Techspian started its journey during the unprecedented times of the pandemic. It faced challenges on multiple fronts as most parts of India were at a standstill. With perseverance, Techspian survived and flourished to achieve great heights.
“We are grateful for everything and everyone who has been part of our journey so far.” —Sameer Lodha, Co-founder, and CEO.
The last year has been full of achievements for Techspian. The team size grew by 160%, the number of clients increased by 100%, and the revenue grew by 600%.
Sameer Lodha co-founded Techspian during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis by challenging the status quo and focusing on doing the right things even during the tough times. He lead the team and expanded the firm exponentially. Techspian got incorporated in 2020 with the intent of
Spreading The Power Of Technology
In Sameer’s words, “In two years, we grew to a team of more than 200 members of technologists and product champions that help many businesses in their technology transformation. We work with enterprises as technology partners to help them realize their technology roadmap, indirectly contributing to achieving their business plans.”
Techspian is now focusing on niche technology needs of the modern world like cloud, data science, and automation by building a highly efficient Centre of Excellence for these technologies.
Sameer reveals, “We deliver enterprise software solutions and help businesses with their technology aspirations. We use transformational tools like AI, Cloud, and Analytics to provide businesses with the most innovative solutions.”
Sameer himself is a technology, product, and business guy. He enjoys working closely with customers to understand their full business context and provide meaningful technology solutions to their challenges. Sameer’s professional journey of more than 15 years consists of extensive product development and technology experiences.
Along the way, he has –
- Worked with many customers across the globe to solve their business problems.
- Collaborated with many passionate and skilled professionals to develop meaningful solutions.
- Created and aligned high-performing teams to deliver outcomes.
- And build high-quality SaaS products, catering to large transaction volumes.
Sameer says, “You can fully rely on us for complex technological challenges your business faces. We encourage people to learn more about our service areas, developed through years of dedication, experience, and innovation.”
Spinning Out a Successful Venture
Techspian started right in the middle of the pandemic during the first wave. Sameer feels that externally, the idea seemed like a crazy one because their focus was on providing professional services and solving problems in the Travel Domain, the most impacted domain during COVID-19. He says, “Health Care was another domain we targeted. We strongly believed it would be a great opportunity because the bounce-back would be even stronger. The right time for us to flex our muscles and create strong teams to be ready when the time comes.”
It paid off very well. Today Techspian is a team of more than 200 highly skilled professionals with diverse capabilities in solving problems for large public listed companies in the US, Canada, India, and other countries.
Passionately Aligning Tech Minds
Speaking about his inspiration behind venturing into the business arena, Sameer says that most of his team comes from a technical background. “So, we were lucky to get good exposure initially. It excites us to work with diverse people from different geographical locations, solving their problems in varied domains. Moreover, we always wanted to do something of our own, use the experience, and learn new things along the way. So, things got aligned with our passion.”
Challenger Surmounting the Challenges
According to Sameer, initially, the biggest challenge was the lockdown and restrictions on travel. They had to do everything remotely. Be it their office registration, hiring process, collaboration with clients, and understanding their needs. There was immense ambiguity in everything. However, Sameer says, “We made sure we stayed positive and moved ahead one day at a time without worrying about things that we could not control.”
Core COLED
As per Sameer the most important professional values and qualities his clients value in him and Techspian. “We believe it is our core values–COLED –see ahead– that we live and breathe every day is something that our clients admire and appreciate while working with us,
- Constantly Evolve and Deliver
- Ownership
- Living up to the Commitments
- Empathy
- Discipline in Thoughts and Actions.”
Techspian practices these values and works with some of the world’s leading organizations to provide business consultancy and deliver technology solutions. Its deep industry expertise comes from teams with global industry experience and local insight. The firm partners with its clients and are trusted to resolve their most pressing technical and business challenges. It has proven expertise in the following industries.
- Travel and Hospitality: “We have a team having more than a decade of experience in the Travel domain. We have worked with different business models. This enables us to provide technical and domain expertise for creating meaningful applications.” says Sameer.
- Healthcare: Sameer adds, “From the back office to the doctor’s office, we help clients deliver more effective, efficient, and affordable healthcare with Insight Driven Health.”
Unique Solution Philosophy
According to Sameer, “Our USP is our TEAM that is always ready to challenge the status quo and ensure we provide meaningful solutions to business problems. Our strategy – Learn, Evolve, and Scale gives us the confidence to deliver the business value.”
Sameer’s Great Indian Wisdom
As an experienced professional, Sameer’s advice to the budding aspirants willing to enter the business world is the tremendous Indian wisdom of the ages. He says, “The most important advice I would give to budding aspirants is to enjoy the journey.” There will be peaks and valleys. However, overcoming the challenges with perseverance and consistency is the key. Things do not happen in one day, but they happen one day.
Modern Technovations That Matters
Revealing how he envisions Techspian’s operations with the emerging technologies and automated tools that are revolutionizing the business world by enabling innovations, Sameer says that learning and evolving are part of the core values and strategy of the company. “It helps us keep updated and adopt the emerging technologies in every aspect of running the company,” and concludes with a futuristic approach, “The automation tools help us drive efficiency. It is a key enabler for us to scale the company and reach greater heights.”
