JADE GLOBAL: Conquering the Global Crisis through Innovation and Ethos
Be it big or small; every business requires efficient IT services to foster its growth and increase its productivity. A powerful IT service system ensures that the company stays relevant in the market and adopts competitive strategies to do the same.
Jade Global is an emerging IT leader, recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in North America by Inc. 5000 for 10 consecutive years, making constant appearances in global power lists as a preferred strategic technology partner for companies on their digital transformation journey.
The company aims to help clients attain holistic and long-term growth by incorporating ingenious IT solutions, advisory and consulting. Since its conception in 2003, the brand has successfully served hundreds of companies globally. Today Jade Global has 1000+ employees, spread across 7 cities, including offices in Austria, Canada, and India. It brings customers technology prowess from strategic partnerships with Boomi, Oracle, Salesforce, NetSuite, ServiceNow, Microsoft, Snowflake, and more.
Jade Global: Sparking a Wave of Transformation in the IT Sector
Jade Global is a transformative IT Service Partner. The highly qualified consultants at Jade Global ensure that the clients make well-informed decisions with their expertise and knowledge. Some of the services offered by the company are:
• Enterprise Business Application Implementations
• Software Product Engineering
• Cloud Services
• Technology Advisory & Consulting
• Testing
• Integration
• Managed Services
• Emerging Tech- AI/ML led Operations
The company’s diverse service portfolio makes an ‘all-inclusive’ approach towards serving businesses’ IT needs. It relentlessly works on optimizing the tech efficiency of companies so that they drive maximum growth and development.
Be it big or small; every business requires efficient IT services to foster its growth and increase its productivity. A powerful IT service system ensures that the company stays relevant in the market and adopts competitive strategies to do the same.
Jade Global is an emerging IT leader, recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in North America by Inc. 5000 for 10 consecutive years, making constant appearances in global power lists as a preferred strategic technology partner for companies on their digital transformation journey.
The company aims to help clients attain holistic and long-term growth by incorporating ingenious IT solutions, advisory and consulting. Since its conception in 2003, the brand has successfully served hundreds of companies globally. Today Jade Global has 1000+ employees, spread across 7 cities, including offices in Austria, Canada, and India. It brings customers technology prowess from strategic partnerships with Boomi, Oracle, Salesforce, NetSuite, ServiceNow, Microsoft, Snowflake, and more.
The company’s diverse service portfolio makes an ‘all-inclusive’ approach towards serving businesses’ IT needs. It relentlessly works on optimizing the tech efficiency of companies so that they drive maximum growth and development.
The Brand’s Inception Story
Jade Global is the brainchild of Karan Yaramada. He founded the company in 2003, after having worked for nearly 11 years in the IT industry. When he realized how IT services were gaining more global recognition, he quit his secured IT position and became the first employee and CEO of Jade Global. Despite having worked with big names in the industry like Tata Consultancy Services, General Electric, and KPMG, he worked independently with no paycheques for the first three months.
This was, without a doubt, one of the biggest risks he had taken during his career. “There was an opportunity in the market to start an IT services company that had the culture, competitive pricing, and benefits of a boutique firm, but at the same time could provide customers with large-scale IT projects,” says Karan.
Initially, Karan spent most of his time working simultaneously on three Oracle upgrade projects, making progress with each passing year. Jade Global expanded its offerings, including enterprise business application implementations, software engineering, cloud services, and so on.
Once the company kickstarted its sales, there was no looking back. It embarked on another major physical expansion by establishing a second US headquarter on the East Coast in Philadelphia through acquisition. In 2019, the company established offices in Vienna, Austria, and Toronto. One of the company’s most significant milestones is the establishment of Jade Global’s R&D Unit: Jade Labs, a locus of innovation that adds a unique flavour to its partner offerings.
Early Struggles
Every entrepreneur has to face specific challenges during the ideation stage of their business. When asked about the struggles he had to endure, Karan stated, “Looking back on how we started Jade Global from the ground up, going from 1-10 was much easier than going from 10-20 in terms of stages in the company. It was tough to hire, trust, coach, and train the right people, but it has been even more challenging to scale the business. “
Ensuring Employee Satisfaction amid The Pandemic
Karan attributes his company’s success to his dedicated and hard-working employees. Even during the pandemic, the Jade Global employees were extremely cooperative and gave 100% towards the company’s progress. “We had almost unknowingly been preparing for this period over the past few years. We went on to become a 100% remote workforce almost overnight without any glitches. This was possible because all our employees had company-issued laptops and secured VPN Access; everything was on the cloud, including our office collaboration suite, time and billing system, and network security,” states Karan.
To ensure utmost safety and protection, Karan and his leadership team formulated the ‘3Ps Ethos at Work’ in the first virtual meeting during the pandemic. The 3Ps Approach is:
Protect: All the decisions and actions taken in the company must prioritize the employee’s protection, health, and safety. Also, these decisions must not cause disruptions to the customers’ business.
Preserve: Every member of the company must aim to preserve what the company stands for. Values like integrity, morals, ethics, and the highest standards towards customers and employees must be maintained at all times.
Promote: Ideas of being resourceful and compassionate towards the customers and the employees must be promoted.
Per the 3 Ps approach, Jade Global declared a work from home policy in their US and India offices two weeks before the Government of India announced its first lockdown. Even now, the employees continue to preserve and demonstrate the same work ethic they did during the pre-pandemic days.
“We urged all managers to reach out to every team member so that we had an open line of communication between all employees. We were able to gain insight into the challenges of all employees and take the appropriate steps to solve these issues,” he adds.
