PacTac Advisors Inc. is a consulting firm which assists governments and corporations involved in the international site selection process.

• INVESTMENT ATTRACTION For organizations seeking to attract cross-border foreign direct investment, PacTac provides guidance, expertise, and execution at the different stages of identifying targeted industries, finding specific companies, marketing to those companies, and making specific investment projects happen.
• CORPORATE SITE SELECTION For corporations considering locating new or expanded operations anywhere in the world, PacTac assists with the site selection process, identifying key issues of international site selection and advising companies on government investment incentives. The firm specializes in providing assistance with government incentives for call centers, software development, and back office operations, in both developing and the developed countries.
• INVESTMENT INCENTIVES PacTac consults with both corporations and governments on incentives offered to attract new foreign direct investment. PacTac has published special reports, such as "Government Incentives for Software Development in India." For corporations, PacTac will assess incentives needs and opportunities for specific projects, explore potential incentives without the disclosure of the client's name, and provide customized incentives negotiations assistance. Government services include advice on structuring incentives, either as policies to attract specific industries, or as packages to attract specific investment projects.

The cover story in the May 2004 issue of Plants Sites & Parks magazine is "Powerhouse Metros Fuel Global Growth" by Margaret Talley-Seijn. The article includes numerous quotes from an interview with Dennis Smith, President of PacTac Advisors Inc.

Mr. Smith was the moderator for the workshop "Business Locations and Corporate Real Estate Management in India" at the 22-24 March 2004 Corenet Asia Summit in Mumbai, India.

The cover story in the 2004 issue of Call Center magazine, "The Lure of Offshore" by Brendan Read, includes quotes from an interview with Mr. Smith. At the 8 December 2003 meeting of the American Teleservices Association in New York City, Mr. Smith was moderator of the panel discussion titled "Global Offshoring - Issues, Risks, and Rewards."

On 2 October 2003, Mr. Smith made a presentation "Competing for International Investment" to a delegation of government officials from 16 provinces of Vietnam, during their mission to New York.