Adrian Tan

CEO

Singapore, Singapore21 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Ranked #1 HR Influencer in Singapore.
  • Author of 'No More Bosses' for aspiring solopreneurs.
  • 12+ years creating impactful HR content with 2M+ views.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2B HR Tech strategist and content creator.

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Skills

Core Skills

Marketing StrategyWritingPodcastingMentoringContent StrategyShow Hosting

Other Skills

Video ProductionVideo PodcastsDigital Marketing MediaCommunicationEmployee EngagementHR PolicyOrganisational DesignStrategic PlanningRecruitmentStrategic MarketingHuman Resources ManagementHuman ResourcesEntrepreneurshipStrategyConsulting

About

I became "virtually unemployable" by choice. After a decade of running my own HR businesses and winning "HR Vendor of the Year," I realised the corporate hamster wheel wasn't for me. At my last interview, the hiring manager was worried about my "influencer status." They were right to be worried—I was already building my own door instead of knocking on theirs. Today, I live at the intersection of HR Tech, Content, and Solopreneurship. My mission is two-fold: For the Aspiring Solopreneur: I wrote "No More Bosses" (published by Penguin Random House) to help mid-career professionals break free and find sustainable self-employment. For HR Tech Founders: I provide the "traffic" and the "strategy." I help growth-stage vendors reach CHROs and HR leaders through fractional CMO services and high-impact B2B content (podcasts, video, and writing). Why work with me? Ranked #1 HR Influencer in Singapore by Favikon. 12+ years of creating #FutureOfWork content with 2M+ views. Former HR Founder who knows how to scale from zero to $30M in placements. Host of the "Rolling Stories" podcast, interviewing the top CHROs in the region. How we can collaborate: 📚 READ: Pick up my latest book, "No More Bosses," to start your own solo journey. 📩 SUBSCRIBE: Join 16k+ professionals in my newsletter for weekly insights on work. 🎙️ PARTNER: Visit my Passionfroot page to see my media kit for podcast sponsorships and B2B content collaborations. Note: My Fractional CMO services are currently at near-capacity. I accept only one new client per quarter to ensure deep impact. Connect with me: adrian@adriantan.com.sg

Experience

Unravelx

Mentor

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos · Singapore · Remote

  • UnravelX is a Singapore-based technology company in AI-driven training solutions that instantly convert traditional documents into interactive 3D learning experiences.
Mentoring

Hypersift

Mentor

Jan 2025Jun 2025 · 5 mos · Remote

  • Hypersift allows you to screen thousands of candidates efficiently, ensuring you don’t miss out on top talent without overburdening your team.
Mentoring

Penguin random house sea

Author

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Singapore · Remote

  • Sharing actionable insights for mid-career transitions and building a "Business of One."
  • Featured in major media outlets discussing the changing landscape of work and the rise of the creator economy.
Writing

Clickr media

Digital Marketing Director

Nov 2023Sep 2024 · 10 mos · Singapore · Hybrid

  • Chief strategist and marketing lead for key accounts.
Marketing StrategyDigital Marketing Media

Channel newsasia

Podcast co-host

Jun 2022Mar 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore

  • Work doesn't have to be a grind, it can be empowering, uplifting and purposeful.
  • In this brand new weekly podcast, together with Co-host and producer Crispina Robert, we will be speaking with helping you to navigate issues related to the corporate life - from minefields to management.
  • 🎧 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/work-it
Show HostingCommunication

Rolling stories

Podcast Host

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Hybrid

  • Rolling Stories is a B2B podcast supported by Rolling Stories. I host CHROs and HR leaders to learn about their journey, their viewpoints and their experience with HR technology
Video PodcastsPodcasting

Rolling arrays

Content Strategist

Jan 2022Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Remote

  • I help in ideating, strategising and creating engaging and effective written and video content to appeal to their target enterprise audience.
Video ProductionContent StrategyWriting

Singapore human resources institute (shri)

Marketing Consultant

Jan 2022Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Hybrid

  • As a marketing consultant, I collaborate with the marketing team to strategies and develop marketing foundations, including brand strategy, website messaging, website conversion, email marketing, event marketing, and public relations.

