First Tennessee to create 65 positions in Maryville
Wednesday June 30, 2010
First Tennessee Bank is bringing some of its technology operations back in-house...
First Tennessee Bank is bringing some of its technology operations back in-house, and creating dozens of new jobs in Maryville.
The bank is slated to announce today that it will bring 65 information-technology jobs to a data center in the Blount Industrial Park. Workers at the facility will manage servers, mainframes and other technology infrastructure for the Memphis-based company.
First Tennessee Vice President Jennifer Holder said the data center work previously had been outsourced, with the work performed at a variety of sites, primarily in Chicago. Meanwhile, 45 of the bank's Knoxville employees who work in technology purchasing and remote check capture will be relocated to the Maryville site.
Holder said First Tennessee built the now-vacant building in 1998 to house its operations center, but less than two years ago most work in the facility was consolidated into the bank's Memphis operation. In a news release, the chief information officer for First Tennessee's parent company said that bringing the IT operation back in-house will allow the company to respond more quickly to the needs of customers.
In an interview, Holder said, "We're just thrilled to get these jobs over here. We were just fortunate to have this building, which had not yet been sold."
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
