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We help leaders be early

Same people, same commitment to clarity, and a wider horizon.

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Our story

It started with a simple observation

Tech Coach Circle began with a simple observation: tech leaders were being asked to lead teams and make decisions about technologies they hadn’t had time to understand. We started with programmes likeTech-Savvy IT Leader and AI-Aware IT Leader, helping managers from companies like Siemens, IBM, Accenture and Micro Focus build a confident mental model of modern technology.

Then AI arrived faster than anyone planned, and we saw how many capable leaders felt left behind. That shaped our next chapter.

Today, Tech Coach Circle is a community for managers and leaders who want to understand emerging technologies before they become urgent: quantum, embodied AI, and the frontiers after that.

  1. Chapter 1

    Tech-savvy leaders

    Programmes like Tech-Savvy IT Leader helped managers build a confident mental model of modern technology.

  2. Chapter 2

    AI-aware leaders

    Then AI arrived faster than anyone planned. AI-Aware IT Leader helped capable leaders who felt left behind catch up.

  3. Now

    Future-ready leaders

    A community for leaders who want to understand what’s next before it becomes urgent: quantum, embodied AI, and the frontiers after that.

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A graduate holding his Certified AI-Aware IT Leader certificate
What we believe

Four principles, no exceptions

01

Early beats urgent.

Understanding a technology before it’s a mandate gives you choices.

02

Plain language is a skill.

If it can’t be explained to a leader, it isn’t understood well enough.

03

Hype is a risk.

We say what’s real, what’s near, and what isn’t.

04

Leaders learn best from each other.

The discussion matters as much as the talk.

The team

The people behind the Circle

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Vivek Ganesan

AI Consultant · Author · Keynote Speaker · Co-founder, Ampyard

Vivek helps CXOs and engineering leaders turn AI hype into working systems and measurable results. He has trained 500+ engineers, given 70+ conference talks since 2013, and published four books, including Test-first Copilot.

He contributes to AI tools used by millions of developers, including the GitHub Copilot SDK and VS Code Copilot Chat. He also holds a degree in Electronics and Communications.

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Kamal Raj Sekar

AI Consultant · Tech Coach · Author · Co-founder & Director, Ampyard

Kamal helps technology leaders put AI to work across the engineering process and make their operations agentic. He has authored three books on TDD and AI-assisted coding, including Test-First Copilot, and published papers on agentic refactoring and AI-assisted delivery.

He has contributed to Google's Gemini CLI and Microsoft's VS Code Copilot Chat.

Guest Experts

Decoding frontiers alongside specialists

We invite researchers and industry practitioners to decode frontiers alongside us, especially where deep specialist knowledge matters, like quantum. Interested in speaking?

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Run by people who ship software

Tech Coach Circle is run by Ampyard Private Limited, a company that builds its own software products. It’s why we decode technology as practitioners, not commentators.

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