Shivkumar is an Entrepreneur with more than 35 years of experience in the fields of Design, eLearning, Instructional Design, Multimedia, Corporate/Marketing Communication, User Experience and User Interface design.
He holds a B.E (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and a Post Graduate Degree in Product Design from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He started his career with Tata Motors as a vehicle designer and then moved to TVS Whirlpool, handling product design functions. He started his first Entrepreneurial venture in 1992, by promoting a multimedia and animation company.
In 2002 he promoted Axis-v, an eLearning company, where he handled large eLearning projects for global organizations such as Cognizant, Acer Computers, Ramco Systems, HCL, ShareKhan, IFMR, ADP and so on. He was a member of the Board of Studies at Pondicherry University for 3 years. He is a passionate teacher and has trained more than 2500 teachers in Engineering colleges and schools on effective teaching methodologies. He is a consultant to SSN College of Engineering for eLearning and Instructional Design. He also served as the Chief Creative Officer for an upcoming animation company in Chennai, incubated by IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad.
At present he is a consultant and advisor to many organizations on eLearning, Marketing communications and UI/UX design. With his vast experience, he can offer valuable guidance and mentorship to those who wish to make a successful career in the field of multimedia and visual communication.