Richard Rufus

Associate Partner

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in scaling tech teams rapidly.
  • Proven track record in leadership recruitment.
  • Strong advocate for diversity and inclusion.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in EdTech and Cloud Computing.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipTechnical RecruitingTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

Creative Problem SolvingCommunicationSocial InfluencePerformance AppraisalIT RecruitmentResearchMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelEmployee RelationsManagementEmployee EngagementTalent MappingTechnical SourcingRecruitingStakeholder Management

Experience

10 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Fi

2 roles

Associate Director

Apr 2024Apr 2025 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Heading recruiting for Technology, Product, and Design, Individual contributor building high-performing teams that excel in a dynamic, fast-paced environment! Interested to explore opportunities at Fi? Drop a DM!
LeadershipCreative Problem Solving

People & Culture Leader

May 2023Jul 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • All Things Talent in Technology ;)
LeadershipCreative Problem Solving

Google

HR People Ops [Recruiting]

Jun 2022May 2023 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Built engineering leadership at Google Cloud - India
  • My efforts were directed towards identifying and recruiting exceptional engineering leaders from across the globe who could contribute to cloud solutions.
  • Worked alongside the best that the industry can offer!
  • Was part of various DEI activities at APAC level from scratch
  • Was part of various events from GCloud
LeadershipCreative Problem Solving

Unacademy

3 roles

Lead HR TA- Tech & Prod

Apr 2021Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Worked alongside a great team of members scaling the org that went from approx 200 when I joined to 7.8K members.
  • Could proudly call around 60% Engg talent as my hires at the end of my stint
  • Hired the best leadership talent & enjoyed working with the CTO
LeadershipCreative Problem Solving

Senior HR TA - Tech & Prod

Promoted

Mar 2020Mar 2021 · 1 yr

  • This was the Peak at Unacademy.
  • Did some real good work here! This was the time COVID hit which was the best time for Ed-Tech.
  • Hiring at this time was the best part of it all.
LeadershipCreative Problem SolvingTalent Acquisition

HR TA - Tech & Prod

Jun 2019Feb 2020 · 8 mos

  • Was the ONLY Tech Recruiter at Unacademy at this point.
  • Worked very closely with the CTO.
  • Was one of the early members at Unacademy.
  • Had fun scaling up the Tech org
Creative Problem SolvingCommunicationTechnical Recruiting

Wenger & watson inc

Consultant

Feb 2017May 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Enjoyed Tech Recruiting here! Worked on various A-List clients. Learnt a lot.
Creative Problem SolvingCommunicationTechnical Recruiting

Inspiration

Human Resources - TA

Nov 2014Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • This is where I learnt Recruiting! But was in the wrong domain of hiring.
Communication

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2010Jan 2014

Bishop Sargant School

[ICSE] Council for the Indian schools certificate examinations New Delhi — High School/Secondary Certificate Programme

Jan 1998Jan 2008

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