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QualTek Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual 2021 Financial Results

Published

4 years ago

March 31, 2022

– Full year 2021 results include revenue of $612.2 million and adjusted EBITDA of $60.0 million

– Reported 24-month backlog at the end of Q4 2021 was $2.1 Billion, an increase of 22.0% over year end 2020

– Fourth quarter 2021 results include revenue of $147.1 million and adjusted EBITDA of $4.0 million

– Successfully completed four acquisitions and added significant new contract awards

BLUE BELL, Pa., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — QualTek Services Inc. (“QualTek” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: QTEK), a leading turnkey provider of infrastructure services to the North American 5G wireless, telecom, power grid modernization, and renewable energy sectors, announced today a strong 2021 fourth quarter and full-year financial results of its subsidiary QualTek HoldCo, LLC.

For the Fourth Quarter:

Fourth quarter 2021 revenue was up 11.0% to $147.1 million, compared to $132.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Net loss from continuing operations for the fourth quarter 2021 was $81.1 million compared to net loss from continuing operations of $56.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. Excluding one-time impairment of goodwill, Net loss from continuing operations for the fourth quarter 2021 was $28.6 million compared to a net loss from continuing operations of $27.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. Fourth quarter 2021 adjusted EBITDA was $4.0 million compared to a loss of $13.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. Backlog at the end of the fourth quarter was $2.1 billion which is a 22% increase over the fourth quarter 2020.

For the Full Year:

Full year 2021 revenue was $612.2 million, a decline of 6.7% from $656.5 million for the full year 2020. Net loss from continuing operations for 2021 was $101.6 million compared to net loss from continuing operations of $94.2 million in 2020. Excluding one-time impairment of goodwill, Net loss from continuing operations for 2021 improved to $49.1 million compared to a net loss from continuing operations of $65.4 million in 2020. Full year 2021 adjusted EBITDA increased 356.9% to $60.0 million, compared to $13.1 million for the full year 2020. The increase in adjusted EBITDA was driven primarily by margin improvement initiatives across both the Telecom and Renewables & Recovery segments. On a pro-forma basis, assuming the recently closed acquisitions had been owned for the full year ending December 31, 2021, QualTek estimates adjusted EBITDA would be approximately 72.0 million. For the full year 2022, guidance remains unchanged.

As QualTek has indicated in the past, strong industry tailwinds including grid modernization and infrastructure improvements along with the C-band spectrum deployment are expected to drive major 5G infrastructure buildouts and provide significant growth opportunities across the business. The company is also seeing reductions in COVID-19 health and safety protocols in key regions allowing for a return to pre-covid scale and efficiency. QualTek expects continued growth in both segments during 2022 and beyond.

Scott Hisey, QualTek’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “2021 was a critical year for the company. We successfully closed our SPAC transaction creating over $80 million of additional liquidity to allow us to execute on our strategic growth plan. Full year 2021 adjusted EBITDA grew to $60.0 million, a $47 million increase from 2020. QualTek remains on a path to be a significant industry player across the telecommunications and power industries. We successfully grew our rolling two-year backlog by 22% to $2.1 billion during the year. This growth is a testament to our strong performance and our customer’s reliance on QualTek to play a critical role in building out 5G networks and participating in the long-term grid modernization initiatives. We are very excited for the future of QualTek.”

Management will hold a conference call to discuss these results on Friday, April 1, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The call-in number for the conference call is 1 (888) 330 – 2454 or 1 (240) 789 – 2714 using passcode 2965812. Additionally, the call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed and replayed through the investor relations section of the Company’s website at qualtekservices.com.

