Ashutosh Bijoor, CTO of Accion Labs often explains software development as something more tangible, like building a sprawling housing development. Now picture a scenario in which all the building materials — the bricks, the drywall, the gutters and shingles — become available for use not just by construction professionals but by virtually anyone, at any time, anywhere. 

In five years, Accion Labs has grown from three employees in a “rustic” Upper St. Clair office park to more than 1,000 on four continents. Accion Labs is an information technology services company that creates software for clients in the healthcare, supply chain logistics and financial industries, as well as other fields. The company also helps place candidates in a wide variety of technology positions. There are 22 employees at the Upper St. Clair office and about 40 embedded with various client offices downtown.