Digicon Corp., a privately held network engineering, software and telecommunications services company, announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Fairfax County after being based in Montgomery County, Maryland, for 20 years.

Digicon moved its headquarters operations to office space housing other employees and a full-time network operations center at 460 Herndon Parkway in the Fairfax County community of Herndon. With the relocation of headquarters staff, the company now employs more than 80 professionals in Fairfax County, more than 100 at customer sites in the Washington, D.C., area, and others located at customer sites around the country.

Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, said Digicon’s move illustrates the strength and diversity of the Fairfax County economy.

“Our 4,700 technology businesses are as much a draw for many companies as our proximity to the nation’s capital and the great quality of life here,” Gordon said.

Company President John Wu said Digicon moved its headquarters to Fairfax County, just outside Washington, to improve access to a variety of customers.

“We have a lot of commercial opportunities here as well as government contracts,” Wu said. “We have increased partnership activities with software, security and telecommunications companies.”

Digicon was founded in 1985 to provide networking software services to government and industry clients. Digicon expanded its core services in management consulting, computer services, engineering services, and research and development activities to include networking and telecommunications capabilities.