Institute of technical education

Adjunct Lecturer

Jan 2022Mar 2022 · 2 mos · Singapore

  • I teach a module on Entrepreneurship

Marketing sumo

Fractional CMO

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Singapore

  • Acting as a strategic bridge between product development and market acquisition.
  • Helping HR Tech vendors leverage authority-based marketing to reach enterprise-level decision-makers.
Marketing Strategy

Institute for human resource professionals (ihrp)

Strategist, Future of Work

Mar 2021Dec 2021 · 9 mos · Singapore

  • I drive thought leadership and be the voice of leading topics and mega trends in the area of human capital development.
  • Beyond that I will be building a FOW franchise for IHRP, create market influence by engaging customers, influencer stakeholders and research contacts, anchoring projects and speaking at industry/customer events.

Peoplestrong

2 roles

Practice Leader – Work Tech

Dec 2019Feb 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • I am tasked to drive thought leadership and be the voice of leading topics and megatrends in the technology that supports the Future of Work and Digital Transformation.
  • Most of my time is spent on building thought leadership content, create market influence by engaging customers, influence stakeholders, anchoring projects and speaking at industry/PeopleStrong/customer events.
  • Concurrently I lead the marketing in Southeast Asia to help drive the product vision, user acquisition & expansion, and success of the selling PeopleStrong’s products.
  • This includes overseeing the content marketing strategy, campaigns, and events, connecting PeopleStrong to customers and prospects in the region.

Regional Leader - Client Solutioning

Jan 2019Dec 2019 · 11 mos

  • I drive the end-to-end pre-sales cycle and help architect the best HR solutions to help HR automate their manual processes and connect their HR Tech stack onto a single platform.
  • Collaborate with Partner Alliances, Sale & Marketing and Product Development teams to align with product strategy and vision.
  • As an evangelist present Peoplestrong solutions across various conferences, forums.

The resource group pte ltd

2 roles

Marketing Partner - People Matters

Promoted

Oct 2018Feb 2019 · 4 mos · Singapore

  • I help People Matters to drive awareness of their first TechHR event in Singapore, as well as exhibitors and delegates interest.

Co-Founder, Director

Jul 2016Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Singapore

  • The Resource Group comprises of a team of passionate corporate specialists that possess extensive experience in human capital development targeted at business growth acceleration. Our goal is to equip small and medium enterprises with the necessary knowledge and expertise of multinational’s human capital processes to grow into the regional and global stages. This is made possible by leveraging on Capability Development Grant project managed by our consultants that are Certified Management Consultants.

Resumewriter.sg

Advisor

May 2018Jan 2019 · 8 mos · Singapore

  • ResumeWriter.SG is Singapore's leading resume writing firm. They help candidates to get noticed by recruiters to land their dream jobs via Resume Writing and Cover Letter Writing Services.

Ingeus singapore

Operations Director, Employment Services

Mar 2017Nov 2017 · 8 mos · Singapore

  • Ingeus started as Work Directions in Australia and quickly established a reputation for inspiring people who were cut off from work due to disability, illness or injury, by assisting them to address the physical and psychological aspects of their condition and helping them back to work.
  • In the 1990s, this expertise was adapted to provide individually tailored and enabling services to assist people who were on unemployment benefits back into work. Services were subsequently expanded to include nationally accredited training, labour hire and recruitment services.
  • In 2002, we re-branded as Ingeus and took our unique approach to assisting those people most isolated from the labour market to the United Kingdom.
  • Our success in Australia and the United Kingdom, led to the group partnering with governments and their government agencies in France (2005), Germany (2006), Sweden, South Korea and Switzerland (2009), Saudi Arabia (2011) and Singapore (2016). We take pride in delivering services that make a genuine difference to people’s lives, including emloyment and health programmes, services for young and matured people, training and skills support, and probation services. In 2011, we re-entered Australia with the acquisition of Assure Programs, a business psychology organisation specialising in organisational development and employee assistance programs throughout Australia and New Zealand.
  • The company now employs more than 2,000 people in around 150 offices internationally and in 2014 became part of Arizona-based human services provider Providence Service Corporation.

Career hero

Co-Founder

Oct 2016Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Singapore

  • Career Hero is a Singapore based technology startup that provides jobseekers with the necessary data to improve their chances of a job interview. This is done via predictive scoring and matching your keywords against the job description.
  • Bootstrapped, it grew to >2,000 users over a year with zero marketing costs.

