Progress in Armenia’s IT sector possible, says specialist
tert.am
16:57 – 21.09.12
Pavel Barseghyan, a former vice president of Numetrics Management
Systems, Inc., thinks his projects can boost the development of
Armenia’s IT industries.
At a news conference on Friday, he said his methods, experience and
expertise in the world market demands can make the implementation of
different business project relating to the sector possible.
`Building up such a business will help create jobs not only for IT
specialists, but also physicists, mathematicians, engineers,
economists, psychologists and other professionals who are unemployed
today,’ he said.
Barseghyan, who was the US company’s deputy director for scientific
affairs and innovative technologies between 1999 and 2011, said the IT
sector needs a serious state intervention and assistance as a key
branch of modern industries and business.
`There are foreign IT companies operating in Armenia, but the money
they bring are not for Armenia’s benefit. It is necessary to be able
to create companies which will manufacture products we will be able to
export,’ he added. `But to do that we need cooperation with the
Diaspora – apart from a state assistance – because we may have a very
good product and yet be unable to sell it outside Armenia.’
Asked how much is needed to bring the projects to life, Barseghyan did
not specify any sum, saying only that it depends on the product’s
features and the consumer’s demands.
From: Baghdasarian