June 19, 2020
Op-ed by Brendan Walsh, SVP Partners Relations 1901 Group; Published on NextGov

3 Reasons to Double up on Emerging Technology Training During Crises
Today’s opportunity to skill-up will be gone tomorrow

As we continue through this pandemic, it’s clear that the current state of readiness planning needs to improve to allow agencies to stay connected in new and innovative ways to continue to drive mission success. And, considering the strain on budgets these days compiled with restrictions on remote interactions, what should leadership champion to their managers and operators?

1901 Group strongly believes that training is key to keeping an abatable workforce and business continuity, writes the author of this opinion piece, Brendan Walsh, SVP Partner Relations 1901 Group.

Leaders interested in advancing their missions, people and community have a golden opportunity, but the window is closing fast. The answer is to double up or “double down”, meaning do more of the highly available, highly relevant, and highly beneficial online training from emerging technology providers across the IT landscape, and do it now.


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“In some regard, productivity is up. 1901 Group employees don’t have to commute anymore, and as a result, many work an hour or two more during the day. I’d say I’m probably at 90% productivity. 40% of the staff “loves” teleworking, and 40% are positive and negative about the experience. I’d say probably 20% want to be back in the office because they miss the camaraderie. Technologically speaking, everything has worked relatively smoothly for 1901 Group.”


– Sonu Singh, CEO and Founder of 1901 Group

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Sonu Singh
CEO

Sonu is the founder of 1901 Group and corporate leader responsible for our strategic vision, innovative business model, and financial performance.

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George Batsakis
EVP and Chief Strategy Officer

George leads the company’s overall corporate development and strategy planning process and provides expertise in executive management, operations, new business development, emerging technology and technology partnership.

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Paul Wilkinson
Chief Growth Officer

Paul Wilkinson is responsible for managing the company’s growth, leading business development, capture management, marketing, and communications. Paul provides leadership for the development of new markets and managed service offerings.

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James Christopher
EVP, Operations and Engineering

James brings over 25 years of industry experience to 1901 with a focus on delivering Information Technology business solutions and managed services.

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Dana Pittman
SVP, Talent Strategy & Human Resources

Dana is the leader of our Human Capital Management function for providing organizational growth, performance, and profitability.

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Brendan Walsh
SVP, Partner Relations

Brendan leads our partner relations and management efforts and supports business development activities in addition to establishing strategic business alliances with leading cloud service providers and security solutions.

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