Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• A Journey towards Experiential Learning😊
• Finding oneself involves the recognition of a feeling or sense or belief that there is something greater than myself, something more to being human than sensory experience, and that the greater whole of which we are part is cosmic or divine in nature.
• Having witnessed the profound impact of spiritual journeys firsthand in recent years around India, I'm passionate about sharing these experiences with others seeking a deeper connection and purpose amidst their busy lives.
• In today's fast-paced world, many are caught up in the daily grind, leaving little time for introspection and personal growth. I invite corporate teams to join me on a soulful journey of self-discovery and renewal. Let's step away from work for a moment to reconnect with ourselves and each other amidst the serene landscapes and ancient wisdom of India. Together, let's explore, reflect, and inspire positive change in our lives and workplaces.
• Contact: wandermonk.sy@gmail.com for more details.

Apr 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Hirexa Solutions Pvt Ltd., a New age Technology Specialist Recruitment firm, operating across United Kingdom, European region, India, APAC and Middle East.
• Hirexa supports full time hiring, contract staffing, Global Mobility Services, Hire-Train-Deploy (lateral hires) model, RPO and setting up Recruitment CoE. Hirexa supports over 30+ global companies in their hiring needs, operating as top 5 vendor supplier among them.
• Hirexa has dedicated Vertical Delivery team to provide seamless support across clients:
• 1. Digital & Cloud Applications Services 2. Industrial Engineering Services 3. Enterprise Resources Platform (ERP) 4. Functional & Platform Testing Services.
• Dedicated team under each of the above verticals focuses on full time and contract staffing demands. An integrated Technology Solutions team focuses specifically to conceive and develop technology platform in the areas of HR / Talent Acquisition.

Feb 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• 1. Complete P&L ownership for India Business - instrumental in taking the team from 15 - 300 members
• 2. Full time and contract staffing business - took from 0-150 nos of contractors in Year 1.
• 3. New Client acquisitions & retention - Added Tier1 and Tier2 customers (~40 of them)
• 4. Technology Solutions - GIG economy platform, Shared Services Platform
• 5. Hire Train Deploy (lateral hires) - successfully implemented multi-skills training program

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• As Head of RPO Solutions & Technology Initiatives, Chethan spearheads all RPO Solutions and designs with over 250+ Recuiters. He has been instrumental in designing and developing digital HR products, RPA initiatives with AI, ML and Chatbot POC's under Scalene's banner. Has been instrumental in building two HR products specific to clients demand and executing them to effective implementation.
• Chethan is accountable for customer success, people performance & productivity, P&L ownership, sales, pre-sales, vendor partner aggregation and technology initiatives.

Sep 2016 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• As Program Manager, interact with Business Heads and CXOs, setting up and managing RPOs & HROs, business process re-engineering & transformation, competency mapping & leveling, tools integration, product development and successful implementation.

Nov 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Ducati Owner's Club (D.O.C.) is an official Club registered under AOP, with over 400 Ducati owners in the club, operating as the largest Ducati Club in India, sharing unconditional passion towards Ducati brand of motorcycles and motorcycling experience, cherishing joy of riding across terrains.
• As elected President since 2022, some of possible DOC activities led by me and my team are listed as below.
• Promoting events to ride Ducati motorcycles;
• Organising social events to share the passion for motorcycles with appropriate
• frequency;
• Communicating with Ducati to obtain detailed information on Ducati
• products/services;
• Taking part in national/international events organised by Ducati, with a club
• delegation;
• Promoting and organising “creative” and/or charitable events aimed, among other
• things, at promoting the image and social acceptance of motorcycle;
• Posting timely, coherent reports (texts, images and video clips) on club activities on
• the platform
• CSR activities and promotion along with DOC owners and members
• President | Ducati Owner's Club | - 2022 - present
• Member | Ducati Owner's Club | 2017 - 2022
• Ducati Official Member | - 2015 - 2017
• Ducati Scrambler - 2015-2017 - clocked 11,000 kms
• Ducati Multi 950 - 2017 - 2023 - clocked 73,000 kms
• Ducati Multi1250 - 2023 - till date - 30,000 kms counting.....
• Write to DOCBLR2022@gmail.com for more details.

