CEO MONTHLY / GLOBAL CEO EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2021 27 , Most Innovative Workforce Development CEO 2021: Ahmar Abbas With learners worldwide, from Namibia to the Seychelles and Pakistan to Spain, XtremeLabs LLC has become a worldwide training and hands-on lab technology provider of choice across various industry verticals. Led by an expert in his field, Ahmar Abbas, who finds it deeply fulfilling to consistently help modern professionals continue their personal career development, acquiring new skills and partaking in a bold new educational paradigm. XtremeLabs LLC is an education-focused technology company offering workforce development solutions that have notoriety for their excellence. Learners can use its products and services to educate, upskill, and develop themselves to benefit their personal career growth and their employers. Its customers can benefit from its services across 150 different countries. Its core platform provides digital hands-on lab-based learning that allows students to explore and learn technologies that will help prepare them for new roles, grow in existing positions, or allow them to switch careers entirely. The XtremeLabs award-winning platform includes a set of tools and features to adapt training for different learner styles. Instructors have tools to guide students in real-time as they complete various exercises. All learners need is an Internet connection and a web browser, and they can gain access to 12,000+ hands-on activities covering a wide array of technologies. As virtual and hybrid learning becomes more mainstream, the XtremeLabs platform will be the dominant platform of choice. XtremeLabs strives to be the educational training provider May21223 giving the workforce the handson experience to excel at their roles. The company continues to innovate aggressively and drive the future of learning with interactive, engaging digital hands-on labs that complement instructor-led and video-based training —the CEO’s depth and breath of experience are instrumental in driving the vision for the company. Ahmar Abbas, over the years, has worked in investment banking on Wall Street, Internet start-ups in Washington DC, optical networking start-ups in Silicon Valley, and another education technology-focused start-up back in Washington DC. After the latter went public, Ahmar Abbas spent 15 years in the technology consulting space, helping companies build better products and use technology to optimize their operations. Ahmar learned firsthand the challenges companies face when their workforce is not keeping up with rapid technology shifts. Ahmar applies all those insights in leading XtremeLabs to become a key player in the workforce development space. XtremeLabs wasn’t a guaranteed success, but with the dedication and tenacity of the CEO and staff, the company has been innovating at a rapid pace, gaining recognition from customers and industry players alike. Ahmar Abbas’s vast experience in problem-solving and inclusive management approach has helped the company remain steadfast in facing challenges such as the pandemic. Under the leadership of the CEO, XtremeLabs rapidly added new features to its product. It successfully adapted its service delivery model to ensure that its customers remain viable and successful as they managed the pandemic. While several revenue streams completely shut down because of the pandemic, XtremeLabs’ rapid pivot allowed it to open up new opportunities and maintain tremendous customer loyalty. It achieved recordbreaking usage of its products in the later months of 2020. Ahmar Abbas believes that XtremeLabs role as a provider of workforce development solutions is not just limited to creating a great and innovative product but also constitutes giving back to the community at large. XtremeLabs provides free services and recognition to instructors and recently developed and conducted a global thought leadership conference, eXL 2021 - Experiential Learning for All. The forum was free for all attendees. Well on its way to serve the 3 billion learners that will need digital skills in the coming years, XtremeLabs will continue to innovate and become the world’s leading provider of digital online hands-on labs and experiential learning. Company: XtremeLabs LLC Contact: Sana Rehmat Website: www.xtremelabs.io
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