floor of the The Commons building, one of four buildings at the Rivulon development. Yeck said the office has space for expansion but could not put any timeline on such growth.
Yeck said the company considered several areas for this office, but Gilbert stood out because a number of its workers already lived in town and the town’s growth and amenities.
TD Synnex employs 23,500 people worldwide, about 500 of whom are in Arizona, and has been named one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies for the past two years.
The company helps its clients with IT solutions, bringing manufacturers, vendors and end users together, though it does not sell to end users, Yeck said. It also enables its partner community to sell its services and take their solutions to market in a scalable way.
A unique feature of the Gilbert office from other TD Synnex offices is the "cyber range," company officials said. It is a virtual environment designed to immerse the student in a real-world customer network that can be used for educational training and for testing response procedures to known or simulated threats.
The goal is to equip the company's partners with the skills necessary to design holistic cybersecurity solutions and services that will mitigate against the most advanced cyber threats in the industry, officials said.
“TD Synnex’s decision to locate within Rivulon, one of Gilbert’s premier business parks, makes perfect sense given TD Synnex’s goal to support efficient and effective technological solutions for distribution, shipping and everything in between,” Mayor Brigette Peterson said in a press release from the town. “Their commitment to Gilbert is wholeheartedly supported, and I look forward to seeing continued growth in our technology industries.”
After the grand opening, TD Synnex’s Arizona chapter will host its inaugural “Share the Magic Speakeasy Soiree” April 13 at The White Rabbit bar, 207 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, to raise money for Arizona children and families.
“As a company that truly cares, we also look to make an impact in the communities where our teams live and work,” Yeck said.
For the soiree, TD Synnex will bring vendors, customers, local Arizona businesses and the community together to raise funds for the Arizona chapter beneficiaries, House of Refuge and Special Olympics of Arizona. The public event will feature a 50/50 raffle, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and Roaring 20’s style entertainment.
Tickets range from $100 for an individual ticket up to $5,000 for the highest level sponsorship package. The event begins at 6 p.m.
Founded in 2011, TD Synnex Share the Magic was established to fund programs that transform lives of families across North America. Since its inception, TD Synnex Share the Magic has raised more than $19 million for children and families in need.
Tom Blodgett Senior News Editor | Gilbert @sp_blodgett
Meet Tom Tom Blodgett joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2022, when the company acquired Community Impact Newspaper's Phoenix-area properties. Raised in Arizona, he has spent more than 35 years in journalism in the state.
Community: He has served as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication since 2005, and is editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet. He also is director of operations for an 18U girls fastpitch softball team from Gilbert.
Education: Arizona State University with a BS in Journalism.
Random Fact: He lived in Belgium during his freshman year of high school.
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