SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - This week, Thermo Fisher Scientific, the global life sciences and biotechnology company, cut the ribbon on its Software Center of Excellence (COE) in Tijuana. Thermo Fisher Scientific is a world leader in serving science with $17 billion in revenues and approximately 50,000 employees in 50 countries. The company develops, manufactures and sells a wide variety of innovative biotechnology products including analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and software, and provides services for research, manufacturing, analysis and diagnostics.

Thermo Fisher’s expansion into Tijuana is exemplary of the cross-border collaboration between Mexico and San Diego – one of the leading life sciences hubs in the country. To stay current in a climate of rapidly evolving technology, the company made the critical decision to expand its software engineering division. Thermo Fisher was eager to explore the viability of opening software operations in a location with quality talent and in the same time zone as its corporate headquarters in Carlsbad.

With the support of San Diego Regional EDC, WTC San Diego, UC San Diego and partners from Mexico including the city of Tijuana, state of Baja, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California and Tijuana EDC, Thermo Fisher completed several trips to Tijuana to explore viability. With this strong network of partners, Thermo Fisher made the decision to construct a world-class office facility just minutes from the San Ysidro border crossing and less than an hour drive to its Carlsbad office.

Software engineering talent in Latin America, in particular Mexico, has been emerging as a source for many companies such as Thermo Fisher, providing an alternative to hiring employees overseas where distance and time zones prove to be ongoing challenges. While Tijuana is traditionally recognized as a hub for advanced manufacturing, Thermo Fisher’s software COE highlights the availability of local talent in the software sector. The company successfully attracted an extremely skilled group of software personnel from around Mexico, all of whom were excited about the opportunity to be a part of Thermo Fisher’s software center. As of the ribbon cutting, the Thermo Fisher employs around 45 employees, with space to grow its team to 150 within the year.

As a result of expanding operations to Tijuana, Thermo Fisher is realizing accelerated rates of innovation with less financial risk as well as unequivocal improvements in collaboration between its teams in Carlsbad and Tijuana.

“...being just one hour apart makes an amazing difference in how the teams are productive together," said Mark Field, CTO of Software Services, Thermo Fisher Scientific

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