Playground, an immersive technology experience comprising a Design Studio and Innovation Lab will facilitate upto 30% faster delivery; Will feature exceptional talent from the city to engineer solutions for the banking, healthcare, fintech and manufacturing industries
Altimetrik has opened its newest Playground – an immersive transformation enabler in Chennai. Comprising a Design Studio and an Innovation Lab, the newly launched Playground is part of a series of such experience centers across different strategic locations that will lead Altimetrik’s growth strategy and become the ‘global mecca’ for industries like banking, healthcare, fintech and manufacturing.
By blending technology and innovation through Playground with global talent and capabilities, Altimetrik has been able to improve time to delivery for customers by upto 30%. This is the third such physical center in India after Bangalore and Pune. Altimetrik had also launched Playground in Princeton in the United States. Playground is also available to customers and technologists in a virtual format that makes all its assets accessible anytime and anywhere.
Playground, an integral part of Altimetrik‘s core business strategy, enables technology-led business transformation for clients globally. With Chennai becoming one of the fastest growing cities in the area of digital banking, e-payments and modern-day financial services, the city holds immense opportunities for the industry to foster growth. It forms a critical part of Altimetrik’s talent acquisition strategy as well. In Chennai, the company has a workforce of 700.
Ranga Kanapathy, Head of Solution Engineering and Data Products, Altimetrik, said, “With the proliferation of digital economy, there is a lot of potential in Chennai to lead the movement. We believe that through Playground, we will be able to attain non-linear growth in our deeper clientele strategy at a global level. Innovation has been an integral part of Altimetrik’s solution engineering to clients. Our simple 4-step engineering approach – Envision, Engineer, Assemble and Deploy – is anchored through the Design studio and Innovation lab. This strategy, we believe, will empower the tech-savvy workforce to meaningfully leverage technology with an engineering and business-outcome mindset.”
The Playground – in both its digital and physical manifestations – is a disruptive combination of 3 key elements:
- Design-led Engineering Methodology
- Platforms & advanced technology capabilities
- Full-stack talent empowered to be hyper-collaborative and explorative
The elements of the Playground – Approach, Platforms and Full-stack Talent will accelerate faster delivery with agility, velocity and precision through component engineering while augmenting a profound customer experience. A globally scalable business innovation that promotes hyper-collaboration, unified teams, and an idea driven, open innovation ecosystem; it helps Altimetrik develop a differentiated and unique value proposition for industry, customers and employees.