#180: Tej Arora on skill development challenges in the tech industry, choosing the right solutions for up-skilling, and tips for leaders investing in L&D programs

On this episode, our guest is Tej Arora, CTO of Guardinex. They protect businesses and their customers from identity frauds.

Tej grew up in Hyderabad, India, and did his Bachelors in Computer Science at IIT, Madras. Soon after he moved to the US to pursue his masters. Tej has over 25 years of experience and has worked with giants like Oracle, Netscape, and Yahoo.

His curious mind and passion to keep learning made him re-skill and look at cloud infrastructure through a customer’s lens. He then went on to learn and achieve certification in AWS. Tej also published his AWS knowledge through videos.

Episode highlights:

• Future of work priorities for 2022-23
• Skill development challenges in the technology industry
• Factors to consider while choosing the right tech solutions for up-skilling
• Tips for leaders investing in L&D programs

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast host: Rohan Mankad

About Springworks:
Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation that is building tools and products to simplify recruitment, on-boarding, employee engagement and retention.

The product stack from Springworks includes:
SpringVerify — B2B verification platform
EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture
Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun and interactive games platform for remote/hybrid team-building
SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and
SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

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