About Training Architect

Who We Are

We are a learning strategy and workforce development firm specializing in the architecture of end-to-end training systems from vision and planning to content, delivery, automation, and measurable outcomes. We partner with organizations who are:

  • Growing faster than their training structure can support

  • Managing diverse or multi-generational workforces

  • Leveraging grants, state programs, or workforce initiatives

  • Ready to evolve from “training events” to a sustainable learning ecosystem

  • Done with reactive problem-solving and ready for intentional growth

Our mission is to design scalable, people-centered learning systems that strengthen culture, elevate performance, and turn training into a strategic engine for lasting growth.

Core Values

Strategy + Humanity

We believe learning must serve people first, metrics second but it must serve both.

Transformation Over Information

Training that doesn't change behavior is just noise. We build for impact, not activity.

Systems That Scale

If it can’t grow with you, it’s not a solution.

Legacy Minded

Everything we build should last beyond trends, people, and platforms.

Founders Bio

Dr. Shika Mahdavi is an executive learning strategist, educator, and organizational development leader with 15+ years of experience designing large-scale workforce training programs across multiple industries.

She has led learning systems that have supported thousands of employees, high-impact workforce initiatives, and performance strategies tied to billions in annual transactions and philanthropic impact.

Her expertise blends instructional design, organizational psychology, culture transformation, talent development, and digital learning architecture with a deep belief that training should improve both people and performance.

She holds a Doctorate in Education Administration, Law & Policy and has served as a higher education professor, corporate learning leader, and executive consultant for mission-driven organizations.

Her work is rooted in clarity, equity, evidence-based design, and the belief that learning is a legacy not a task.


Ready to build training that actually works in the real world, with real people?