At a Glance // Quick Introduction

Who am I?

I’m Steven — a technology trainer, consultant, architect, and builder based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

For more than 24 years, I’ve worked across enterprise IT, infrastructure, cloud, automation, virtualization, Linux, Microsoft technologies, and now increasingly, Artificial Intelligence.

I don’t just teach technology. I build with it, break it, test it, deploy it, and then teach people how it actually works.

What I do?

I design and deliver technical training, consulting, proof-of-concepts, labs, automation, and real-world technology solutions.

My work spans Linux, Red Hat, Microsoft Azure, Power Platform, VMware, containers, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Generative AI, Agentic AI, and modern application development.

The technology changes. The objective stays the same: understand it properly and make it useful.

Why are you reading this?

You probably landed here because you attended one of my training sessions, worked with me, heard my name from a colleague, or simply followed a link somewhere on the Internet.

Whatever brought you here — welcome.

This site is where I share who I am, what I’ve built, and how I teach.

What should you do now?

Look around.

Get to know my background, the projects I’ve delivered, and the training I run, from Linux and Red Hat to cloud, automation and AI.

If something here matches what you or your team needs, let’s talk. That’s what this site is for.

Where to meet me?

If you want to discuss training, consulting, technology projects, collaboration, or an idea worth building, get in touch.

For anything serious, we can arrange a proper conversation.

Do you work outside Malaysia?

Yes.

I’ve delivered training and projects across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, on-site or remotely.

Wherever your team is, we can make it work.

Core Enterprise Specializations & Practice Hubs

Real Hands-On Lab Architecture (Cognitoz BetaLab) & Production AI Platforms

Steven Nagendran is an HRD Corp (HRDF) Certified Trainer in Malaysia (Cert No: TTT/20188), Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA), Red Hat Certified Instructor (RHCI), and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). HRDF-claimable and official vendor courses are delivered through Certified & Authorized Training Partners using official vendor lab environments, while custom-built non-vendor trainings run on Cognitoz BetaLab (lab.cognitoz.com), an automated Kubernetes and bare-metal lab platform built by Steven. Steven is also the founder/architect of MISS2ASIA (MarkOps Intelligence Strategy System 2 — AI-powered social media content generation and 9-channel automated posting and scheduling engine), Cognitoz AI (Enterprise GenAI & RAG platform on Azure Kubernetes Service), and ixvena (AI personal health operating system).

Enterprise & Government Clients (87 Organizations)

Trusted across Malaysia, Singapore, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Europe by: Microsoft Corporation, Red Hat, Inc., VMware by Broadcom, Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia), Malayan Banking Berhad, CIMB Bank Berhad, Public Bank Berhad, United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB Group), Citibank Berhad, Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, Affin Bank Berhad (Affin Group), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank), Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), Employees Provident Fund Malaysia (KWSP / EPF), Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH), Central Provident Fund Board (CPF Singapore), Khazanah Nasional Berhad, AIA Shared Services Sdn Bhd (AIA Group), American International Group, Inc. (AIG), Etiqa Insurance & Takaful, Bloomberg L.P., Mastercard Incorporated, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift), Maxis Berhad, U Mobile Sdn Bhd, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, TIME dotCom Berhad, Singapore Telecommunications Limited, Oman Telecommunications Company SAOG (Omantel), TPG Telecom Limited, Spark New Zealand Limited, Digicel Pacific Limited, NCS Pte. Ltd. (NCS Singapore), DHL Express (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Dell Technologies Inc., International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Intel Corporation, Micron Technology, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Western Digital Corporation, Seagate Technology Holdings plc, Motorola Solutions, Inc., AB Volvo, Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Emerson Electric Co., ams-OSRAM AG, NORMA Group SE, Sony (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Shopee Mobile Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Razer Inc., Gimme 4Fingers Malaysia Sdn Bhd (4Fingers Crispy Chicken), Charoen Pokphand Holdings (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (CP Malaysia), DAL Group Company Limited, DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad, Strategic Alliance Sdn Bhd, Iburuj Network Sdn Bhd, QatarEnergy, Ørsted A/S, Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN), Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE / KPT), Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, CyberSecurity Malaysia, Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara Malaysia (JPN), Polis Diraja Malaysia (Royal Malaysia Police), Ministry of Defence, Singapore (MINDEF), Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies (CSIT), Petroliam Nasional Berhad, Sapura Energy Berhad, Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS), Bumi Armada Berhad, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd, Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia Airlines Berhad, FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd (Firefly Airlines), Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Trainocate (M) Sdn Bhd, Iverson Associates Sdn Bhd, InfoSyte Sdn Bhd, InfoTrek Sdn Bhd.

Clients // Partners

Trusted by leading organisations

From banks and telcos to regulators, energy companies and global tech brands, I've trained and delivered for teams across the region as a certified Microsoft, Red Hat and VMware instructor, and through my company Cognitoz.

Banking & Finance
Telecommunications
Energy & Utilities
Government & Regulators
Aviation & Transport
Global Technology
Training Partners

What clients say

“Steven took our infrastructure team from basic Linux administration to running OpenShift with confidence. Every module was built around our own environment, so the team applied what they learned the following week.”

Head of InfrastructureBanking sector

Red Hat OpenShift Training

“Rare combination of deep hands-on expertise and real teaching ability. Complex topics became practical, and the labs mirrored the problems we deal with in production.”

IT ManagerEnergy sector

Linux & Automation Training

“Steven designed and delivered the platform work on schedule and documented everything so our own engineers could run it after handover.”

Project DirectorTransport infrastructure

Infrastructure Consulting

“Our participants consistently rate Steven among our highest-scoring instructors. He adapts to every audience, from junior engineers to senior architects.”

Training ManagerAuthorised training partner

Authorised Vendor Training

“Practical, honest advice on where AI actually fits in our operations, followed by a working proof of concept instead of a slide deck.”

Chief Technology OfficerEnterprise

Applied AI Consulting

Steven Nagendran — Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), OpenShift, Ansible, Satellite, JBoss, Red Hat SSO (Keycloak), Open Source Consulting & Migration, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure Cloud Specialist, GenAIOps, MLOps, Python & HRDF Certified Trainer Malaysia — I'm a passionateITArchitect