{"id":4560,"date":"2022-09-27T08:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T08:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scaler-blog-prod-alb-2135551341.ap-south-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2024-02-27T16:23:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:53:17","slug":"scaler-launches-scaler-power-player-sessions-with-sacramento-kings-owner-and-tech-icon-vivek-ranadive-as-first-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scaler.com\/blog\/scaler-launches-scaler-power-player-sessions-with-sacramento-kings-owner-and-tech-icon-vivek-ranadive-as-first-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaler Launches \u201cScaler Power Player Sessions\u201d with Sacramento Kings Owner and Tech Icon Vivek Ranadiv\u00e9 As First Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Speaker Series Features Conversations with World\u2019s Most Inspiring and Successful Business Leaders on Entrepreneurship, Technology, and More<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings and Scaler to Award Local Software Engineer with Upskilling Scholarship to Scaler Academy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Scaler<\/a>, one of the fastest-growing edtech startups in India and now the United States, today announced Vivek Ranadiv\u00e9, owner of the Sacramento Kings, will be the first guest of \u201cScaler Power Player Sessions,\u201d a new speaker series featuring conversations with some of the world\u2019s most inspiring and successful business leaders from across education, entrepreneurship, technology, sports, and more.<\/p>\n

Ranadiv\u00e9 will kick-off the series on Thursday, Sept. 29, alongside Scaler co-founder Abhimanyu Saxena, providing Scaler students the opportunity to hear about his unique journey, success in technology, owning a sports team, lessons learned, and more. To support Scaler\u2019s recent U.S. expansion, the Sacramento Kings and Scaler will award a local software engineer in the Sacramento area with a full scholarship to Scaler\u2019s U.S. upskilling program, Scaler Academy.<\/p>\n

Based in Bengaluru, India, Scaler was founded in 2019 to help computer science professionals become high-quality software engineers. \u00a0Since then, the company has seen incredible growth, including recently launching its groundbreaking education platform in the U.S.<\/a>, where veterans of the world\u2019s leading tech companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Netflix serve as instructors, mentors, and career coaches.<\/p>\n

Overall, more than four million people have accessed Scaler\u2019s content across India and the U.S., including 25,000 paid learners. Scaler\u2019s unrivaled, hands-on virtual learning experience has resulted in a student job placement rate of nearly 95% and a 130% average increase in salaries.<\/p>\n

In 1986, Ranadiv\u00e9 founded Teknekron Software Systems, whose technology automated Wall Street trading and became the engine for most of the world’s capital markets. \u00a0In 1997, he founded TIBCO Software Inc. in Palo Alto, California, which brought real-time technology into business operations and decision-making. \u00a0In 2013, Ranadiv\u00e9 became the first Indian majority owner of an NBA team when he purchased the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been drawn to unexpected business ventures my entire life, and I learned \u00a0early on that in order to pursue your dreams, you have to start with a daring mind,\u201d Ranadiv\u00e9 said. \u201cI love sharing my experiences with young people who are just getting a foothold in their careers, and with our missions closely aligned – to help guide the next generation of innovators – I\u2019m delighted to get the chance to do that with Scaler.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to collaborate with a tech visionary like Vivek for the launch of our new speaker series,\u201d said Saxena. \u201cVivek is known for breaking molds in the business and sports worlds and it\u2019s an honor to get the chance to sit down with him to hear more about his inspiring life and work, and to share his advice with our students as they pursue their dreams. This is just the beginning for Scaler Power Player Sessions!\u201d<\/p>\n

Designed for software professionals, Scaler is an upskilling platform that provides unrivaled, hands-on learning experiences through a modern curriculum that exposes learners to cutting-edge technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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