Apr 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Kevin Freitas is the HR Leader for InMobi's sales organization across China, Japan, Asia-Pacific and India. He leads the generalist teams across 10+ countries and specialist functions like Recruitment, Culture, Engagement and Learning.
• Kevin is a respected thought leader in the human resources field and the practices that he has architected at InMobi have won international acclaim and praise.
• Kevin has also won InMobi numerous awards and personal recognition like the:
• 2017 Asia Recruitment Awards GOLD Winner : In-House Recruitment Professional of the Year
• 2017 Asia Recruitment Awards GOLD Winner : Best In-house Recruitment Team of the Year
• 2016 NASSCOM Award for Best Practices in Talent Management
• 2016 Rank #95 in Best Workplaces in India by ET and Great Place To Work Institute
• 2016 Rank #2 in Media Industry for Best Workplaces in India by ET and Great Place To Work Institute
• 2016 Winner of Workplace Transformation in Best Workplaces in India Study
• 2016 Asia Recruitment Award GOLD Winner for Best Employer Brand
• 2016 Asia Recruitment Award Finalist for Best Staff Referral Program
• 2016 Global HR Excellence Awards - 100 Most Influential Global HR Professionals by World HRD Congress
• 2015 People Matters Award Winner for Best in Social Hiring
• 2015 People Matters Award Winner for Best in Employer Branding
• 2015 People Matters Award Finalist for Best in Recruitment Reengineering.
• 2015 Economic Times – Recognised as one of the Most Innovative companies in India for our People practices
• 2015 HR Tech Leader Award by Asia Pacific HRM Congress
• Kevin has won laurels for his articles in leading management magazines and journals. He was awarded the 2015 Dr. Ram Tarneja Award for the Best Article in Indian Management magazine for his article on Performance Management in the 21st century.
• Kevin is an influential member of the 2016 LinkedIn Advisory Group for Asia and is a steering committee member of ‘OUT Reach India’ – an industry forum for LGBT Inclusion & Diversity.

Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 · 11 mos

Apr 2014 – Mar 2015 · 11 mos

Aug 2013 – Apr 2014 · 8 mos

Jul 2011 – Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• Kevin joined Flipkart in 2011, where he was Flipkart's leader for compensation & benefits, HR operations and compliance, HR programs, engagement and performance Management.
• Kevin has seen and managed explosive organizational growth from close quarters at Flipkart (10x people in 2 years), and worked closely with the founders to build the HR infrastructure, HR team, People policies and put in place processes that helped Flipkart's people strategy keep pace with the business needs.

Oct 2007 – Jul 2011 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• At Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, Kevin was responsible for project management and delivery and capability development.
• Between April 2010 to July 2011, Kevin left the HayGroup to set up a recruitment technology firm. During these 16 months, he was associated with HayGroup on various projects, as a freelance consultant.
• Key Client Engagements:
• India’s largest Cement Companies: Led Senior Leadership Assessment through Behavioral Event Interviews and Assessment Centers, Reward Strategy for a new Technical Shared Services Center, Job Evaluation for all roles in the new Center.
• India’s largest terry towel manufacturing company: Organization Structuring, Job Evaluation, Fitment of People into the new structure and Change Management Support for a family owned business enterprise
• Large Petroleum Refining and Products Company: Created and Implemented Training Framework for behavioral training interventions at all levels, covering 5000 + personnel; Implemented and conducted training programs for senior management of the company
• India’s Largest Unlisted Infrastructure and Financial Services Group: Strategic Visioning, Competency Framework, Career Pathing and Succession Planning
• Largest Steel Pipe Manufacturer in the world: Led projects on Business Process Reengineering, Organization Structuring, PMS Implementation, Talent & Succession Planning and Leadership Assessment for all the functions of the fastest growing Indian company in 2007 and Economic Times – Emerging Company of the Year 2008
• India’s Oldest Retail Company: Led a Business Improvement Diagnostic for the company showcasing how to save over INR 1 crore through a 1 week exercise
• Leading English News Channel: Manpower Rationalization exercise leading to a saving of $1 Mn

Apr 2005 – May 2007 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

• Kevin consulted with leading companies in various sectors like BFSI, FMCG, infrastructure, technology enabled services and healthcare on long term and mid-term HR strategy and business planning. He was responsible for managing relationships with a number of key clients at Hewitt.
• Key Client Engagements:
• Information Technology Company listed on the NYSE: Created the Balanced Scorecard for the company with a 3 year and 5 year perspective. Created the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) for the Top Executive team
• Large Indian Private Sector Bank: Implementation of Balanced Scorecard and Support to Business Transformation Programme by defining key performance indices (KPIs) for the Chief Executive and the Executive Team. Created a new organization structure for the bank and developed the recruitment system. Prepared a career development plan for 4000+ associates of the bank
• Large Indian Generics Player: Conducted the Business Planning exercise for the year 2007 and defined key performance indices (KPIs) for the Chief Executive and the Executive Team. Conducted workshops across the important locations in the country to present the new performance management system and help 400+ employees prepare their scorecard
• International BPO Services Company: Created a competency model for the company that is in use across its Australian, UK and Support services delivery center
• Large Automobile Group, India: Created the Manpower Planning framework to analyze the different business processes in the different SBUs of the Group

Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 · 0 mo · Mumbai Area, India

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

• Employee #5 in the youth vertical of P&G.
• Worked on the brand "masti.com" as a Channel Manager.
• Learnt a lot about segmentation and targeting and promotions.
• Loved what I learnt!