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On the Fast Track Forward

Miami-Dade enjoys a thriving technology sector, ranging from entrepreneurial startups, including Kairos, LearnerNation, CareCloud and Open English, to regional businesses and Fortune 500 companies. The local industry encompasses businesses engaged in the following sectors: digital media, logistics technology, data centers, back office support technology, simulation technology, mobile applications, computational science technology, and tourism technology. In keeping with this fast-moving industry, professionals take advantage of the increasing number of networking events and conferences that bring together entrepreneurs, investors and support professionals seeking to capitalize on new products and services.

One of Miami-Dade County’s strategic advantages is the NAP of the Americas, one of the world’s few Tier-1 network access points and a high-speed connection for data, voice and video traffic throughout the Americas and Europe. Other data centers include Telefonica USA, ColoHouse, QTS and Miami Data Vault.

The South Florida region has teamed up to demonstrate the power of the region in technology. Tech Gateway “work in the cloud live in the sun” is an effort to solidify the region as a technology hub to attract and retain talent, entrepreneurs, investors and the support system needed to sustain and grow an innovation economy.

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Industry Overview

Number of Companies1,729
Number of Employees11,383
Average Annual Salary$94,063

Industry Subsectors & Data

Description
2017 Establishments
2018 Jobs
Avg. Earnings Per Job
Software Publishers
100
689
$105,629
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
153
804
$105,621
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
126
853
$97,688
All Other Information Services
70
197
$87,621
Custom Computer Programming Services
565
3,470
$87,930
Computer Systems Design Services
562
4,351
$99,134
Computer Facilities Management Services
23
310
$83,084
Other Computer Related Services
132
710
$69,569
Total
1,729
11,383
$94,063

Major Employers

  • CareCloud
  • Cyxtera, Nearpod
  • Kairos
  • Avaya
  • Amadeus North America
  • Telefonica USA
  • SAP
  • Oracle

Industry-Focused Talent Development Programs

Miami-Dade College

-Miami-Dade College School of Engineering + Technology http://www.mdc.edu/entec/

-Information System Technology http://www.mdc.edu/informationsystems/

-Computer Information Technology     http://www.mdc.edu/computerinformationtechnology/

Florida International University

– Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors http://research.fiu.edu/technology/

-Computing and Information Sciences https://www.cis.fiu.edu/

-Technology Management and Commercialization http://research.fiu.edu/ored/otmc/

University of Miami

-UM Information Technology https://it.miami.edu/

-UM Innovation https://innovation.miami.edu/

-Business Technology http://bulletin.miami.edu/undergraduate-academic-programs/business/business-technology/

-Office of Technology Transfer http://umlsp.com/resources/office-of-technology-transfer

St. Thomas University

-School of Science https://www.stu.edu/science

What Industry Leaders Are Saying

“South Florida’s technology ecosystem is rapidly coming into its own. We are now on our way towards becoming known as a top community for scale-up activity. The proof of this is the birth of Cyxtera, the continuing success story of Magic Leap and the acquisition of our homegrown company Chewy.com, the single largest e-Commerce acquisition ever.”

-Jaret L. Davis, Co-managing Shareholder

Miami-Dade Sites

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