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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A technology office for Moody’s Corp. has quietly opened up shop in Charlotte, with the potential for it to employ 140 total within the next six months.
Tim Bhatt, the Charlotte-based chief technology officer of Moody’s Investors Service — Moody’s credit-ratings and research business — confirmed Monday what had long been rumored in local real estate circles: that the company has opened a technology center in the Queen City.
Bhatt said the company has about 40 technologists in the local office today, currently at WeWork in Regions 615 in uptown, but it expects to hire an additional 100 in Charlotte over the next three to six months.
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