About Us

OpenArc was founded in 2010, with a commitment to change the tech landscape by combining full-stack software development solutions with partnership approach-based staffing services.

Through this unique blending of people and software, we’ve created a culture that delivers amazing enterprise, mobile, and consumer-facing apps and the best talent for contract, contract-to-hire and direct placements for clients and partners alike.

Today, we still live out that commitment and immensely value the trusting relationships that have been built over the years. By exceeding your expectations, we are confident that we will continue to be the best partner for you and your business.

"OpenArc is committed to building and sustaining a diverse corporate culture that creates deep connections with clients and employees by establishing partnerships of trust and relationships that outlive any project, placement or contract"
Joel Reed, CEO

Our History

**July 2019
**OpenArc awarded with Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification

**February 2019
**OpenArc Wins ClearlyRated’s 2019 Best of Staffing® Client Diamond Award

**November 2018
**Pittsburgh Utility Speeds Up App Development with User-Centered Style Guide Created by OpenArc

**June 2018
**OpenArc is featured in Pittsburgh Business Times as a company on the move.

**March 2018
**Debuted Project Spotlight on MSA's Confined Space Virtual Reality Experience.

**January 2018
**OpenArc appoints Director of Human-Centered Design, Mark Lotter.

**August 2017
**OpenArc celebrates officially being named a 2017 Inc. 5000 honoree!

**July 2017
**OpenArc employees speak and the company is confirmed a winner of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Western PA by the Pittsburgh Business Times!

**February 2017-2015
**OpenArc wins Inavero’s Best of Staffing award, representing 1000’s of happily placed candidates and hundreds of satisfied clients.

**February 2017
**With a six-week timeline, the OpenArc team designed a visually-rich and engaging Virtual Reality environment for a Fortune 250 client.

**December 2016
**The “Get to Know Us” video debuts on YouTube after 56 hours of animation, six hours of creative writing and four hours of voiceover acting.

**August 2016
**Our CEO Joel Reed is named as a finalist in the Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Tech 50 Awards.

**March 2016
**Designed, built and launched a clients’ mobile app (Kind works), encouraging people to pay-it-forward with acts of kindness. At the 2016 Create Festival, Kind works app wins Project of the Year for Data & Apps. Kudos to OpenArc’s software development team for turning the client’s idea into an app they loved.

**Dec. 2015
**Consulting Magazine released its first-ever list of the fastest-growing consulting firms in America, and OpenArc came in at #7!
OpenArc’s staffing team partners with 17 new clients and secures new job opportunities for hundreds of candidates.

**August 2015
**OpenArc is named to Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies.

2014
OpenArc’s team doubles in size as more happily placed job seekers, hiring managers and software clients to share their OpenArc success stores. Two thumbs up!

**Dec. 2013
**Over 100 talent placements and counting.

**Dec. 2012
**After attaining 100% YOY growth, the tradition of an annual sales trip is born with a getaway to Mexico.

**May 2012
**Launch of first Xamarin platform-based app. The new era of using C# to build cross-platform mobile applications that work on multiple platforms with a single code base.

**Dec. 2011
**The OpenArc team celebrates double-digit employee growth with a company picnic, holiday party and an employee awards ceremony inspired by, “The Office.”

**Feb. 2011
**Founders Joel Reed and Bethany Simon, hire the first OpenArc employee’s in the new Wexford based office. Psst. They still work here!

**Fall 2010
**The beginning of the journey