please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message sitel type private industry customer service business process outsourcing founded 1985 1985 founder james f. lynch headquarters nashville tennessee united states number of locations 108 1 area served worldwide key people bert quintana ceo services outsourced customer contact centers and business process outsourcing owner groupe acticall number of employees 61 100 1 website http www.sitel.com sitel is a telemarketing and outsourcing business headquartered in nashville tennessee . it maintains 108 sites in 21 countries . 1 prior to its acquisition by clientlogic described below it had 70 call centers in 25 countries and over 30 000 employees . it maintains offices in its previous headquarters location of omaha nebraska but its headquarters was moved to clientlogic s headquarters in nashville . citation needed the original sitel systems international telemarketing was founded in 1985 by james f. lynch as a result of his purchase of hq800 an answering service company owned by united technologies for just 165 000 . after the signing of its first major client in 1988 allstate insurance sitel s client list rapidly grew . today the company serves many fortune 500 companies and some of the world s largest most well known brands . in june 1985 sitel became the first publicly traded independent teleservices company and was listed on the nasdaq through an initial public offering ipo . six months later they moved from nasdaq to the nyse as sww . citation needed in october 2006 sitel announced a merger with clientlogic another outsourcing firm . on january 30 2007 clientlogic corporation finalized its acquisition of sitel corporation . less than one month later on february 20 2007 clientlogic announced it was adopting a new corporate name and global brand . the combined company would now be called sitel now in lowercase letters . citation needed on 21 september 2015 sitel announced it had been acquired by groupe acticall . 2 references edit a b c overview . sitel . retrieved 5 july 2015 . groupe acticall completes acquisition of sitel worldwide . sitel . retrieved 20 march 2016 . external links edit sitel website onex corp. website this article about a telecommunications corporation or company in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sitel & oldid 711166884 categories companies based in nashville tennesseecompanies established in 1985outsourcing companiesbusiness process outsourcing companiescall centre companiesomersprivately held companies based in tennesseeunited states telecommunications company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2012all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 21 march 2016 at 07 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view