The following tables set forth the financial results for the periods ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

BCP QUALTEK HOLDCO, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands, except per unit information)

For the Years Ended December 31,

2021

2020

Revenue

$ 612,241

$ 656,524

Costs and expenses:

Cost of revenues

502,688

597,583

General and administrative

50,994

47,049

Transaction expenses

3,826

988

Loss on legal settlement

2,600

–

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(4,780)

(7,081)

Impairment of goodwill

52,487

28,802

Depreciation and amortization

53,675

46,475

Total costs and expenses

661,490

713,816

Loss from operations

(49,249)

(57,292)

Other income (expense):

Gain on sale/ disposal of property and equipment

587

729

Interest expense

(50,477)

(37,659)

Loss on extinguishment of convertible notes

(2,436)

–

Total other expense

(52,326)

(36,930)

Loss from continuing operations

(101,575)

(94,222)

Loss from discontinued operations

(8,851)

(3,865)

Net loss

(110,426)

(98,087)

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments

111

239

Comprehensive loss

$ (110,315)

$ (97,848)

Earnings per unit:

Basic earnings per unit from continuing operations

$ (47.24)

$ (48.61)

Basic earnings per unit from discontinued operations

(4.05)

(1.93)

Basic earnings per unit from net loss

$ (51.29)

$ (50.54)

Basic weighted average common units outstanding

2,184,696

2,005,824

BCP QUALTEK HOLDCO, LLC

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except unit information)

December 31,

2021

2020

Assets

Current assets

226,523

192,223

Property and equipment, net

50,682

33,794

Intangible assets, net

364,174

345,816

Goodwill

28,723

58,522

Other long-term assets

1,657

1,241

Non-current assets of discontinued operations

–

9,272

Total assets

$ 671,759

$ 640,868

Liabilities and (Deficit) / Equity

Current liabilities

$ 130,533

$ 139,231

Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations

127,375

27,249

Current portion of contingent consideration

9,299

9,968

Capital lease obligations, net of current portion

19,851

15,959

Long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred financing fees

418,813

397,464

Contingent consideration, net of current portion

21,457

8,161

Distributions payable

11,409

Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations

–

1,793

Total (deficit) / equity

(66,978)

29,634

Total liabilities and equity

$ 671,759

$ 640,868

BCP QUALTEK HOLDCO, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

For the Years Ended December 31,

2021

2020

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

$ (17,942)

$ 13,457

Net cash used in investing activities

(43,532)

(3,963)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

63,373

(9,712)

Effect of foreign currency exchange rate (translation) on cash

Net increase (decrease) in cash

1,982

(159)

Cash:

Beginning of year

169

328

End of year

$ 2,151

$ 169

Supplemental Disclosures and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Disclosures

(in thousands)

For the Years Ended
December 31,

Revenue:

2021

2020

Telecom

$ 498,221

$ 587,614

Renewables and Recovery Logistics

114,020

68,910

Total consolidated revenue

$ 612,241

$ 656,524

For the Years Ended
December 31,

Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation:

2021

2020

Telecom adjusted EBITDA

$ 32,542

$ 2,409

Renewables and Recovery Logistics adjusted EBITDA

44,869

28,943

Corporate adjusted EBITDA

(17,376)

(18,213)

Total adjusted EBITDA

$ 60,035

$ 13,139

Less:

Management fees

(889)

(518)

Transaction expenses

(3,826)

(988)

Loss on legal settlement

(2,600)

–

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

4,780

7,081

Impairment of goodwill

(52,487)

(28,802)

Depreciation and amortization

(53,675)

(46,475)

Interest expense

(50,477)

(37,659)

Loss on extinguishment of convertible notes

(2,436)

–

Loss from continuing operations

$ (101,575)

$ (94,222)

The following tables set forth the financial results for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

BCP QUALTEK HOLDCO, LLC

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands, except per unit information)

(unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended December 31,

2021

2020

Revenue

$ 147,057

$ 132,444

Costs and expenses:

Cost of revenues

130,192

134,823

General and administrative

13,032

11,389

Transaction expenses

951

421

Loss on legal settlement

2,600

–

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(236)

(7,081)

Impairment of goodwill

52,487

28,802

Depreciation and amortization

14,539

11,714

Total costs and expenses

213,565

180,068

Loss from operations

(66,508)

(47,624)

Other income (expense):

Gain on sale/ disposal of property and equipment

153

Interest expense

(14,699)

(8,835)

Total other expense

(14,626)

(8,682)

Loss from continuing operations

(81,134)

(56,306)

Loss from discontinued operations

(737)

(2,157)

Net loss

(81,871)

(58,463)

