Company: XtremeLabs LLC
Company Description: XtremeLabs provides technology products and services to support employability, workforce development and training. We deliver over 900 training labs covering Security, Data Science, Collaboration, O365, Networking and other technologies. We work with amazing authors & instructional designers each and every day to keep adding exciting new technology labs to our portfolio.
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Most Innovative Company of the Year - Up to 100 Employees
 Nomination Title: XtremeLabs LLC - Innovating Workforce Development and Upskilling
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the achievements of the nominated organization since 1 January 2020, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominated organization: its history and past performance (up to 200 words):
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XtremeLabs is an award-winning global education technology software company focused on experiential learning. Over 1 million learners have used our flagship product, the XtremeLabs Virtual Lab platform, in over 150+ countries. XtremeLabs and our Digital Virtual Lab platform is a recipient of 7 Stevies Awards (2 Gold, 6 Silver, 1 People's Choice), 3 Training Industry awards, and the IMS Global Platinum Learning Impact Award since 2018. The company is capturing mind share and market share, with organizations such as US Army, US AirForce, Microsoft, and Accenture using the XtremeLabs virtual lab platform to train and upskill their teams. Despite the impact of COVID, XtremeLabs sales have grown 25% overall during the past 12 months. Some sectors, such as system integrators and government, have grown in triple digits. We achieved the most significant revenue-generating month in the company's history in November 2021. During COVID work from home and lockdowns, XtremeLabs sales of digital labs integrated IT certification self-study guides saw a 500% increase in sales. XtremeLabs consistently tracks the highest Net Promoter Score in the virtual IT Labs sector as measured by independent market research firm G2. In January 2022, we achieved the G2 "Customer Love Us" accolade.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the organization's achievements since the beginning of 2020 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
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XtremeLabs' Digital Virtual Labs platform is a feature-rich, award-winning experiential learning platform. XtremeLabs has added over 100 new innovative capabilities over the last 24 months. A few are listed below:
- 100% virtual & online platform: XtremeLabs platform is 100% virtual and available to any user through a standard browser and internet connection. No downloads are required. Our users are up and running in seconds, and learning can begin instantaneously.
- Privacy and Security: XtremeLabs product complies with GDPR. We have also incorporated social logins, which allow users to use existing logins they may have with other providers.
- Accessibility: Xtremelabs supports all best practices to ensure persons with disabilities can use our platform.
- Localization: XtremeLabs platform offers localization in multiple languages.
- Content Integration: Instructors can seamlessly add multiple content items to the classroom, including videos, powerpoints, pdfs, etc.
- Assessments: Instructors can create assessment and knowledge checks for the hands-on exercises. XtremeLabs will check actual hands-on activities in the virtual lab environment and display the results directly to the student or the instructor.
- Student Session Sharing: The instructor can "barge" or "take over" a student's virtual lab session and assist them in real-time.
- AI Screenshots: The instructor can enable automatic screenshots and use AI to assess the work.
- Chat: The instructor can use chat with and amongst students to engage them.
- Cloud Express Tech: Free cloud credentials for all labs.
- VM Nesting: Multi-tier labs to simulate hacking attacks
- Guided Instruction: Labs steps to guide towards mastery.
- Unlimited Usage: Unlimited launches of virtual labs.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the organization's past performance (up to 250 words):
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In addition to the tremendous pipeline of innovation we have delivered over the period, we have also focussed on giving back to our community through though leadership. As a software technology provider, we took the initiative (and cost) to assemble thought leaders to discuss the critical topic of experiential learning and the future global workforce. The body of work in this area was lacking. Yet, from XtremeLabs vantage point, we saw practitioners, academics, and thought leaders all focussing on ideas on building a future-ready workforce. The thought leaders assembled came from 5 different continents. They were gender diverse and viewed the challenge from their unique perspective. At the end of the conference, we transcribed the recorded sessions and were surprised that we had nearly an 80,000-word document. We hired editors who have expertly edited the transcription into 150 manuscript pages. We soon found a publisher who loved the manuscript. We will launch the book Experiential Learning: The Future of Workforce Development in conjunction with the eXL 2022: Experiential Learning for All conference on July 26, 2022. We believe all the effort we have put in to assemble a body of thought leadership is unique and compliments are focused on being an innovative company. Continued consumption of this work is a testament to that. None of our competitors have made any such effort.
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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We have included links to the XtremeLabs eXL 2021 and eXL 2022 conference pages as well as our book on Experiential Learning, In addition, please note that the success of what we started in 2021 is seen by the fact that the 2022 edition of our thought leadership conference is 3 times larger than the 2021 edition, We have also attached links to showcase the followings:
Customer Satisfaction: G2 Users Love Us - 100% organic CSAT results
Product Innovation: A sampling of new capabilities offered in our digital virtual labs' platform that supports improved pedagogy, security, and integration.
Customer Stories: We showcase the work we are doing with United States Army and also with Wiley. Both organizations are greatly benefiting from our digital virtual labs' platform in serving their users.
Community Give Back: Involvement with our community is a key mission of XtremeLabs. Throughout the year the company and individual team members engage in various give-back activities. Two of them are highlighted in this submission. In one, we surveyed 20 schools in lower-income areas of Pakistan. The surveys indicated that the schools would benefit from having sports programs for their students. We assembled over 1000 pieces of sporting goods, all locally manufactured and purchased at local retail stores, and distributed them to the schools. In another give-back initiative, we organized a series of webinars, meetups, and knowledge-sharing sessions for professionals aspiring to become trainers. These sessions are guided by the XtremeLabs team,
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