Hackertrail

VP, Business Development

Feb 2016Oct 2016 · 8 mos · Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia

  • HackerTrail is a cloud-based recruitment platform that helps in accelerating your tech recruitment.
  • ✔️ Flocations: Landed a hire in just 10 days, with 181 engagements, 6 challengers and 1 winner - https://www.techinasia.com/hackertrail-online-recruitment-using-gamification
  • ✔️IDA: Screens 246 candidates 70% faster, 100% assessed, 1,800 hours saved - https://www.ida.gov.sg/blog/insg/talent/code-your-way-to-a-new-career/

Careerladder

Founder & Career Coach

Oct 2014Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Singapore

  • Launched a career training company that has provided labour market information, individual guidance services, career planning and goal setting consultations, and training services to over 500 professionals, improving their employability and ability to obtain jobs. Manage all elements of operations, marketing, and service delivery.
  • KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:
  • Catalysed extreme growth in a short period and achieved a number 2 search ranking by launching a content marketing strategy that reaches 700 email subscribers, promoting service expertise as a regular columnist for the Singapore Business Review and HRinAsia, and capitalising on word-of-mouth referrals.
  • Maximised organisational branding and credibility efforts by co-authoring Everything You Wish to Ask a Headhunter.
  • Improve client job search effectiveness by sourcing and curating tools, including Jobscan, JobHero, and LinkedIn to ensure resume and profile performance in tracking systems and keyword searches, in addition to implementing a LinkedIn Builder Service.
  • CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS:
  • Career Development Workshops - James Cook University
  • Career Development Workshops - Prudential
  • Career Fair Opportunity Booster - MDIS
  • Conversations on Career Goals - Unilever
  • Design Your Career Future - SIM
  • Design Your Career Future - WDA
  • Successful Interview and Salary Negotiations - e2i
  • Successful Interview and Salary Negotiations - SIM

Adriantan.com.sg

Writer, Podcaster, YouTuber

Jan 2014Present · 12 yrs 2 mos · Singapore

  • Created the first HR Tech Market Map in Singapore
  • Ranked #1 HR Influencer in Singapore (Favikon).
  • Curate a weekly newsletter and host the Rolling Stories Podcast, bridging the gap between HR technology and human leadership.
PodcastingVideo ProductionWriting

Multiply search pte ltd (singapore)

Co-Founder, Director

Oct 2010Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos · 6 Battery Road, Singapore

  • I provide independent advice and objectivity to the Managing Director. I am also involve in monitoring executive management appointment as well as providing strategic direction and expertise in Marketing and IT.

Recruitplus consulting pte ltd (singapore)

Co-Founder, Managing Director

Apr 2004Dec 2014 · 10 yrs 8 mos · 146 Robinson Road, Singapore

  • Led 3 dynamic teams of talent recruiters for technology, FMCG, and the property/supply chain sectors to achieve more than 3,000 placements and SGD 30M by collaboratively establishing an overall business plan and organisational goals, managing daily operations and budgetary responsibilities, developing marketing campaigns, and refining initiatives to improve success and efficiency. Cultivate relationships with key clients through strategic engagement efforts.
  • KEY CONTRIBUTIONS:
  • Achieved organisational goals to reach SGD 5M in 2014 by leveraging and integrating technology to improve operational efficiency and efficacy (incorporating elements such as ATS, an automated accounting system, VOIP phone systems, push mail, and Britrix24), as well as by maximising team motivation by fostering a competitive environment, providing monetary and prize incentives for superior performance, and implementing measures to support telecommuting.
  • Expanded the brand and transformed organisational success by deploying strategic marketing campaigns that deliver a personable appeal, social media appeal, vibrant brand packaging, and effective content strategy.
  • Recognized as a Top 10 HR Vendor of the Year in 2013 and 2014 and with the Global Recruiters Highly Commended Marketing Campaign Award in 2013 based on outstanding performance in a highly competitive market of more than 6,000 competitors and a revolutionary YouTube campaign (the first of its kind within the industry) that has resulted in more than 2 million views.

Education

The University of Western Australia

Bachelor — Commerce (Marketing)

Jan 2003Jan 2004

Human Capital Singapore

Post-Graduate Diploma — Human Capital Management

Jan 2011Jan 2012

Hai Sing Catholic School

Jan 1992Jan 1996

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