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments

483

Comprehensive loss

$ (81,835)

$ (57,980)

Earnings per unit:

Basic earnings per unit from continuing operations

$ (36.49)

$ (28.46)

Basic earnings per unit from discontinued operations

(0.33)

(1.08)

Basic earnings per unit from net loss

$ (36.82)

$ (29.54)

Basic weighted average common units outstanding

2,223,554

2,005,824

Supplemental Disclosures and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Disclosures

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended
December 31,

Revenue:

2021

2020

Telecom

$ 138,201

$ 118,885

Renewables and Recovery Logistics

8,856

13,559

Total consolidated revenue

$ 147,057

$ 132,444

For the Three Months Ended
December 31,

Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation:

2021

2020

Telecom adjusted EBITDA

$ 5,635

$ (13,619)

Renewables and Recovery Logistics adjusted EBITDA

2,688

4,716

Corporate adjusted EBITDA

(4,279)

(4,585)

Total adjusted EBITDA

$ 4,044

$ (13,488)

Less:

Management fees

(138)

(127)

Transaction expenses

(951)

(421)

Loss on legal settlement

(2,600)

–

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

236

7,081

Impairment of goodwill

(52,487)

(28,802)

Depreciation and amortization

(14,539)

(11,714)

Interest expense

(14,699)

(8,835)

Loss from continuing operations

$ (81,134)

$ (56,306)

About QualTek

Founded in 2012, QualTek is a leading technology-driven provider of infrastructure services to the 5G wireless, telecom, power grid modernization, and renewable energy sectors across North America. QualTek has a national footprint with more than 80 operation centers across the U.S. and a workforce of over 5,000 people. QualTek has established a nationwide operating network to enable quick responses to customer demands as well as proprietary technology infrastructure for advanced reporting and invoicing. The Company will report within two operating segments: Telecommunications and Renewables and Recovery. For more information, please visit qualtekservices.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about the financial condition, results of operations, earnings outlook and prospects of QualTek. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “plan,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “continue,” “could,” “may,” “might,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would” and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of QualTek and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed and identified in public filings made with the SEC by QualTek.

Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties materialize or should any of the assumptions made by the management of QualTek prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

All pro forma numbers are used for illustrative purpose only, are not forecasts and may not reflect actual results.

All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the matters addressed in this communication and attributable to QualTek or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this communication. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, QualTek undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Media Contact:

QualTek IR/Communications
Gianna Lucchesi
PR@qualtekservices.com
(484) 804 – 4585

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Pepperstone Appoints Andrew Turnbull to Lead Africa Strategy as Trading Markets Mature

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14 minutes ago

September 1, 2026

Nairobi-based appointment strengthens Pepperstone’s investment in Africa as mobile trading grows and regulators across the continent raise standards.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pepperstone, a global online trading provider serving clients in more than 160 countries, has appointed Andrew Turnbull as Head of Africa, strengthening its focus on one of the world’s fastest-evolving online trading regions. Based in Nairobi, Turnbull will lead Pepperstone’s strategy across the continent as traders increasingly turn to mobile-first platforms and regulators move to strengthen oversight of the sector.

Turnbull brings more than 20 years of experience in financial services, including senior roles at ODL Securities and FXCM Europe, where he led institutional sales and partnerships. His experience spans regulated FX and CFD markets, institutional relationships and business development across international markets.

The appointment also comes as Pepperstone invests in owning more of its technology, giving the business greater control over the trading experience and allowing it to respond more closely to the different needs of clients across individual markets.

“Africa is dozens of distinct regulatory environments and trader profiles,” said Marc Boever, Head of EMEA at Pepperstone. “That is why we are putting more resources on the ground and investing in people who understand the region. Andrew’s experience across regulated financial services and institutional partnerships, combined with his growing first-hand understanding of markets like Kenya, makes him the right person to lead our growth across the continent.”

Kenya, where Pepperstone is licensed under the Capital Markets Authority (CMA)*, was one of the first African countries to introduce a formal regulatory framework for online forex trading. That early move has helped create a more mature market, with regulated, licensed brokers increasingly trusted by traders, while Kenya’s experience offers a model for other African regulators looking to bring greater oversight to the sector.