Milestones and Achievements
The CEO and the company have achieved numerous significant milestones and accolades: His brand has been:
- Featured in ‘The Silicon Valley Business Journal Fastest-Growing Private Companies’ List, 2019.
- Featured in The Philadelphia 100 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
- Recognized by the Everest Group in the Next-Generation Application Management Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2021.
- Ranked #3484 on 2020’s 39th annual Inc. 5000 list with an impressive growth rate of 107.2%. The company has featured here 10 times in a row.
- Ranked #3905 on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America list, 2019.
- A Two-Time Honoree, listed among the Fastest Growing Silicon Valley and Philadelphia Enterprises in 2016 & 2018.
- Listed in AVASANT Digital CX and CRM Services 2020 RadarView.
Furthermore, Jade Global has achieved significant figures in its industrial and philanthropic ventures. It has:
- Steered 2600+ technology projects across a range of industries.
- Raised ₹1,000,000 in India and $15,000 in the United States to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Crossed 100K views on Youtube through its online Thought Leadership & Brand Space.
Jade Global is also a member of eminent programs like Oracle® CEI (Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer) Program. Its employees are a part of the Oracle ACE program, a Community of Thought Leaders Recognized as Oracle Evangelists.
On the CEO front, Karan recently won a Bronze at the 8th Annual 2020 CEO World Awards for Outstanding Leadership & Setting Industry Benchmarks for Excellence.
Future Plans for The Company
When asked about his plans for Jade Global, Karan responded by saying, “More Industries, more areas and more offerings”. He believes that Hi-tech & Life Sciences Industries have been set correctly to gain immensely from the digital wave that enables process automation and seamless integration for internal and external partners and applications.
Jade Global has already worked with 150+ Hi-Tech customers to make strategic investments in launching unique industry solutions that will transform the business processes across the board. The solution consists of reference digital architecture with a pre-configured solution comprised of 70% of the most popular and relevant use cases combined with leading purpose-built solutions.
The company’s Pre-configured Life Sciences Industry Solution addresses the following:
- Key CGxP requirements
- Financial Reporting & Cost Management
- Compliant Clinical & Commercial Supply Chain operations
- Pre-built Analytics
- Trading Partner Integrations inclusive of overarching Compliance & Validation Framework
- With these advanced services, Jade Global will provide a comprehensive Scalable Digital operations platform that’ll help companies stay competitive and foster growth.
Noteworthy CSR Activities
Jade Global is a company that goes beyond business interests. “We do more than IT. Jade Global strives to make its employees good corporate citizens. Our active corporate social responsibility policy is a significant part of Jade Global’s core values aimed at education. We believe that applying new strategies for building a better future goes beyond business interests,” says Karan.
The company focuses on four pillars with its CSR Activities: Environmental Sustenance, Animal Welfare, Digital Literacy, Employability Enhancement.
Here are some noteworthy ones:
Donating basic amenities to Children Living in Poverty in Inner City Philadelphia
Jade Global’s East Coast employees volunteer at ‘Cradles to Crayons’, a non-profit organization established to make life better for children in need. ‘Cradles to Crayons’ provides children living in homeless or low-income situations with the essential items they need to thrive- at home, school and play.
The company’s employees spend their volunteer days in the Philadelphia warehouse sorting through toy donations, clothing, and other goods that go to local children living in poverty.
Providing essentials to Children and Families Impacted by HIV/AIDS in India
“No one should go hungry”,, a slogan Jade Global swears by. The company’s India offices support the DESIRE Society, a non-profit NGO organization focused on the health development and well-being of children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in India.
The company’s employees in India collect and donate essential food items to Institutional Care Homes. These shelters are specially built for the children who’re abandoned and orphaned because of HIV/AIDS.
Offering Packaged Fresh Food and Handing Out Clothes to Underprivileged Individuals and Families in San Jose, California.
To prepare for the holiday season, Jade Global employees at the company’s San Jose Headquarters volunteered at Sacred Heart Community Service to sort vegetables and hand out clothes to those in need in the local community. The company’s team also had a canned food drive all through November in the office to further help with Sacred Heart’s mission of curbing poverty.
‘Sacred Heart’ is a non-profit organization that strives to ensure that every child and adult is free from poverty. They provide needy individuals and families daily access to a food pantry, clothes closet and educational assistance.
Chiguru 2019: An Annual Event to Showcase Hidden Talents
‘Chiguru’ is the Annual Event of Youth for Seva held across 5 locations in India. Chiguru, which translates to “budding”, is a flagship initiative by Youth for Seva. It provides a unique platform for students from Government schools to showcase their inbuilt talents in academics, sports and arts. It serves as a platform for underprivileged children to showcase their cultural and creative talents across categories, including street play, Rangoli, yoga, dance, drawing, etc.
Here are the main highlights of the event:
- 3500 Children participated, 135 Prizes
- 150 Government schools and slums and 93 buses were provided for transportation.
- 1000 Volunteers from 23 Corporates and 5 Colleges were present
- 5 Competitions in 3 different categories were conducted – Educational, Cultural and Sports
- 3000 kids had lunch as ‘Pankti bhojan’ at one go served by 500 volunteers.
Through such initiatives, Jade Global aspires to help underprivileged communities and encourage employee enrichment through professional development programs.
A Message to Aspiring Entrepreneurs
We asked Karan about some invaluable insights he would like to share with young entrepreneurs. Here’s what he has to say, “Change is Innovation. Adaptation is Survival. So, Change and Adapt. Whether in business or life. You must make sure you are innovative in changing year after year to scale out the business, but at the same time, you can disrupt the flow when you make too many changes too quickly. You must be adaptable to and embrace change.”
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