Dell provides $340.5 million annual impact to local economy

Rohit Keshava, co-general manager for Dell's Oklahoma City operations, said the report reflects the company's intent to be a positive influence in the community.

“Oklahoma City has been great for us from a business perspective,” Keshava said. “And we've been good for Oklahoma City.”

Steve Felice, president and chief commercial officer for Dell, said the study affirms that Dell's presence in the city is providing solutions “that enable large and small businesses to grow and achieve their goals, as well as making a positive impact locally.”

Dell in 2004 announced it would build a customer center in Oklahoma City, which competed against more than 100 sites for the Dell facility. The company opened a 120,000-square-foot facility at 3501 SW 15 in 2005. A year later, the center doubled in size when Dell built a second office building at the same site.

The company's roughly 2,000 Oklahoma City employees are equally distributed in three areas: Sales to small and medium-size businesses, information technology outsourcing and technical support, Keshava said.

Although the number of people directly employed by Dell — company-badged workers — is down about 300 from last year, Keshava said the total head count has grown over the past couple of years as contract employees have increased.