Monish Kulkarni

CEO

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India27 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founded a talent platform connecting untapped talent.
Led one of the largest global Workday implementations.
Invested in technologies to improve lives in India.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in talent acquisition and technology investment.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementBusiness DevelopmentInvestment ManagementTechnology TransferProject ManagementChange ManagementTechnology ManagementOutsourcingHr ManagementProcess Improvement

Other Skills

Agile methodologiesBusiness AnalysisBusiness ProcessBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness TransformationChange control processesCommunity engagementConsultingCross-functional Team LeadershipData analysisData analyticsHR outsourcingHR services managementHuman ResourcesIT Strategy

About

I spent most of my early career working in corporations implementing large global programmes and had a lot of fun traveling around the world and seeing different cultures. Then I grew up saved some money and moved back to India to pursue my passion of creating a more equitable world starting with a more equitable talent ecosystem. I run a talent platform-based service called Qrata (curating with data) where we curate trusted talent connections between our talent communities and partners. We focus on new skills hiring and the model includes canvassing untapped talent that we help brand with a talent first model. I am very proud that our team is remote first and composed of more than 90% women. Qrata works with global companies to build teams in India particularly those in new skill areas where talent is niche and untapped. I also invest in and license products from US based startups in the spaces of climate, healthcare, and the world of work with our company Techmatters Ventures. The purpose of this venture is to bring to India the latest technologies that will improve a 100M lives. I am a lifelong meditator and reader, and current interests include self-quantification and consciousness research. I like to write about the world of work and its relationships to spirituality, leadership and social impact.

Experience

Techmatters technologies

Investor

Apr 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

At Techmatters our purpose is to create equitable opportunities for the most underserved populations in India and across the globe. We do this via three main channels
Making small investments in scalable impact ventures in India for education, agriculture and climate change that have the potential to be exported to other underserved nations.
Partnering and licensing technologies from global markets in the space of education, agriculture, and climate to bring and distribute in the Indian market
Working with our sister firm Qrata to apprentice teams of untapped talent to build products based on Big Data and Machine learning that are in the social impact space
For investment or partnership opportunities please write to digital@techmatters.com

Investment strategyTechnology licensingPartnership developmentInvestment ManagementTechnology Transfer

Qrata

Co-Founder and CEO

Jun 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Our mission at Qrata is to create 1M new skill careers by hiring, upskilling, and coaching talent. We partner with some of the fastest growing digital companies across the globe to build and support their teams by curating trusted connections and discovering untapped talent.
Hiring Talent Partners to more than 75% of the top VC firms in India and SE Asia
45-person team built on remote first principles with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Philadelphia
Highpo Product that Qrata uses to curate trusted relationships between untapped talent and partners to create better opportunities for talent in the Indian subcontinent
Talent communities tapping into talent pools from expat NRI talent, army veterans, tier 2/3 towns , LGBTQ populations
We are seeking partners for
Organizations building global competency centers in India
Communities wanting to give their members better access to new skill career opportunities across the globe
Please reach out to contact@qrata.co

Talent curationTeam buildingRemote work managementPartnership developmentTalent ManagementBusiness Development

Astrazeneca

3 roles

Workday Project Leader

Mar 2013 – Dec 2018 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Built business case and influenced leadership to conceptualize one of the largest Workday implementations globally
Led Global Project Management Office as part of Workday Leadership Team
Shaped a culture of agile project delivery with continuous rapid improvements at every stage to deliver program in less than 16 months which is one of the fastest Workday implementations of this scale
Shaped change in global ways of working by usage of tools that allowed input from all countries to build and test the Workday application

Project managementAgile methodologiesWorkday implementationProject ManagementChange Management

Technology Delivery & Architecture Director , Global SAP Outsourcing

Promoted

Jan 2009 – Feb 2013 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Led technology Workstream for one of the largest HR Outsourcing deals in the industry across 110 countries for 80K people in 30 languages
Reduced 200+ system architecture landscape down to under 10 systems
Responsible for prototyping within operations number of emerging technologies in the mobile , user engagement , data integration and analytics space – Eventually shaping adoption of various emerging technologies by the company

Technology deliveryHR outsourcingSystem architectureTechnology ManagementOutsourcing

Client Engagement Director

Oct 2006 – Dec 2008 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Established HRIT offshore operations to manage HR services based on PeopleSoft , Sum Total & Taleo.
Shaped global change control processes to manage operational and project change

HR services managementChange control processesHR ManagementProcess Improvement