Feb 2015 – Oct 2015 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Owned the HR Fulfillment Process, which included acquisition and management of resources.
• Responsible for Delivering the required numbers on time through acquisition and constant optimization of bench , reduction of Billing losses, reduction of cost of recruitment, increasing the offer to joining ratio, improving the turn around time and building a High performance Recruitment team and Engine.

Jun 2004 – Present · 21 yrs 9 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Spectrum Consulting, was set up in 2004.
• The journey of evolution has its beginning in providing services and products in the Talent Acquisition space. Our products encompass six variants, including Applicant Tracking Systems, Resume Parsers and Learning Management Systems.
• The efforts morphed into evangelisation of LinkedIn and Social Media through its, well researched, social media workshops and successful implementation of social media at work place for Talent Acquisition.
• By virtue of its efforts, Spectrum Consulting, is proud to have made significant contributions to the body of knowledge, the Art and Science of Talent Acquisition.
• These contributions, are readily available as a part of my LinkedIn posts
• In taking the road less traveled, Spectrum 3.0 has evolved.
• Are you a captive, looking to outsource your Talent Acquisition process?
• Do you require help in Senior Management hiring?
• Do you want to re-engineer or optimise your talent acquisition process?
• Are you struggling without recruiter’s?
• Do you want to leverage social, effectively for your talent acquisition needs?
• Have you been struggling to enhance the quality of your hires?
• Did you need your resources on a staff augmentation mode/temporary basis?
• Or, Do you want us to be devil’s advocate to your talent acquisition process?
• Your hunt for the, RIGHT, talent acquisition partner stops here.

Aug 1995 – May 2004 · 8 yrs 9 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Early stage, key contributor. Building and leading proactive, Human Resource, initiatives to enable HCL Technologies emerge as a leader in the Indian IT services market.
• Contributed to the formulation of HR, Policies and Strategies, aligned with business needs of the organization.
• Instrumental in building leadership teams, driving cultural changes, aiding capability development and performance management.
• Hands on HR Practitioner, engaged effectively with employees.
• An active member of the Total Rewards team.
• Instrumental in recruiting the resources required at the lowest cost in the industry and help HCL realize its initiatives worldwide. Acquired managed and deployed resources worldwide.
• Set up and executed an effective resource management system, ensuring effective utilization and reduction of billing leakage.
• An avid learning and development enthusiast, a certified Project Management Professional, have the distinction of training 75 software professionals in HCL Technologies to pursue their PMP certification.
• Manage the outsourcing of the entire paralegal work of filing H visas from the US attorneys to setting up its own competency in Chennai.
• HCL Technologies representative for the US Consulate relationship. Recognized by the US Consulate for helping them in their Anti Fraud activities.

Feb 1994 – May 1995 · 1 yr 3 mos · United Arab Emirates

• Was the Product Manager for Gupta Products in the Middle East and also responsible for Selling Informix Solutions in UAE..

Dec 1991 – Jan 1994 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Greater Chennai Area

• Was the Profit Center Head for (Knowledge Integrated Quality Management System), a software product that enabled ISO 9000 implementation. Lead a team of 14 and was successful in creating a market for the product, selling close to 500 copies of the product across the country and in nearby Singapore.

Jan 1991 – Sep 1991 · 8 mos · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• International Solution was a reseller of VAXs and UNIX based software product. Responsible for Marketing and Sales of the said products.

Jan 1989 – Dec 1990 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hong Kong SAR

• Donned different roles, worked out Chennai, Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
• Was primarily involved in placement of Software resources from Hong Kong to US, UK and Australia.