We've found a solution by creating fresh talent for the industry at a time when it's most needed.
Conor Delanbanque, CEO & Founder
The Problem
Tech Talent Shortage
The bank was struggling to find and attract tech talent with expertise in legacy systems and application development, ranging from Mainframe technologies like COBOL and JCL through to Java and Python.
Tech Transformation Ambitions
With less than 10% of their workload in the Cloud, manual testing practices and limited internal collaboration tools, the client had a long road ahead with regards to their digital transformation efforts.
Diversity and Inclusion
The bank lacked representation for underserved and underrepresented groups in its technology workforce.
Inclusive Culture
They aspired to build a more inclusive culture and community within their tech teams.
The Solution
Tech Talent and DEI Roadmap
A strategic talent roadmap was designed with diversity, equity, and inclusion at its core, creating communities for underrepresented groups in technology where all people could feel a sense of belonging.
Custom Tech Training Curriculum
A custom-built curriculum was developed for the bank's bespoke business needs, with a focus on legacy systems, cloud technology and software application development.
Talent Creation as a Service
A mere 28.8% representation of women in tech underscored the need for a fresh and diverse pipeline — created from the ground up through sourcing, training, and delivering talent.
Source
Invest
Train
Deliver
Business Outcomes
South Florida Engineering Center
Strategio supported the launch of a new engineering center in South Florida from the ground up, chosen to foster innovation while maintaining a high-level strategic perspective on the business.
Diverse Early Career Technologists
Strategio trained and deployed more than 80 early career technologists to the client in less than six months. Over 90% came from historically underrepresented or underserved groups in technology.
New Mainframe Practice
The bank successfully launched and scaled a new Mainframe Practice, thanks to early career talent custom-trained in a range of Mainframe technologies.
Accelerated Enterprise Transformation
Technologists were swiftly integrated into Cloud & DevOps, QA/Test automation, SRE, Production Support, and Full-Stack Development teams — improving the speed and quality of the SDLC.
Summary
By placing diversity, equity, and inclusion at the forefront of their tech talent strategy and adopting the Talent Creation as a Service model, this client overcame its tech talent shortage and digital transformation challenges, while fostering a more inclusive culture and community within its technology teams.
