Feb 2021 – Nov 2021 · 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Executive Search & Leadership
• My functional expertise spans Executive Search, New Business Development & Acquisition, Stakeholder Management, Client Management, Team Leadership, and Leadership Assessments.
• As a Business Director at Executive Access, an international executive search firm and member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), I lead the Technology Executive Search Practice, reporting directly to the Managing Partner and Managing Director.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Build and lead the Technology and GIC Leadership Search practice from the ground up, including defining the go-to-market strategy.
• Develop the book of business, manage the P&L, and establish a dedicated team for the practice.
• Manage clients and key stakeholders, define search strategies, and focus on hiring leadership talent for clients.
• Advise clients on emerging technologies, talent markets, and industry trends through whitepapers targeting key leadership positions.
• Serve as a trusted consultant for clients and stakeholders, taking full ownership of sourcing and placing executive and leadership talent at C- and Director-level roles.

Dec 2018 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• Executive & Professional Search
• As a Managing Consultant, I was entrusted with building and managing my own revenue portfolio within the Technology Markets sector. Reporting to the Head of Search India and collaborating closely with Senior Client Partners from the Global Technology Markets India Leadership team, I played a pivotal role in driving business growth and delivering executive search solutions.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Owned and expanded the book of business for the Technology Professional Search line, leveraging deep industry knowledge and recruitment sales experience to craft and implement a focused Go-To-Market strategy.
• Took end-to-end ownership of client engagement—from identifying and signing new clients to managing relationships and ensuring seamless execution of leadership hiring mandates.
• Acted as a trusted consultant for C-suite and senior leadership roles, conducting independent leadership assessments to ensure the right talent fit for client organizations.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with Korn Ferry’s Advisory and Executive Search teams to design and deliver integrated OneKF solutions addressing complex leadership challenges.
• Represented the India GTM team in partnership with APAC consultants to expand global client portfolios and enhance leadership hiring capabilities.
• Advised senior management on business strategy and led a team of leadership hiring consultants catering to mid, senior, and executive-level recruitment across clients.
• Owned the team’s P&L, driving business growth and performance across India, while overseeing recruitment, team productivity, and profitability in alignment with strategic objectives.

Apr 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

• As Business Head, alongside managing the P&L, my primary focus was to build value-based partnerships with clients in the GCC/Captive space, establishing ABC Consultants as a trusted talent acquisition partner. The core objective was to develop a nationwide portfolio of clients and support them in recruiting senior, and leadership professionals across the technology sector.
• The journey began with showcasing ABC’s technology recruitment capabilities and building the entire GCC/Captives team from the ground up. I handpicked and developed a high-performing team of Associates, Senior Recruiters, Client Managers, and Engagement Managers, ensuring a delivery unit capable of consistently providing high-quality outcomes to marquee clients. These clients spanned top investment banks and banking tech captives, automotive captives, retail, FMCG, pharma, and healthcare captives.
• Our value proposition centered on partnering with clients at senior and leadership levels, owning the full recruitment lifecycle—from candidate identification and role-based pitching to in-depth assessments of senior technology talent. A significant part of my role involved collaborating closely with business line hiring managers and Talent Acquisition leaders to recommend the best-fit candidates aligned to business goals.
• Over seven years in this role, I built strong, lasting relationships with both clients and senior candidates, developing deep market expertise that informed client decision-making and enhanced candidate engagement.
• Operating on a pan-India basis, this role was one of the top five segments within ABC’s technology practice. I also played a key role in shaping the vertical-based structure of the technology division, leveraging my prior experience to influence strategic business decisions and drive the growth and evolution of the entire division.

