McAfee opening regional HQ in Frisco, Texas

FRISCO, Texas — The cybersecurity firm McAfee is bringing a regional headquarters to North Texas.

The San Jose, Calif.-based firm on Thursday introduced plans for the brand new regional headquarters in Frisco.

McAfee will open places of work at The Star improvement, the place the Dallas Cowboys are headquartered, by the center a part of this 12 months, according to a release from Frisco city officials.

“Our decision to choose Frisco for our regional HQ was also based on the diverse cultural destination the city has become, and the many opportunities our team members will have to be immersed in the community and to give back to the many non-profit organizations here,” Benni Bueckert, a McAfee vice chairman, mentioned in the discharge.

Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney referred to as the transfer “a win for Frisco.”

“As an innovation-focused Smart City, we know how important online protection is,” Cheney said. “We are proud to have a global leader like McAfee regionally headquartered in Frisco.”

The announcement didn’t say what number of staff would be a part of McAfee’s Frisco workplace. The firm employs greater than 1,800 folks and serves 108 million prospects, according to its website.

The transfer will likely be one other improvement for Frisco, which additionally just lately introduced plans for a Universal Studios theme park.

Former Friso Mayor Maher Maso watched the expansion progress 12 months by 12 months.

“I moved here in ’92’,” he instructed WFAA. “It was a farm!”

“Everybody was related, okay? They were somebody’s cousin. You really couldn’t talk about anybody. I mean, when I moved here it was 6500 people!”

More than 200,000 folks now name Frisco house. And a number of new points of interest, like PGA Frisco, The Star, Ikea, to call just a few, have opened since.

And extra will hold coming.

“Frisco’s an easy sell, quite frankly,” Current Mayor Jeff Cheney instructed WFAA.

The space surrounding The Star, he mentioned, will continue to grow.

“It’s probably the hottest commercial real estate market in the united states. And it is gonna create its downtown so to speak.”

As far as inhabitants, Cheney mentioned he expects development will lastly sluggish in about 5 years.

“And we’ll see that growth north, in Prosper, Celina,” he mentioned.

Cheney mentioned the aim is to make Frisco a spot younger folks can spend their whole lives, not only a slice of time.

He mentioned the town will stay dedicated to sustaining open areas and prioritizing security.

Collin County has drawn different regional and nationwide headquarters for firms, together with Toyota’s North American headquarters in Plano.