Viswanath's theme in life has been take seemingly uncalculated and ever-newer risks, rather in the fashion of diving backwards, without worrying about the consequences. The urge to give up a flourishing corporate career and start his own consulting firm arose from a need to seek newer experiences, learn and grow, and not worry too much about about the future. From beginning life as a software engineer, to becoming a Customer support executive, Product manager and HR manager in the succeeding years, Viswanath decided that 13 years in 3 organisations (the last an MNC) was sufficient experience to begin a venture of his own.

Now, 14 years later, Viswanath enjoys his work as an OD consultant and trainer, with newer and newer areas ahead of him to explore. His core purpose at work is to help people realise their true potential - or at the very least acknowledge that there are umpteen ways in which this can happen, provided they are willing to experiment. His beliefs are founded on his own personal experience of change, as well as his interactions with thousands of people over his lifetime.

Having facilitated over 300 workshops in different settings, sectors and countries, Viswanath brings with him eternal optimism, and at the same time a deep empathy for his participants, always acknowledging that change takes time and patience.

In addition to being an OD consultant, Viswanath is also a Trustee with Makkala Jagriti - an NGO in Bangalore, and is an Advisory Board Member of the Centre for Montessori Training, Chennai.

Currently, his areas of professional interest are Learning Organisations, Customer Service, Organisation Development and Culture (including Vision, Mission, and Strategy) and Personal Growth through using one’s strengths. He is also a serious student of Buddhism.


Listed below in brief is his experience of 27 years:

Consulting

• Founder Director of Organisations & Alternatives since 1995
• Independent Organisation Consultant - 1994.

Corporate

• Visiting faculty – S.P.Jain Center for Management, Dubai
• Visiting Faculty - Essae TAPMI Institute, Bangalore, 1999-2003
• Corporate Manager - Human Resources, Digital Equipment Corporation, Bangalore, 1992-94
• Manager - Personnel, PSI Data Systems Ltd., Bangalore, 1988 - 92
• Product Manager, PSI Data Systems Ltd., Bangalore, 1984 - 88
• Asst. Manager - EDP, Vispro Foundry Engineers, Madras, 1979 - 82

Academic Background

• Post Graduate Diploma in Management, IIM Bangalore, 1982 - 84
• Bachelors in Physics, Vivekananda College, University of Madras, 1976 - 79

Membership of Professional Associations:

• Professional member of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS), 1996
• MBTI Qualified, APT Qualifying Training Program, 1998
• NHRD Network, Bangalore, Life member
• Indian Montessori Centre, Tamil Nadu, Life member

Professional/ Personal Development

• MBTI, Step II, 2007
• Future Search Conference, 2005
• Group Relations Conference, 2004
• Neuro Linguistic Programming, 2000
• MBTI Qualifying workshop, 1998
• The Values laboratory, 1994
• Intensive human process laboratories  ( 18 # ) with the Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences (ISABS) between 1988 and 1996
• HRD and OD Facilitators' Laboratory, 1988