Master Data Operations · AI-Ready Operations
You're accountable
when it has to work
on Monday morning.
Operator-grade templates and playbooks for AI-ready operations, SSC & GBS transitions, and PMO and transformation delivery. Built from real scenarios, not consultant theory, by someone who's sat on both sides of the desk.
2 minutes: who I am and why this exists
Enterprise IT is written by everyone except the person it lands on.
I'm Petko Petkov. Fifteen years inside enterprise IT - and on both sides of every deal. I've run SSC/GBS transitions across multiple European countries, run finance workflows when SOX was teeth-on-the-floor, and sat on the vendor-distribution side of EMEA reporting across the world's largest hardware and software vendors.
More recently I've led enterprise master-data transformation - turning manual product and SKU creation into an automated, rules-based, governed pipeline. Vihren Labs is the catalogue I wish I'd had in that seat: fifteen years of pattern-recognition turned into tools an operator can open on Monday and use by Friday.
I write for the people whose name is on the decision when it goes wrong - transition managers, PMO and programme leads, transformation leads, and master-data owners. More about me
The catalogue
Three areas I focus on.
One operator's 15 years.
4 courses · 18 workbooks, playbooks and operator bundles · 2 free downloads - grouped by product line on a dedicated page.
Full catalogue
24 items liveAll courses, toolkits and bundles in one place.
AI-Ready Operations · SSC & GBS · PMO & Transformation, with Master Data Operations underneath. 4 flagship courses + 18 standalone workbooks, playbooks and operator-pack bundles + 2 free downloads. Start with the AI Adoption & Governance Operator's Pack, The Transition Operator's Course, or the Transformation Operator's Pack.
Frequently asked
What is Vihren Labs?
Vihren Labs publishes operator-grade templates, workbooks, courses and playbooks for three areas of enterprise operations: AI-ready operations (governing AI agents in production), SSC and GBS transitions, and PMO and transformation delivery - with master data operations as the supporting layer underneath. Every product is built from real operating scenarios, not consultant theory.
Who makes Vihren Labs products?
Petko Petkov - a 15-year enterprise IT operator who has worked both the vendor-distribution and buyer-operator sides of the table. His work spans master data management and governance - the operating model, and automating product and SKU creation end to end, from ingestion, standardisation, enrichment and categorisation rules through to dynamic SKU generation and touchless quoting - alongside large shared-services / GBS transitions across Europe and programme delivery. PRINCE2 Practitioner, Six Sigma. Every product is written from lived practitioner experience, not consultant theory.
Are Vihren Labs products consulting, or legal or tax advice?
No. They are downloadable, operator-built templates and playbooks you run yourself - not consulting, and not legal or tax advice.
What courses does Vihren Labs offer?
Four operator courses, all live and one-time purchases. The Master Data Academy is a three-course set - Master Data Excellence for Product & SKU Management, for Customer & Business Partner, and for Vendor & Supplier Master - each 10 modules with workbooks, operator templates and a capstone you build against your own organization. Alongside them is The Transition Operator's Course for SSC, GBS and BPO transitions. Each course also anchors a value ladder of standalone workbooks and operator packs in the same line.
Are the products a subscription? What about the courses, and the higher tiers?
No - every Vihren Labs product you can buy today is a one-time purchase on Gumroad: you buy it, download it, and own it, with no recurring fees. That includes all four courses - the three-course Master Data Academy (Product & SKU, Customer & Business Partner, and Vendor & Supplier Master) and The Transition Operator's Course (SSC, GBS & BPO) - which are one-time too. The courses are designed as a three-tier ladder: Tier 1 is the self-serve course you own outright (available now); Tier 2 adds 1:1 sessions with Petko - work reviews and direct guidance as you apply it to your own organisation (planned); and Tier 3 is an enterprise tier - a team-training and rollout model for organisations (planned). Tiers 2 and 3 are engagements, not subscriptions, and are coming in the future. Whatever the tier, the model holds: you are buying a thing or an engagement you own, never a recurring subscription.
Who are Vihren Labs products for?
The operator who has to make it work on Monday morning - not the executive who reads the slide deck. Typical buyers are SSC/GBS transition managers, programme and PMO leads, transformation leads, operations leaders getting ready to run AI agents, and master-data and MDG owners.
Where can I buy Vihren Labs products?
On Gumroad. You can browse the full catalogue - courses, workbooks, playbooks and operator packs - at vihrenlabs.com/products, where each product links to its Gumroad checkout.