“Kenya’s traders were among the first in Africa to get a properly regulated market to trade in, and that head start shows,” said Andrew Turnbull, Head of Africa at Pepperstone. “There is a growing appetite for online trading across the continent, but every market is different. I’m looking forward to building on Pepperstone’s presence here and working with our teams and partners to better understand and serve the different trading communities across Africa.”

Ends

* Pepperstone Markets Kenya Limited is licensed and regulated by Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority under licence number 128.

About Pepperstone: Pepperstone is a global fintech and CFD broker serving traders in more than 160 countries. The company provides access to forex, indices, commodities, shares, ETFs and digital asset markets through industry-leading platforms, competitive pricing and a strong regulatory framework.

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Cherubic Ventures Closes $68.88 Million Fund VI as AUM Surpasses $500 Million

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14 minutes ago

September 1, 2026

Early Investment Sudo AI Valued at Nearly $2B

TAIPEI, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cherubic Ventures today announced the close of its sixth fund (Fund VI) at $68.88 million. The fund size reflects the auspicious meaning of the number eight in East Asian cultures, where it is traditionally associated with prosperity and good fortune. With this close, assets under management across the firm’s six funds have surpassed US$500 million.

Investors across all six funds include leading global institutional investors and foundations, as well as publicly listed companies, family offices, successful entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.

Fund VI maintains the firm’s early-stage focus, investing in AI-native companies across infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, healthcare, physical AI and robotics. Sudo AI, a robotics startup in the portfolio, has reached a valuation of nearly $2 billion two years after its founding, joining the ranks of unicorns.

“After ten years, I am more certain than ever about why I chose to invest at the earliest stages,” said Matt Cheng, Founder & Solo GP of Cherubic Ventures. “Working alongside exceptional founders, finding a path through uncertainty, and ultimately changing an industry is what keeps driving me.”

Investing Across AI, From Infrastructure to Industry Applications

As AI reshapes industries, Cherubic Ventures continues to look for founders using the technology to build new products and redefine markets. Since 2024, the firm’s AI-native investments have spanned infrastructure, developer tools, enterprise software, healthcare, physical AI and robotics.

In robotics, Sudo AI was co-founded by Hao Su, a leading researcher in embodied AI and 3D vision and co-author of PointNet, and serial entrepreneur Robin Han. Its sudo R1 robotic system is trained through virtual simulation and can reliably handle objects it has never encountered without relying on real-world manipulation data. This addresses a key bottleneck to deploying robotics at scale. Cherubic Ventures was its earliest institutional investor.

Cherubic Ventures is also an early investor in Entire, the developer platform founded by former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. The company raised US$60 million earlier this year, the largest seed round ever for a developer tools startup.

While Fund VI is still at an early stage, its portfolio companies have already raised more than $500 million in subsequent funding. Other notable investments include AI-powered patent technology platform Patlytics, along with healthcare and drug development companies Max AI, Generation Lab and therapiAI.

A Decade Alongside Founders, Supporting the Next Generation

Founded in 2015, Cherubic Ventures was among the first venture firms in the world to adopt the solo GP model. It has invested in more than 200 companies globally, with early investments including Hims & Hers, Flexport, Calm, Paidy, 91APP and Astranis.

Across its portfolio, Cherubic Ventures has been the earliest institutional investors in dozens of companies that went on to become unicorns. Hims & Hers is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and 91APP on the Taipei Exchange, while Paidy was acquired by PayPal for US$2.7 billion.

Fund VI marks the beginning of Cherubic Ventures’ second decade. “The past ten years have made me more certain that believing in founders before the answers are clear, and backing them through uncertainty, is at the heart of early-stage investing,” Cheng said. “In the next decade, we will continue to ‘Stay Early’ and work with the most exceptional founders to build the future we want to see.”

About Cherubic Ventures
Founded in 2015, Cherubic Ventures is a global early-stage venture capital firm that started in Taipei and has built a strong presence in the U.S. market. The firm backs outstanding founders from day one and was among the first venture firms in the world to adopt the solo GP model. Notable investments include Hims & Hers, Calm, Flexport, 91APP, Paidy, Formation Bio and Astranis. To date, Cherubic Ventures has invested in more than 200 startups and brings together more than 500 founders and investors in a distinctive global community.

