Apexon
2026 Regional Winner | Skills Transformation
Industry
Professional Services
Company HQ
Santa Clara, California, USA
Number of Employees
5,000+
Office Locations
USA, Mexico, UK, and India
How Apexon built an AI-native engineering workforce with Udemy
Business outcomes
92%
Workforce achieved Level 1 GenAI certification
217
Capstone projects completed
80%
Progressed to Level 2 AI capability
Challenge
Preparing engineers for AI-native client engagements
Apexon is a digital-first technology services firm backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital, specializing in accelerating business transformation and delivering human-centric digital experiences. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Apexon operates in 16 countries with more than 5,000 employees. For 30 years, the company has met customers wherever they are in the digital lifecycle, helping them outperform their competition through speed and innovation.
As Apexon accelerated its transformation into an AI-native digital engineering organization, leaders recognized that traditional technical training alone would not prepare engineers for the next generation of client engagements. The company needed a scalable, enterprise-wide capability development model that could develop AI-native engineers, create a standardized learning experience across global teams, and ensure learning translated into validated capability before deployment on client engagements.
The challenge extended beyond content delivery. Apexon needed to progress employees from foundational AI awareness to advanced practitioner capability while maintaining a common engineering language across diverse teams and regions.
“Traditional training couldn’t prepare our engineers for AI-native client engagements,” said Rohinkumar Radhakrishnan, Global Head of Learning and Development. “Without a platform like Udemy as our learning foundation, we had no scalable way to build AI capability across global teams.”
Apexon set out to build a capability development model that would connect learning directly to business strategy and client outcomes.
“Traditional training couldn’t prepare our engineers for AI-native client engagements. Without a platform like Udemy, we had no scalable way to build AI capability across global teams.”
Solution
Communities of Practice powered by Udemy
Apexon established nine AI-focused Communities of Practice across strategic engineering domains including Agentic AI, AI Architecture, AI for Java, AI for .NET, AI for Quality Engineering, Data and AI, Full Stack Engineering, and Engineering Management. Each Community of Practice defined structured competency pathways progressing from Foundation to Advanced to Expert, ensuring learning aligned with business priorities and future workforce requirements.
Udemy Business serves as the learning foundation of the integrated talent ecosystem. Every learner begins with curated Udemy Business learning journeys mapped to the competency framework, covering generative AI, agentic AI, AI-assisted software engineering, cloud, data engineering, full stack engineering, quality engineering, and engineering leadership. Depending on role complexity, learning journeys range from 50 to more than 150 hours of structured learning.
“Udemy is more than a learning platform at Apexon.” Radhakrishnan said. “It’s the capability engine that powers our AI transformation.”
Capability development follows the Education-Exposure-Experience (EEE) Framework. Education provides structured learning through Udemy Business and Communities of Practice. Exposure builds practical application through labs, hackathons, mentoring, and Client Universities. Experience validates capability through capstone projects, project deployment, and performance validation.
Every advanced learner completes a capstone project addressing a real client or internal engineering challenge, reviewed by senior architects, Community of Practice leaders, and the AI Council to validate technical quality, engineering standards, and deployment readiness. The company considers learning complete only after learners demonstrate practical application, not simply course completion.
“Udemy is more than a learning platform at Apexon. It’s the capability engine that powers our AI transformation.”
Results
More than 1,000 engineers in structured AI learning journeys
The initiative transformed capability development across the engineering organization. More than 1,000 engineers enrolled in structured AI learning journeys across nine Communities of Practice. Advanced Communities of Practice deliver 50 to more than 150 hours of structured learning per participant.
92% of the workforce achieved Level 1 generative AI (GenAI) certification, establishing enterprise-wide AI awareness. 80% progressed to Level 2 capability, creating a strong pipeline of advanced AI practitioners. 868 learners completed or actively progressed through AI capstone projects, and Apexon completed 217 capstone projects using real client and business use cases.
“With Udemy, we’ve built a scalable ecosystem that transforms market demand into workforce capability and workforce capability into measurable business outcomes,” Radhakrishnan said.
The standardized learning framework created a common technical language across Digital Engineering, Quality Engineering, Data and AI, Full Stack Engineering, and Engineering Management, improving collaboration, deployment readiness, and AI adoption across global teams.
“With Udemy, we’ve built a scalable ecosystem that transforms market demand into workforce capability and workforce capability into measurable business outcomes.”
Looking Ahead
AI-native strategy
Apexon continues to deepen its AI-native engineering strategy. Learning investment increased from about 3% of revenue in 2023 to 5% in 2024 and is projected to reach the equivalent of 8% of available billable engineering capacity in 2026, representing about 7 to 20 structured learning days per engineer annually.
“Using Udemy as our learning foundation, we’re building an AI-native engineering organization where learning flows seamlessly from education to deployment to customer impact,” Radhakrishnan said.
The company plans to expand Communities of Practice across additional engineering disciplines, scale capstone project capacity, and continue aligning workforce development directly with business strategy and client demand.
“Using Udemy as our learning foundation, we’re building an AI-native engineering organization where learning flows seamlessly from education to deployment to customer impact.”
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