Vaibhav is an Approved SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) and Principal Consultant at Gladwell Academy India.
Vaibhav Patki, an approved SPC, brings a wealth of expertise to the table. With extensive experience in coaching and training corporates across diverse sectors—including Cloud Native Data Protection, Banking, Finance, and Healthcare—Vaibhav has been pivotal in guiding organizations through their Lean Agile transformation journeys. His comprehensive knowledge and hands-on approach have consistently driven impactful and sustainable change.
Vaibhav is a Qualified Flight Test Engineer (Avionics) from Air Force Test Pilot School. He holds an M.S in Software Systems from BITS Pilani, a Nuclear Science qualification from BARC, Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified ScrumMaster, and SAFe RTE. His quest for continuous learning is exemplified through Design Thinking and Cloud (Azure and GCP) certifications.
An Air Force Veteran with three decades in Program Management, his zeal and passion has driven several Aerospace and Cyber-physical System Programs to success by continual delivery of great business value. He has flown fighters, transport and helicopters of Western and Russian origin to test the systems designed and developed iteratively and incrementally. Having coached budding Test Pilots and Flight test Engineers, he harnesses those very unique skills from the trenches for coaching teams, change agents and leaders in corporates to adopt a Lean Agile mindset and inherit a learning culture. Consulting as an Enterprise Coach and Trainer is his forte. He is ever enthusiastic about learning and learns from every Agilist he trains through engagement and fun.
Back home, he enjoys long-distance running in the pleasant weather of Bangalore. He believes in Yoga for mindfulness every day, and embracing agility holistically.
