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Canada and Vienna, Austria. It’s
safe to mention that Jade Global
has scaled new heights and
continues to grow.
Moreover, we have been ranked on
the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing
private companies in the U.S. for
the past nine years in a row.
Can you brief us about the
history of your company?
I founded Jade Global 16 years
ago after having worked for over
a decade in the IT industry. I
took the risk to leave my former
employer and make myself the first
employee of Jade Global, working
independently with no paycheck
for the first three months. Jade
Global began as a small business
that handled Oracle support
services and upgrade projects.
Today, Jade Global is over 900
employees strong and has strategic
partnerships with several vendors
(mentioned above). Since 2014,
the company has consistently seen
3-fold revenue growth each year.
What were the biggest
initial hurdles to building
your business and how did
you overcome them?
It was difficult to find the right
customers during the early stages
of the business. I started with a
vision and a philosophy, but the
customers needed to align with
what we wanted to do. With my
experience working with KPMG
and TCS, I saw the greatest value
in having customers who were
patient, trusting and willing to
give repeat business. We overcame
this challenge by finding a few
key customers, in the beginning,
to build close relationships with.
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Jade Global brings the right
combination of process
knowledge, product expertise,
technical skills, project
management and flexible
delivery models to help
you accelerate business
agility and achieve digital
transformation.
We were always upfront about
expectations and delivered
consistent work. QuickLogic
Corporation, Marine Terminals and
Silicon Storage are some of Jade
Global’s earliest customers who are
still with us today.
In addition, I faced the challenges
of being an entrepreneur with
little resources and trying to
differentiate the business in
an already saturated industry.
I overcame these hurdles by
networking and finding the right
people who had experience in
similar business ventures.
What are your three biggest
accomplishments?
I pride myself in the ability to stay
focused on Jade Global’s business
mission for the past 16 years. Many
people doubted I could grow the
company beyond 100 employees
”
without external funding or
institutions supporting Jade Global.
I am proud that Jade has remained
a privately held company and
grown from 0-900 employees.

My goal of keeping Jade Global
an employee-owned company
throughout its periods of growth
is something I am extremely proud
of.
Outside of business, I am proud to
say that I embarked on a mission
to rebuild and redesign my home
in Silicon Valley in just five months.
This was not an easy task. I was
able to accomplish something in
months that often takes years. I
was lucky to find the right people
and contractors to help; a theme
that seems to follow in my life! I
am proud of the home we built and
designed for my family, wife and
two children.
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