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Agentic AI Has Arrived. Is Your Workforce Ready to Leverage It?

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14 minutes ago

September 1, 2026

Enterprises are deploying AI agents faster than they are building the certified talent to run them. Closing that gap is now the real differentiator.

Authored by, Vikas Mathur, Vice President, Trainocate India

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Across the enterprise programs we run every week at Trainocate, the conversation has changed. A year ago, leaders asked us what generative AI could do. Today they ask why their agentic pilot has not reached production. Agentic AI has arrived — the question is no longer whether it works, but whether the workforce is ready to leverage it.

The platforms have done their part. AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Databricks and others have moved agent frameworks, orchestration layers and governance tooling into general availability. What has not kept pace is the workforce. Adoption forecasts keep climbing; the cancellation forecasts climb with them, and for reasons that have little to do with the models themselves.

40%+

of agentic AI projects are forecast to be scrapped by the end of 2027 — on escalating cost, unclear business value and inadequate risk controls.

Source: Gartner

Our own view, formed across thousands of enterprise learners, is simpler than any forecast: Technology is not the constraint. The certified, deployment-ready workforce is.

India’s AI Talent Equation: One Million Roles, One in Six Skilled

India has the demand and the ambition. The constraint is supply. Estimates put the national AI talent pool at 1.25 million by 2027 — real growth, but well short of a market compounding at 25–35% a year. On current trajectories the gap widens before it closes.

We see the consequence directly in client conversations. Skills mismatch, not headcount, is what delays deployment — and on most enterprise shortlists, demonstrable and certified capability now outranks the degree.

Figure: The agentic readiness gap — adoption is outpacing certified capability.

From Prompt Engineering to Agent Orchestration: Three Capability Shifts

From operator to orchestrator. Every prior automation wave asked people to use a tool. Agentic AI asks them to direct one. The working skill is decomposition — mapping a process into the steps an agent may own, the tool-calling boundaries it must respect and the human-in-the-loop checkpoints between them. That is delegation and process design before it is programming, which makes it teachable well beyond the engineering bench.

From reviewing output to governing outcomes. When AI drafts an email, a human reads it before it goes. When an agent provisions infrastructure or triggers a payment, reading it afterwards is too late. Enterprises need people fluent in least-privilege identity, data lineage and governance, evaluation harnesses, escalation thresholds, observability and cost control. In our experience, this is where most agentic programs are thinnest.

From individual courses to cross-functional readiness. One production agentic workflow touches data engineering, application development, identity and security, LLMOps and the business function it serves. Certifying one persona while the rest stand still guarantees the pilot dies at handover. The unit of skilling must become the team.

What we see

Agentic pilots rarely stall on model quality. They stall because too few people can scope what an agent may own, design its guardrails, and stay accountable when it acts alone.

Trainocate enterprise delivery experience

Why Vendor-Authorized Certification Is the New Deployment Prerequisite

Credentials are often said to date quickly in a field moving this fast. We find the opposite. Agentic concepts are universal; implementation is not. Identity and access design, data governance, retrieval and grounding, model selection, evaluation and cost management behave differently on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Databricks — and those differences decide whether an agent survives production.

Vendor-authorized certification remains the only independently verifiable proof that an engineer can build and operate on a given stack. Foundational credentials also give HR, finance, risk and procurement a shared vocabulary with engineering — and agentic decisions are risk decisions as much as technical ones.

2 in 5

Employers now prefer demonstrable AI skills and certifications over academic degrees. Skills-based hiring is no longer emerging — it is the default.

