$430M IT firm opens Gulf Coast office

Intelligent Decisions, a $430 million IT firm based outside Washington, D.C., hopes its decision to expand to the Gulf Coast will be a smart move.

The company focuses on IT assistance, in addition to software and hardware consulting and sales, for a variety of federal government agencies and private firms. Clients include the National Security Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Its newest office will be in Tampa. Mary Allison Yourchisin, a well-connected Tampa-area technology executive who has worked in the local defense-technology industry, will run the local office. Yourchisin says the company plans to capitalize on both her connections and the proximity to MacDill Air Force Base.