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Jade Global, San Jose, California: Jade Global

Company: Jade Global, San Jose, CA
Company Description: Jade Global provides enterprise business application implementations, integrations, software product engineering, cloud services, technology advisory, testing, and managed services across diverse industries.
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year - Up to 2,500 Employees
2023 Stevie Winner Nomination Title: Jade Global
  1. Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the achievements of the nominated organization since January 1 2021, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
    Written answers to the questions
  2. If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.

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  3. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominated organization: its history and past performance (up to 200 words):

    Total 200 words used.

    Jade Global is a premier Technology Advisory, Implementation, Cloud migration, and IT consulting company that has successfully delivered 2,600+ projects across multiple technology platforms. Jade has domain expertise in various industries such as high-tech, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, finance, and insurance. It is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in Philadelphia in the US, Canada, Mexico, and India. Jade was founded in 2003 by Karan Yaramada, one of North America's fastest-growing IT services companies.

    Jade holds customer relationships as one of the key pillars of its vision and mission. Jade started small, with a single Oracle Customer, in 2003. 19 years thence, we continue to serve this valuable Oracle client successfully. Jade is a CMMi Level 3, ISO 27001 certified company with top-tier alliances, including Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Boomi, and Snowflake.

    These partnerships help us create 360-degree value for our customers through seasoned and certified consultants. With more than 2,000 employees worldwide, Jade is a trusted partner for 400+ customers. Jade has won numerous business awards for its culture of trust, transparency, innovation, and fun in the work environment. Jade has created a niche with a 90% Customer Retention Rate. Learn more about Jade at http://www.jadeglobal.com/">www.jadeglobal.com 

  4. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the organization's achievements since the beginning of 2021 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):

    Total 215 words used.

    Jade Global has been featured in the Inc. 5000 2022 list of the US fastest-growing private companies for 12 years in a row, highlighting its extraordinary growth while maintaining a culture of integrity and strong leadership. In Fiscal Year 2021-22, Jade closed over $100 million in bookings and $68 Million in revenue which is a 40% growth over last year’s revenue. [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION] This achievement has made Jade among the few elite companies to win a prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for many years.

    Jade has also earned the Great Place to Work Certified and is ranked top 100 with GPTW. [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION]

    Jade is known for its exemplary IT services and Leadership in CEO Karan Yaramada, with dual Titan Awards, Stevie Award recognition, and Philadelphia Business Journal's Prestigious Soaring 76, 2021 rankings. Jade’s technology and services delivery has been applauded through recognitions by Avasant, Everest, and IAOP- lists featuring industry giants and emerging leaders.

    Jade proactively gives back to society with the Jade Global Foundation. The Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with an unrelenting and growing vision of making a difference.

  5. If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the organization's past performance (up to 250 words):

    Total 250 words used.

    After 19 years of being in business, Jade Global, a bootstrapped business, is still funded by its original founder with no debt or external funding. A business that expanded from a two-bedroom apartment to 13 global office locations, and is still 100% employee owned and thrives on its strong values and beliefs. The grit and perseverance of the executive leadership team reflect in every Jade employee who keeps customer-centricity as his/her focus. This strong foundation helped us keep our first customer to date and expand the portfolio of enterprise customers in North America to 400 customers. We are our biggest competition, and we outperform ourselves year after year with exceptional growth numbers.

    Jade believes in continuous learning and has a leadership acceleration program, a sensei program, and a business communication program for continuous training and development. From the individual contributor level, Jade fosters innovation. In which a COE works with POCs on ideas that are submitted to a portal called IdeaThon.

    Jade is transparent. Jade’s CEO, Karan Yaramada, and his core team have held all-hands meetings to provide quarterly business review updates to all employees. Jade's financials, new wins, strategic decisions, and improvement areas are presented.

    Jade provides employees with a flexible hybrid model, where the team can choose their days and times to create work-life balance.

    Jade Global facilitates performance evaluations and provides opportunities with a rewards and recognition policy to encourage a performance-driven culture. Jade's beliefs and core values mirror CEO Karan Yaramada's vision of people over profits.

  6. You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words)

    Total 95 words used.

    ·     Great CEO Podcast - https://greatceopodcast.com/2022/12/06/karan-yaramada/

    ·       Jade Corp Rebrand - https://youtu.be/j-S1ALQzvak

    ·       Great Place To Work Certified - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1CGEi-26kA

    ·       Jade Awards & Recognitions https://www.jadeglobal.com/about-us/awards-and-recognition  

    ·       Inc 5000 Company Profile for Jade - https://www.inc.com/profile/jade-global 

    ·       Jade wins Stevie Award – https://www.yahoo.com/now/jade-wins-fastest-growing-company-222500145.html?guccounter=1&

    ·       Jade Titan Award - https://thetitanawards.com/winner-info.php?id=101 

    ·       Jade Global #49 - Philadelphia Business Journal's Prestigious Soaring 76, 2021 rankings https://www.jadeglobal.com/themes/custom/jade_subtheme/pdf/soaring_76_pdf.pdf 

    ·       Avasant Recognition https://avasant.com/product-category/areas-of-interest/suppliers/jade-global/  

    Attachments/Videos/Links:
    Jade Global
    URL Jade Corporate Video
    URL Jade is a Great Place to Work (GPTW) Certified™ Company
    URL Great CEO Podcast with Jade CEO, Karan Yaramada