Mar 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos · India

• At SuperTokens, I built the talent function end-to-end for a fast-growing developer tools startup. I led full-cycle technical hiring across engineering, product, and design, while setting up structured recruiting processes, evaluation frameworks, and onboarding systems from scratch.
• Beyond hiring, I managed the entire employee lifecycle — from onboarding and engagement to exits — ensuring consistency, transparency, and alignment with business goals. Partnered closely with founders and engineering leaders to define hiring priorities and shape the company’s people strategy.

Jun 2022 – Mar 2023 · 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Develop and implement streamlined processes and procedures to optimize recruitment functions, addressing challenges related to tools, policies, and workflows.
• Lead standardization initiatives across Affinidi entities, including employee referral programs, campus hiring, internships, vendor management, and evaluations.
• Manage the entire recruitment lifecycle, from candidate sourcing to interviewing and hiring, while mentoring the team on best practices and leveraging internal technologies to build strong talent pipelines.
• Drive leadership hiring across areas like SRE, mobile development, full stack, and product design by staying ahead with proactive market intelligence.
• Implement data-driven approaches to enhance hiring performance, track recruiter and agency KPIs, and integrate these improvements into ATS platforms.
• Work with external vendors to improve candidate flow, defining and monitoring quarterly KPIs and KRAs to ensure consistent performance.
• Collaborate with business leaders to align recruitment strategies with organizational objectives, ensuring successful hiring for lead and niche roles across teams and geographies.
• Key Focus Areas and KPIs:
• Reduction in time-to-fill for open positions.
• Increase in diversity of candidate pool and hires.
• Improvement in offer acceptance rate.
• Reduction in cost-per-hire.
• Enhancement of candidate experience and hiring manager satisfaction.
• Increase in employee referral hires.
• Improvement in vendor performance based on defined KPIs and KRAs.

Jun 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Laid off as India Operations closed down.
• Picsart is the world’s #1 creative platform and social editing app that’s leading the visual storytelling revolution. With more than 150 million monthly active creators, the Picsart community creates, remixes and shares nearly 1 billion images every month. The company has amassed one of the largest open-source collections of content in the world, including free-to-edit photos, stickers, and more.
• Picsart is available in 30 languages for free and as a subscription on iOS, Android, and Windows devices.
• Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Yerevan, Armenia, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, and Los Angeles, Picsart is backed by Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, and Siguler Guff and Company.

Apr 2019 – May 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• Heading Increasingly, India Talent division.
• Increasingly helps retailers increase incremental basket revenue. The platform intelligently serves AI bundles and cross-sell/up-sells using the latest in machine learning algorithms. Driving 15% revenue uplift, Increasingly has won awards including Ecommerce Product of the Year and has been featured in Forbes as a retail tech disruptor.

Dec 2016 – Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

• Mission: To make testing intelligent and innovative.
• TestVagrant is a niche software test consulting company with a goal to help companies accelerate the time-to-market of a product/service by using intelligent test solution.
• TestVagrant specializes in strategizing QA by using frameworks and solutions which are innovative and next generation thereby helping companies deliver high-quality software at a fast-track speed.
• Laid the foundation of the HR division. Spearheaded recruitment strategy planning, budgeting, operations, and employee life cycle management. Hired highly skilled automation testers/SDETs from product companies and COE teams.

Feb 2016 – Nov 2016 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Mission: Our mission is to Bridge the World's Skills Gap.
• Springboard is a San Francisco based Edtech firm that offers flexible, online courses in cutting-edge career paths such as Data Science, Design, Analytics, Marketing, and Security.
• Springboard is a Product based company backed by Junglee, LinkedIn and InMobi founders. I was Instrumental in building core Tech Team at Springboard. Hired top talent for frontend, backend, testing. Coordinated campus hiring

Nov 2008 – Mar 2012 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• People are the greatest assets and the best investment for any corporate. We believe in providing the best employee/employees by bridging the gap between required talent and available resources.
• Our Values:
• Our clients’ satisfaction.
• Delivering excellence is our goal.
• We encourage creativity and innovation in delivering our services.
• Integrity.
• We believe that our success is only achieved through Teamwork
• Approachjob brings the advantage of understanding the business needs of organizations in finding the right cultural fit.
• Being Interested in what we do makes us different. We are passionate about our clients and while delivering our work we are a lot more than a team of recruiters.
• Regular training programme from industry experts (HRs from various industries) help the team to keep abreast with current market trends which are must for every recruiter.
• Keen understanding of your industry before taking up any assignment.
• Leadership: Taking people to a place that they do not normally go to on their own. That also by good strategic planning.
• I did a bid a bit of everything, Building it, getting paying customers. Owned operations, marketing, client acquisition, hired team. Established extensive networking. Acquired giant engineering and aerospace clients.

Mar 2007 – May 2008 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr · Redwood Shores, CA