Sowmya Mallaiah

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven history in scaling high-performing teams.
Expertise in talent acquisition and employee engagement.
Leadership in HR strategies for marquee tech companies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in the technology sector.

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Start-upsTechnical RecruitingCorporate RecruitingScreeningBenefits NegotiationTalent AcquisitionInternet RecruitingTemporary PlacementIT RecruitmentSourcingPersonnel ManagementRecruitingApplicant Tracking SystemsHRISScreening Resumes

About

An experienced HR leader with a proven history of building, developing, managing and scaling high-performing teams in the technology sector. Talent Acquisition, Recruitment and Retention strategies, People Management, Business Partnering, Change Management, Leadership Hiring, Training Need Analysis, and Employee Engagement are my fortes.

Experience

21 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

7 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Tekion corp

4 roles

Vice President, Head People Team - Tekion India

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Senior Director ,People Team

Promoted

May 2022 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Vice President - People Team

Director , People Team

Promoted

Jan 2020 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Heading the HR practice

Senior Manager Human Resources

Jun 2016 – Jan 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

As the first employee, oversaw the recruitment and expansion of
Tekion’s global team to 1000+ innovators in India and the US.

Vmware

4 roles

Senior Human Resource Business Partner

Promoted

Jan 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

Sr Recruiter

Nov 2007 – May 2013 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Managing the full recruitment life cycle within assigned R&D and IT groups

Human Resource Business Partner

Promoted

Jun 2006 – Jun 2016 · 10 yrs

I was working as a Business Partner for the last 2 + years at VMware. As part of my job I partner with business leadership to help develop and drive business strategy in the following areas: workforce planning, organization design, leadership development, performance management, employee engagement, talent review and development planning, employee relations, and process improvements.