Jul 2015 – Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• myChoicehire – a mobile app built passionately by industry SME's and candidates inputs, gathering their qualified experiences of delights and disappointments over the years. This team engaged and surveyed hundreds of hiring managers and candidates, breathing through their sentiments around recruitment process, and thereby crafting a near to reality imaginary blueprint of making hiring a remarkable process, across all stake holders. myChoicehire seamlessly connects candidates, recruiters, partners and hiring managers on a single platform, effectively transforming the transactions to a real-time easy to navigate mobile application as a hand-held mobile ATS.
• myChoicehire is India's first flagship MobileFirst HR product under RPA banner using AI and ML, launched under the banner of 'Paradigm IT', a multifaceted global group with wide ranging business interests from IT Services, Staffing, mobile application development and IOT businesses. With a global presence and affiliation with some of the most prolific organizations today, the Group is a shining example of entrepreneurship and dynamism.

Sep 2012 – Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Recruiting & CoE Lead - Contract Staffing, Supplier Sourcing, Vendor Management & Shared Services Excellence
• Both Contract Staffing and Shared Services Excellence were strategic initiatives within Talent Acquisition. Chethan has been instrumental in incubating both these programs since infancy to auto-pilot mode, levitating productive hiring patterns, streamlining processes and roll out of cost-saving hiring through assorted RPO and in-source models.

Aug 2009 – Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• PeopleTree imparted end-to-end HR Transformation Services – wherein “Transformation” referred to as remodeling of HR processes that completely embraces the value system of an organisation. Core businesses has been into Staffing, HRMS Services, HR audits and Consulting, Performance Enhancement Workshops and Interim Management Services.
• PeopleTree carried out HR audits and consulting for clients in SME segment which involves HR process audits, HR policy design and reviews, implementation of HRMS for HR effectiveness, being an advisory team to enhance HR & hiring processes, competency mapping, training need analysis and OD framework introduction.
• As a Neuro-Linguistic Master Practitioner, (NLP), Chethan engaged with organizations, self-implanting as “Interim Consultant”, analyzing gaps and impediments in HR values, knowledge and service oriented areas, thus calibrating towards growth of organization, team and individuals.

Jul 2007 – Aug 2009 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Chennai Area, India

• As Head of HR and Recruitment, Chethan represented Manufacturing and Automotive Group, one of the largest Customer Facing Unit at Satyam (CFU-MAG). Chethan spearheaded end-to-end HR & TAG responsibilities settting up COE's for Digital Manufacturing & PLM, MES and Manufacturing Consulting Group, Manufacturing Enterprise Technology Solutions, CAT & Market Research.
• Jul `07 - Mar 08 - Head of Talent Acquisition for MAG
• Apr `08 - Aug `09 - Head of HR and Recruitment for MAG

Oct 2004 – Jul 2007 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Oct 2004 - March 2006- Operations Head - GE Global Development Center
• April 2006 - July 2006 - Senior Manager - People Function / New initiatives
• August 2006 - June 2007 - Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition
• a. Managed HR, Recruitment Ops and Resource Management for a team of 250+ MindTree Minds across 2 locations, defining and setting process for back ground checks, managing complex business needs, delivered to the need of customer
• b. Managed HR for R&D division for a short period before taking over the role of New initiatives and backend transaction/support tool for HR
• c. Managed recruitment team of 30+ members, driving timely hires, recruitment processes (RPO model) and innovative cost effective recruitment

Mar 2003 – Oct 2004 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• 1. Head of HR and Recruitment - Spearheaded outlocation business development, collections for regional businesses, rope in new businesses to the organisation, learning initiatives, performance review, soft skills and behavioral training.
• a. Managed and lead Tata Avaya business
• b. Grabbed Wipro GE Medical Systems Service provider partnership, managed and lead the business for Bangalore and Mangalore region
• c. Introduced HR and Recruitment processes, delivered soft skills training program, hired entry level engineers, mentored and trained them to front end sales executives.

Jul 1995 – Feb 2003 · 7 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• 1995 - 1998- Regional HR (South 2) - HR, Recruitment and Admin
• 1998 - 2000 - Wipro Acer and Computer Channel Division - HR & Recruitment, Training co-ordination, Induction for Engineering and Management batch
• 2000 - 2002 - Wipro Products and Services Division - HR & Recruitment, Training co-ordination, induction programs for engineering and management batch
• 2002 - 2003 - Wipro Products - Sales Officer for Direct and Channel Sales, Mangalore - managing 8 districts, 3 large direct accounts and multiple channel partners.

Aug 1993 – Jun 1995 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Joined as apprentice cook and moved into various departments like Banquets, Food & Beverage service, Front Office, Back Office, Accounts, General Manager's Office and Personnel department.