Rocío Blanco, Councilor for Employment, Enterprise and Self-Employment of the Andalusian Regional Government, visited OGA‘s office in Seville on Wednesday, February 7, motivated by the company’s value as an Andalusian benchmark in digital transformation and technological innovation, inaugurating the recent expansion of its offices as part of the company’s growth plan.

OGA, a specialist in artificial intelligence, operations research and the hybridization of both techniques, bases its value contribution on the development of digital twins that enable the disruptive optimization of critical business processes in sectors such as industrial, retail, logistics and defense.

Based in Seville, OGA is a collaborating partner, among others, of CESUR (Southern Spain Business Association), and of the Andalusia Aerospace Cluster – forming part of the Space and Innovation Committee; as well as of APD Association for the Progress of Management) and Club Cámara, of the Chamber of Commerce of Seville.

It is also noteworthy for its strong commitment to work-life balance, reflected in its certification as a family-responsible entity – efr – by the Másfamilia Foundation, as well as to society and the progress of Andalusia, recently recognized with the Digital Transformation Award at the 6th edition of the Andalucía Capital 2023 Awards, organized by Onda Cero.

During her visit to OGA’s headquarters, the Counselor had the opportunity to learn about the company’s value proposition through its projects and solutions, the efr management model based on family conciliation, diversity and equal opportunities, as well as the clear commitment to technology and knowledge transfer between academia and business, through the creation of the Grupo CÁTEDRA, its Technological Advisory Board, made up of 13 professors and researchers of high international level in data-based technological solutions.

Rocío Blanco, after seeing first hand the work carried out from OGA, explained how vocational training for employment is helping many professionals to find work in companies that demand technological profiles. In this sense, Blanco has referred to some ICT specialties of which are already being taught free courses of the Junta de Andalucía, such as AI, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity and development environments in 5G.

Also, the Councilor for Employment has informed the company about the new program of incentives for stable employment, which will have just over 145 million euros. Blanco detailed that the next call for aid will include a specific line to support the permanent hiring of people under 29 years of age by the self-employed and SMEs. This incentive will be retroactive, so that it will benefit all contracts formalized as from March 1st of this year.