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Tijuana Getting Competitive With Silicon Valley As Tech Mecca: Mexico Graduates 2x Engineers As US
As far as tech expos go, this was no CES, the Consumer Electronics Show held every year in Las Vegas. Here at the BIT Center in Tijuana, there were only a few dozen vendors — a social media firm; a consulting company that helpsmaquilas manage their inventory and customs paperwork.
But some here really believe the border city has a future as an innovation mecca, like Silicon Valley.
Olin Hyde vice president of business development for ai-one.
“It’s got all of the right ingredients,” said Olin Hyde, vice president of business development for a La Jolla-based company called ai-one.
“Mexico graduates twice the number of engineers per capita as the United States,” Hyde said. “We have the opportunity to do cross-border collaboration. There’s already a burgeoning high-tech industry here manufacturing everything from TVs to cyber-security products.”