Source: NASSCOM–Indeed India AI Talent Report, 2026

Experiential Learning: Turning Training Investment into Production Capability

Nobody learns to supervise an autonomous system from a slide. Trainocate’s Experiential Learning Model was built on that premise — one continuous journey rather than a catalog of courses:

Learn from practitioners. Instructor-led and virtual instructor-led training delivered by vendor-authorized, actively certified instructors.Reinforce on demand. Self-paced digital learning and curated learning paths that keep pace with quarterly platform releases.Build in live environments. Hands-on labs in real cloud sandboxes — agents, tool-calling, guardrails and failure modes, not screenshots.Prove it on real work. Capstone projects mapped to the organization’s own agentic and cloud use cases.Certify the capability. Structured exam preparation and readiness checks that convert learning into a verifiable credential.Measure the outcome. Governance dashboards tracking completion, certification attainment and skill progression for L&D and business sponsors.

That model now runs through our AI Mastery Program, which spans foundational to advanced tracks for both business and technical roles across AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Databricks and vendor-neutral content — with agentic system design, multi-agent orchestration and AI governance sitting in the advanced tiers, and sandbox labs and industry capstones throughout.

The results hold up: Close to 80% certification attainment across enterprise programs and a 4.90/5.00 delivery CSAT. As an authorized training partner for AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Databricks and more, operating across 24 countries, we have run this model at scale — over one lakh professionals certified within a single global enterprise account, and agentic AI labs delivered across six Indian cities this year. Four consecutive AWS Global Training Partner of the Year awards and six appearances on the Training Industry Top 20 suggest the model travels.

30%

of enterprise application software revenue will be driven by agentic AI by 2035 — up from 2% in 2025.

Source: Gartner

A Twelve-Month Skilling Blueprint for CHROs and L&D Leaders

Assess against use cases, not catalogs. Benchmark capability against the specific agentic workflows the business intends to run.Build a spine, not a stack. Foundational AI and cloud fluency organization-wide; certified specialization for those who will design, secure and govern agents.Skill the workflow, not the individual. Move cross-functional cohorts together — data, application, security, business — so nothing stalls at handover.Instrument on outcomes. Track certification attainment, time-to-productivity and pilot-to-production conversion. Seat-hours measure activity, not readiness.

Two Budget Cycles: The Window for Workforce Readiness

15%

of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously by 2028 — up from effectively zero in 2024.

Source: Gartner

That is not a distant horizon. It is two budget cycles away.

Models are becoming a commodity; every enterprise buys them at roughly the same price. The durable differentiator is the depth of certified talent that can point those models at the right problems and stay accountable for what they do. Treat skilling as infrastructure — continuous, measured, certified — and your agents scale. Treat it as an event and the pilot stays a pilot.

Agentic AI has arrived. The question every board should be asking is whether its workforce is ready to leverage it.

Build a Certified, Agent-Ready Workforce

Trainocate partners with enterprises to build agentic AI and cloud capability at scale — from foundational fluency to certified specialization across AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Databricks and more, delivered through our Experiential Learning Model and AI Mastery Program. To design a skilling roadmap for your workforce, write to cloudacademy@trainocate.com or call +91 9223361686.

About Trainocate

Trainocate is a global IT training and workforce skilling organization and an authorized training partner for AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Databricks and more, operating across 24 countries. Trainocate delivers cloud, data and AI capability to enterprises through its Experiential Learning Model and AI Mastery Program, combining instructor-led training, self-paced digital learning, hands-on sandbox labs, industry capstones and vendor-authorized certification. The company is a four-time consecutive AWS Global Training Partner of the Year and has appeared six times on the Training Industry Top 20. Trainocate India operates as Networks India Pvt Ltd. For more information, visit www.trainocate.com/in.

About the Author

Vikas Mathur is Vice President at Trainocate India, where he leads the Cloud, Data & AI competency business. He works with enterprise L&D and technology leaders across India and Asia on cloud and AI workforce readiness, and can be reached at cloudacademy@trainocate.com or +91 9223361686.

Data sources referenced: Gartner (agentic AI adoption, project cancellation, governance maturity, autonomous-decision and market-share forecasts, 2025–26); McKinsey (State of AI, agent pilot-to-production); NASSCOM and MeitY (India AI job demand and AI-skilled share); NASSCOM–Deloitte (AI talent pool projection); NASSCOM–Indeed India AI Talent Report 2026 (skills-based hiring). Trainocate figures are from our own enterprise delivery data.

Contact: cloudacademy@trainocate.com | +91 9223361686

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