Investing in emerging technology skills

Maintaining the edge on an expanding market

Nomura was tasked with getting its global and diverse workforce up to speed with new technologies so they can successfully execute on initiatives like cloud transformation, while delivering innovation to customers at an increasing pace.

“I think every single part—the fabric of the firm—is in some way reliant on technology,” says Terry Learmouth, Nomura EMEA CIO. “Our ability to move with the times, to embrace innovation, to keep that business model moving is absolutely key.”

Terry says embracing emerging technologies provides them with the speed and flexibility they’re looking for. “In our business that means quick adoption of things like machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data management—using that to find the extra edge.”

Driving transformation by developing people

Nomura chose Pluralsight to empower its staff with cutting edge skills to create more innovative solutions.

“It’s not just developers who are improving their tech skills,” says Lead Developer Chris Jeganathan. “We're seeing people who may be in a trading role or may be in a corporate role who want to see how they can improve in order to keep up with the way that the landscape's changing.”

Teams at Nomura created channels to set a consistent baseline of skills needed for critical projects—like a recent initiative to build and transition to the Nomura Private Cloud.

Service Infrastructure Associate Lisa Wong credits Pluralsight with the team’s ability to build and migrate to the private cloud at a rapid pace. “It has helped with speeding up the learning and people's understanding of the cloud. It’s helped in terms of making the project delivery faster,” she says.
They also use courses and skill assessments to prepare for and encourage participation in company-wide hackathons and coding dojos, which help to inspire future business efforts.