Tampa office closing, 150 jobs cut after tech company sold

CyraCom International, an Arizona company that provides interpretation and translation services for organizations, is cutting 150 jobs in Tampa just weeks after being bought.

The company, in a notification to the state to meet federal Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification requirements, says the layoffs will begin Nov. 1 with 140 people losing their jobs. A second wave will begin Dec. 1.

CyraCom, which provided the state a list with bullet points rather than the traditional letter, says it is cutting the jobs because its local office is closing due to company restructuring.

CyraCom was purchased earlier this year by Propio, an Overland, Kansas, company specializing in interpreting, translation and localization services.

According to a July 3 statement from Propio, the sales “brings together two of the largest U.S.-based Language Service Providers” to service clients in the health care, government, insurance, education and enterprise sectors.

“The combined entity will allow for Propio’s AI-powered automation and workflows, technology solutions, and compliance infrastructure, to drive even better outcomes for the new clients and the communities they serve,” the statement says.

Propio did not immediately respond to questions Monday morning about whether the Tampa closing was isolated or part of larger corporate strategy.

The company opened its Tampa office, one of eight in the U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica, in 2015. It is at at 5701 E. Hillsborough Ave. in the NetPark Tampa Bay office park.

A Sept. 8 search of WARN databases in Arizona, Texas, New York, New Mexico and New Jersey, where the stateside offices are located, did not list layoffs for CyraCom following the July 1 announcement.

Propio, however, did layoff 40 in San Antonio, Texas, earlier this year.

CyraCom specializes in over-the-phone and video interpretation and translation services.

According to its website, its founders patented the duel-handset telephone. This, the company says on the site, allowed patients and providers to speak with an interpreter on a three-way call.