E266 Arun Nagarajan, Chief Technology Officer at BigSpring

Today's guest is Arun Nagarajan, Chief Technology Officer at BigSpring in New York. Founded in 2017, BigSpring is a mobile lifelong skilling platform with a mission to provide a direct path to employment for everyone. They empower people with the market-relevant skills they need to be gainfully employed and enjoy a high quality of life, and enable employers to measure ROI from learning to establish it as a core business driver and not a discretionary expense.

BigSpring's reach extends globally across over a million learners with customers such as Google, Facebook, Uber, Samsung and AXA Insurance to name a few. The platform offers lifelong skilling for every worker and every job, with use cases including enhancing consumer financial literacy and driving sales channel productivity. BigSpring was rewarded with the "Technology Pioneer 2020" by the World Economic Forum for their cutting-edge technology and impact.

In the episode, Arun will discuss:

His background and current work with BigSpring,

What attracted him to join BigSpring,

Use cases of the interesting projects they work on,

Building a data-driven culture at BigSpring,

How they are embracing AI and Machine Learning &

What excites him for the future