Apr 2016 – Mar 2017 · 11 mos

Apr 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

• At my current position as Practice Leader , I am responsible for recruitment delivery quality and customer satisfaction by structuring and managing deals through completion. This profile also empowers me to own the problem statement from the perspective of the customer. The focus being on taking responsibility of assembling the consulting delivery which plans risk and delivers quality.
• Service segments include: Banking - I Banks & Financial Service along with other Multi-domained Captive majors , Product Org's & Application Services org's,eCommerce & Business Consulting org's.
• Transaction profile :
• Defining the project based plan & calendar, and further co-relating deliverable acceptance and reporting procedures. Project initiation also includes validating scope, conducting project kick-off and holding Conditions of Satisfaction (COS) , RFP’s & SOW discussions with stakeholders or customers on Project based human capital management.
• Tracking the performance of the engagement, the quality of project deliverable's and reports on the effectiveness of the engagement against the baseline plan
• Taking existing customer rapport to new levels of billable utilization set by the business to increase returns in revenue quantity
• Senior & Top Management Level Talent acquisition.

Jul 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos

• As an Engagement Manager (EM), I am accountable for ensuring the quality of engagement delivery and driving customer satisfaction by effectively structuring and managing deals through to completion. This role empowers me to own the client’s problem statement fully, acting as a trusted consultant who assembles and leads the consulting delivery—anticipating risks and ensuring top-quality outcomes.
• I partner with a prioritized set of clients who trust and rely on my deliverables, providing strategic talent acquisition consulting at the mid to senior level.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Lead business consulting initiatives in talent acquisition at mid-senior levels
• Drive business initiation, planning, and strategy development
• Oversee implementation, monitoring, control, and reporting of engagements
• Ensure successful business closure with measurable impact

Dec 2011 – May 2012 · 5 mos · Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad

• Along with recruitment relative functions also cross selling adjoining services so as to enable a prime and over all solution to clients across multiple business domains
• Ensuring branch operations are in sync proportionately with floor costs.
• Front running business development function & ensuring respective account managers have a well defined growth and achievement path , routinely reporting these long term plans to the Director & Co founder
• Directly handling a team of Account Managers who in turn head specific business delivery units in IT – Apps , BFSI & RPO spaces
• Defining growth path relative to premium account management, ongoing business delivery and contingency business delivery across all categories of client specific TA groups
• Handling Performance reviews & appraisal programmes for offshore & onsite teams members, creating client delivery specific criteria’s whose alignment is as per internally recognizable KRA’s
• Incorporating best practice for encouraging positive work behaviours and reward / recognitions of valued personal attributes towards contributions on the job or at client spaces by mapping variable achievement factors
• Instilled a Level Based growth path across teams so to empower each level with a responsible delivery and matching growth expectations.
• Specialties
• Branch Management Process & Systems Management Operations & Quality Deliveries Management
• Process Improvement , Relationship Management
• RPO - Project Management , Business Potential Planning SLA Management , Data Analysis
• Operational Reviews , Team Management
• Management Reporting on IC relatives , Accounts Payable
• Training/ Skill Development

Jan 2010 – Nov 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bangalore

• Mid, Senior Hiring
• Leading a team to meet the demanded projections.
• Responsible for qualifying candidatures, submitting to hiring managers, coordinating interviews and approvals for offers.
• Salary Negotiations across levels and compliance measures understanding on business deviations.
• Maintained relationships with Business and Project manager’s and Director on meeting the forecasted numbers on hiring.

Oct 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore

• Specialization towards Recuritment & Domain Consulting for the BFSI Segment.
• Assuring Domain expertise services for recruitment on Major Banking and Financial Sector clients.
• Mapping local and cross country markets for hiring plans and market mapping.
• Successfully handling a Team of 5 Associates on the BFSI Domain.
• Along with domain base hiring ,the efforts from the same team also coordinated efforts involved in Contract staffing and Leasing services for a wide range of clients.
• Worked across all levels of contracting positions.
• Negotiations on salary and quotes fixations depending on incurred cost of services provided• Handled clients through Datacore Technologies ( wholly owned subsidary of Alp Consulting ).

Oct 2005 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

Apr 2005 – Oct 2005 · 6 mos · Bangalore