VIVEK CHIKKASWAMY
Product Manager | Solutions Architect
Bangalore
Summary
Solution-focused product and technology leader with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling Hands-on Lab Environments that transform enterprise learning into production-ready solutions. Known for turning complex client challenges into scalable, revenue-generating platforms that shorten time-to-value, accelerate skill deployment, and enable operational excellence. Clear career progression from evangelizing product value to owning platform strategy to architecting enterprise-grade, monetizable solutions. Believes in value creation over task execution, ensuring every initiative drives measurable business impact.
Solution-focused technology leader specializing in Hands-on Lab Environments that transform enterprise learning into production-ready solutions. Over a decade of experience progressing from Product Evangelist to Product Manager and now Solution Architect at Techademy Learning Solutions, driving adoption, revenue, and enterprise-scale impact. Proven record of turning client challenges into scalable, AI-powered, multi-cloud platforms that accelerate onboarding, upskilling, and time-to-value.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solution Architect
MakeMyLabs (Hands-on Learning Platform) - Techademy
Bengaluru
06.2024 - Current
- Architect enterprise-grade hands-on lab infrastructures for MakeMyLabs, enabling clients to progress from guided learning to enterprise-ready POCs.
- Designed multi-cloud solutions integrated with AI (Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI, Agentic AI) and enterprise systems (SAP, Oracle, IBM, Dynamics 365) for industry-specific learning scenarios.
- Created post-deployment monetization opportunities by packaging after-market lab solutions for ongoing enterprise training, upskilling, and certification.
- Built GPU-powered labs for Kubernetes orchestration, telemetry analytics, and Unreal Engine workloads, reducing client time-to-productivity and enabling complex training use cases.
Product Manager
MakeMyLabs (Hands-on Learning Platform) - Techademy
Bengaluru
11.2022 - Current
- Lead the full product lifecycle for MakeMyLabs, focusing on immersive hands-on environments to solve onboarding, upskilling, and POC validation challenges at enterprise scale.
- Managed pre-sales to deployment workflows — from tailored demo labs to enterprise billing models — ensuring smooth client transition and adoption.
- Conducted lab usage analytics to refine scenarios, increasing platform adoption by 18% and onboarding speed by 25%.
- Authored PRDs, acceptance criteria, and value cases for lab-based workflows, ensuring alignment with measurable business outcomes.
- Directed cross-functional teams across cloud infrastructure, technical operations, and instructional design to deliver enterprise-ready lab solutions.
Product Evangelist
MakeMyLabs (Hands-on Learning Platform) - Techademy
Bengaluru
11.2019 - 11.2022
- Championed Techademy’s feature-oriented, lab-based enterprise platform, demonstrating real-world use cases to prospective clients.
- Partnered with delivery teams to manage the full onboarding journey from initial demo to transaction closure, ensuring lab environments matched client operational needs.
- Delivered targeted workshops and thought leadership that increased adoption by 40% across key accounts.
- Captured field intelligence on client use cases, feeding insights into new lab scenarios and platform capabilities.
Founder
FMS – Flock Management System
Bengaluru
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Founded and built a technology-enabled livestock lifecycle management platform for commercial-scale operations, blending digital oversight with practical, hands-on farm workflows.
- Created FMS Knowledge Base, a central repository of best practices—from basic animal care to advanced herd optimization—accessible to farmers at all skill levels.
- Fostered a community-driven ecosystem enabling peer-to-peer knowledge exchange and collaborative problem-solving.
- Designed for scalability across multiple livestock types and adaptability to both large commercial farms and smallholder cooperatives.
- Way Forward: Apply multilingual AI and agentic workflows to deliver real-time, context-aware guidance and operational recommendations for farmers worldwide.
Education
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Science
Oxford College of Engineering
Bengaluru, India 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Science
RV College of Management
Bengaluru01.2010
Skills
Design & Delivery of Hands-on Lab Environments
undefinedInterests
Hands-on Learning Innovation, AI in Skill Development, Cloud Architecture, Community-driven Knowledge Sharing
IMPACT SNAPSHOT
- 18% increase in enterprise adoption and 25% faster onboarding through optimized hands-on lab delivery in MakeMyLabs.
- Reduced POC deployment cycles by 20% by designing scalable multi-cloud lab architectures.
- Delivered 40% growth in platform adoption through client-specific lab demos and workshops.
- Expanded revenue streams with post-deployment monetization models and industry-specific lab-based solutions.
IMPACT HIGHLIGHTS
- 18% increase in enterprise adoption & 25% faster onboarding through optimized hands-on lab delivery in MakeMyLabs.
- Reduced POC deployment cycles by 20% with scalable multi-cloud lab architectures.
- 40% growth in platform adoption via client-specific lab demos and workshops.
- Built GPU-powered labs enabling advanced Kubernetes, telemetry analytics, and Unreal Engine training scenarios.
CAREER PROGRESSION – TECHADEMY LEARNING SOLUTIONS
- Solution Architect – Hands-on Lab Solutions | Jun 2024 – Present
- Architect enterprise-grade lab infrastructures for MakeMyLabs, enabling clients to move from guided learning to enterprise-ready POCs.
- Expanded revenue through post-deployment lab-based solutions and ongoing enterprise training models.
- Product Manager – MakeMyLabs (Hands-on Learning Platform) | Nov 2022 – Present
- Led end-to-end platform lifecycle from pre-sales to deployment, aligning hands-on lab workflows to enterprise billing models.
- Drove adoption and onboarding gains through UX optimization and targeted lab scenario design.
- Product Evangelist – Hands-on Learning Solutions | Nov 2019 – Nov 2022
- Demonstrated platform capabilities and real-world lab use cases, boosting adoption by 40%.
- Partnered with delivery teams to manage the complete client onboarding journey.
Certification
AZ-104
Timeline
Solution Architect
MakeMyLabs (Hands-on Learning Platform) - Techademy
06.2024 - Current
AZ-104
09-2023
Product Manager
MakeMyLabs (Hands-on Learning Platform) - Techademy
11.2022 - Current
Product Evangelist
MakeMyLabs (Hands-on Learning Platform) - Techademy
11.2019 - 11.2022
Founder
FMS – Flock Management System
01.2014 - 01.2017
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Science
Oxford College of Engineering
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Science
RV College of Management
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