SYDNEY, Australia – May 16, 2006 – Today, Google announced its new Australia and New Zealand headquarters in Sydney.
The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon Helen Coonan joined Google for the opening ceremony.
The new HQ will act as a strategic hub for employees, partners, advertisers and engineers in Australia. It will also be home to Google’s first Australian engineering and R&D centre, which will contribute to the development of Google products and services worldwide and generate new jobs in Australia. The company is recruiting for a range of positions, such as sales, engineering, and business development.
“To scale with the overall growth of Google’s business, we are actively hiring and offering additional services to better support our users, partners and advertisers in Australia,” said Kate Vale, head of sales and operations for Google Australia & New Zealand.
Lars Rasmussen, head of engineering for Google Australia, added “The engineering centre will draw on the talented pool of computer scientists and engineers from within Australia and throughout the region. We’re looking forward to providing them the opportunity to work on many exciting new Google products that touch millions of our users worldwide.”
Additionally, Google is working closely with Australia’s top universities to introduce the Google Australia Summer Internship Programme. The programme will commence in Summer 2006/7, offering opportunities for both technical and non-technical talent, and will eventually become a year round intern programme.
“I am pleased that Google is expanding its Australian presence, taking advantage of the enormous pool of talent we have in Australia and acknowledging our growing culture of innovation,” Senator Coonan said. “I wish Google every success in its search for new and innovative ways to deliver its products to consumers worldwide.”
Google’s innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google’s targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.
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Scott Rowe
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