# Collabera

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{{Short description|Information technology consulting company}}
{{COI|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Collabera Inc
| type = Private
| logo = Collabera_Logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_alt = Collabera
| founded = 1991<ref name="njbiz" />
| location = [Basking Ridge, New Jersey](/source/Basking_Ridge%2C_New_Jersey), United States
| industry = [Information Technology](/source/Information_Technology)
| services = [IT Services](/source/IT_Services), [Enterprise Software](/source/Enterprise_Software)
| num_employees = 16,000 +<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.indianstaffingfederation.org/executive-board/ |title=Executive Board |publisher=India Staffing Federation |access-date=2016-08-04}}</ref>
| num_locations = 60 +
| revenue = {{profit}} [US$](/source/US%24) 1.2 Billion (2021)<ref name="njbiz" />
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.collabera.com}}
}}

'''Collabera Inc''' is a company that provides [information technology](/source/information_technology) consulting.<ref name=bloomberg>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4277498 |title=Company Overview of Collabera Inc. |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=2016-04-14}}</ref> Its North American headquarters is in [Basking Ridge, New Jersey](/source/Basking_Ridge%2C_New_Jersey), while the Asia Pacific headquarters is in [Vadodara](/source/Vadodara), [Gujarat](/source/Gujarat) [India](/source/India).<ref name="Locations">{{cite web |url=https://www.collabera.com/locations/ |title=Locations |publisher=collabera.com |access-date=2015-06-17 |archive-date=2021-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204010549/https://www.collabera.com/locations/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Collabera is the largest privately held technology company in New Jersey, by revenue, with $525 million in revenue for 2015 and approximately 4,200 employees throughout their New Jersey offices.<ref name="njbiz">{{cite press release|url=http://www.njbiz.com/article/20160915/NJBIZ01/309159998/njs-top-250-privately-held-companies-top-10-technology |title=N.J.'s Top 250 Privately Held Companies: Top 10 Technology |publisher=NJBIZ |access-date= October 11, 2016}}</ref>

==History==
The company was founded in 1991 as Global Consultants, Inc. (GCI).<ref name="name">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-consultants-inc-gci-is-now-collabera-56784217.html |title=Global Consultants, Inc. (GCI) is Now Collabera |publisher=PR Newswire |date=2008-02-04 |access-date=2016-01-15}}</ref> The company was purchased by Hiten Patel And Sham Patel in 1996, when it had $2 million in revenue. Collabera had $520{{nbsp}}million in revenue in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njbiz.com/article/20140609/NJBIZ01/306099998/after-starting-collabera-with-his-last-dollar-patel-setting-his-sights-on-revenue-milestone |title=After starting Collabera with his last dollar, Patel setting his sights on revenue milestone |publisher=PR Newswire |date=2014-06-09 |access-date=2016-01-15}}</ref> In 2007, GCI began a series of company acquisitions, including IVL India (for SAP services),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/gci-solutions-buys-ivl-india/article1786736.ece |title=GCI Solutions buys IVL India |work=The Hindu |date=2007-01-24 |access-date=2015-06-17}}</ref> Planet Asia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/people/the-newsmaker/story/2736.html |title=The Newsmaker |publisher=Business Today IN |date=2008-08-24 |access-date=2016-08-04}}</ref> and Blue Hammock (for strategic consulting).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2161660 |title=Company Overview of Blue Hammock, Inc. |publisher=Bloomberg Business |date=2016-01-15 |access-date=2016-01-15}}</ref> In 2008, GCI changed its name to Collabera.<ref name="name" /><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4277498 |title=Company Overview of Collabera Inc. |publisher=Bloomberg Business |date=2016-01-15 |access-date=2016-01-15}}</ref>

In 2012, Collabera built a third development center (along with existing ones in Bangalore and Trivandrum) named "Collabera House" in Vadodara, India, with plans to open another in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/collabera-eyes-expansion-in-it-solutions/463133/ |title=Collabera eyes expansion in IT solutions |publisher=Business-standard.com |date=2012-01-30 |access-date=2012-10-10}}</ref> The following year, [Raj Mamodia](/source/Raj_Mamodia) was appointed as CEO.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-10-04/news/42717995_1_services-business-collabera-clients |title=Collabera appoints Raj Mamodia as new CEO |publisher=indiatimes.com |date=2013-10-04 |access-date=2015-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617220816/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-10-04/news/42717995_1_services-business-collabera-clients |archive-date=2015-06-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Then, in 2014, Collabera's IT services formed a subsidiary company [Brillio](/source/Brillio), headed by Mamodia, and Hiten Patel resumed his previous role as CEO.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2014/06/13/hiten-patel-explains-collaberas-spinoff-of-brillio.html |title=Hiten Patel explains Collabera's spinoff of Brillio |publisher=New York Business Journal |date=2014-06-13 |access-date=2015-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Collabera-spins-off-next-gen-tech-business/articleshow/35129733.cms |title=Collabera spins off next-gen tech business |work=The Times Of India |date=2014-05-15 |access-date=2016-01-15}}</ref>

On July 1, 2020, Karthik Krishnamurthy became CEO.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 July 2020|title= Collabera Names new CEO |url= https://www2.staffingindustry.com/site/Editorial/Daily-News/Collabera-names-new-CEO-54438|access-date=7 September 2020|website=SIA}}</ref>

On Aug 11,2022 Collabera has formed another subsidiary company [Ascendion](/source/Ascendion)<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Ascendion |title=Ascendion - A Software Engineering Ally for Digital Innovation - Launches |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ascendion--a-software-engineering-ally-for-digital-innovation--launches-301644392.html |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref> and appointed a new CEO, Mike Fromhold, for its staffing arm, Collabera LLC.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=LLC |first=Collabera |title=Collabera, LLC Welcomes Mike Fromhold as New Chief Executive Officer |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/collabera-llc-welcomes-mike-fromhold-as-new-chief-executive-officer-301727147.html |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

==YouTube content moderation==
The video sharing website [YouTube](/source/YouTube) has used Collabera as a contractor to hire content moderators, who review videos to determine if their content violates YouTube's content policies. A September 2020 lawsuit filed against YouTube included reports by a former Collabera employee who said that she was given little to no mental health training or support and made to sign an NDA before being shown examples of content that appears in the review queues. She reported being made to regularly exceed YouTube's stated limited of four hours per day of viewing graphic content.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21450477/youtube-content-moderator-sues-lawsuit-ptsd-graphic-content-exposure|title=Former YouTube content moderator sues the company after developing symptoms of PTSD|work=The Verge|last=Vincent|first=James|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/22/former-youtube-content-moderator-describes-horrors-of-the-job-in-lawsuit.html|title=Former YouTube content moderator describes horrors of the job in new lawsuit|publisher=CNBC|last=Elias|first=Jennifer|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.collabera.com}}

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Category:Information technology companies of the United States
Category:Human resource management consulting firms
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Category:Consulting firms established in 1991
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