ABOUT US

With Life Architecting as his mission, Anbu has played a breakthrough role in coaching on the Design Mind, Engaging Learning Culture, Mindfulness Leadership Development and Transforming OD. As Chief Design Officer in Intellect Design Arena, he is currently focusing on balancing eastern (mind) and western (brain) philosophy to leverage Design Thinking as a problem solving approach in all walks of life. The Strength Philosophy coaching model that he has designed, complimented by his deep experience in both Project Delivery for U.S Department of Defense (DoD) and Academics, helps corporate leaders, managers, Faculty and teachers in focusing  on lasting impact and creating a tribe within the teams to ensure delivery excellence. He is a co-founder of School of  Design Thinking and has been instrumental in launching several initiatives for academics to change the self-image of students and faculties. The copyrighted Design The Thinking™ approach is flagship program developed under his leadership. With his strong research background in Artificial Intelligence, Anbu is passionate about understanding the evolving intricacies of Human Development. As Chief Mentor at Life Design Lab, he works closely with young adults and corporate adults in helping them understand the emotional aspects of relationships through Emotions Ladder and Collision Management, and appreciating values & culture. He was the Head of Training for Government e-Marketplace (GeM) – the breakthrough initiative of Hon’ble Prime Minister for faceless, paperless and transparent procurement needs of government buyers. Anbu is an invited speaker in several forums such as NASSCOM, CLO Summit, DT Conclave, Chennai Talks, NHRD and academic institutions.
EXPERTISE

• Life Design Facilitator
• Designing Academic Mind Set
• Design Thinking for Social Innovation
• Contextual Design Thinking Application in  Corporates
• 10x Growth for Entrepreneurs
• Young Adults Transformation
• OD & Change CURRENT INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
• Chief Design Officer & Head, 8012 FinTech Design Center, Intellect Design Arena
• Head and Co-Founder, School of Design Thinking
• 25+ years of industry experience PREVIOUS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
• Senior Vice President and Dean, Finance  Academy, Standard Chartered Bank
• Senior Vice President and Dean, Nalanda Corporate University, Polaris FinTech
• Director, E-Commerce Center, CPDE, Anna  University, Chennai
• Project Manager, Concurrent Technologies Corporation (A U.S. Navy Undertaking), ohnstown, PA. U.S.A


APPOINTMENTS
• Key Facilitator and Chief Mentor, Life Design Lab
• Executive Coach, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
• Member, Board of Studies, ICT Academy,
• Corporate Advisor (CS) – SSN College
• Member, Board of Advisors, SRM Innovation & Incubation Center 
• Mentor, Atal Incubation Lab – Great Lakes Institute of  Management
• Adjunct Professor, SRM University
• Member, Executive Council, AACEG, Chennai
• Guest faculty at Krea University EDUCATION
• B.E. Mechanical, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai (1988)
• M.S. Manufacturing, Ohio University, Athens, OH, U.S.A (1990)
• Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence (Integrated), Ohio University, Athens, OH, U.S.A (1994)