Sudhindra MG Rao (Sudhi)

Recruiter

14 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in global talent acquisition across APAC and EMEA.
Proven track record in building high-performing recruitment teams.
Strong focus on strategic hiring and candidate experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS recruitment expert with a strong focus on strategic talent acquisition.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruiting

Other Skills

All-in-One Enterprise Data Observability PlatformAnalyticsApplicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationBig DataBoolean SearchingCollege RecruitingCompetency MappingContinuous ImprovementContract RecruitmentCraftsmanshipData ManagementDatabasesEmployee EngagementEmployee Referral Programs

About

Started small, now scaling big — IC recruiter to global hiring lead across APAC and EMEA. I’m known for attracting and developing top talent, raising the hiring bar, and turning processes into outcomes. Currently operating at the intersection of strategy and execution: tactical (reactive) and strategic (proactive) sourcing for geo-based requisitions (EMEA & APAJ), TA operations and analytics, and employer brand. I partner with leadership on headcount planning, org design inputs, new market entry, internal culture, and talent mobility — aligning pipelines to business priorities. Curious and continuous-improvement-minded, I stay close to podcasts, new tech, and sourcing tools to keep my playbooks sharp. My goal is to ship consistent hiring outcomes, improve time-to-productive-hire, and deliver the best hire for every requirement while elevating candidate and manager experience.

Experience

14 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Acceldata

All Things Talent

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · India · On-site

We are expanding quickly and hiring across all departments (engineering, product, marketing, sales, and success). Ping me here on LinkedIn, and let’s achieve great things together.
In the process of making Acceldata a destination company 🤝

Confluent

Manager (Recruiting, Research , Branding & Talent Sourcing )

Oct 2020 – Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Lead a team of smart recruiters and sourcers, foster operational excellence, and build creative solutions to drive meaningful results at scale. Optimise for delivering an engaging candidate experience and ultimately hiring the best talent to Confluent.
Worked on: Global Impact Work · Continuous Improvement · Strategic Initiatives · Training and Development · Talent Pipelining · Global Talent Acquisition · Project Management · People Management · TA Analytics / Reporting

Global Impact WorkContinuous ImprovementStrategic InitiativesTraining and DevelopmentTalent PipeliningGlobal Talent Acquisition+5

Nlogn.io

Worked with Growth Stage Companies to Accelerate Hiring

Nov 2018 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

We are two friends who have spent quality time in Bengaluru, India building great teams for enterprise companies and startups. We applied that experience to improving the process of discovering interesting opportunities to help early-stage & and high-growth startups.
In 2yrs time, we helped a number of high-potential early-stage companies in strategic data-driven hiring with a focus on high-priority talent acquisition. We aligned with business priorities and hiring goals to accelerate top-of-the-funnel momentum for specific teams like engineering, field sales, marketing, product, sales & and executive hiring projects.

Hortonworks

Lead Technical Recruiter

May 2015 – Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Joined has 1st Recruiter for India, Built the team ground up to 260+. Worked with business leaders across USA, APAC, and EMEA to build their team.
In India, I was responsible for all lines of business to include Engineering, Sales, Sales Ops, Pre/Post-Sales Solutions Engineering, Data Science, Site Reliability Engineering, Product Management, Customer Support, Marketing and G&A.
Progression
Lead / Staff Recruiter (Sep 2017- Oct 2018)
Sr, Recruiter (Jul 2016 - Sep 2017)
Recruiter (May 2015 - Jun 2016)
Exposure @ HDP : Startup Culture · Executive Hiring · Cultural Awareness · Quality of Hire · Resilience · Delivering on Time · Pre-IPO · People Management

Amazon

Recruiter

Sep 2014 – Apr 2015 · 7 mos · India

I handle end-to-end recruitment for InTech and Amazon Payments team at Amazon.in
In this role I was hiring software development engineers (SDE), technical program managers (TPM) and software development managers (SDM), Product manager (PM), Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) etc across all levels for various business groups in Bangalore offices.

Innovation labs; 247-inc.com

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Feb 2012 – Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore · On-site

Innovation Labs [24]7 Inc. is building next generation products for Intuitive Customer Experience and Customer Lifecycle Management. We build products to gather consumer insights to provide a proactive customer experience .We handle millions of web based customer journeys through our products and convert potential targets into paying customers for our clients by leveraging the power of Big Data. Our products are used by Fortune 100 companies.
Progression
Senior Recruiter (Mar 2014 - Sep 2014)
Recruiter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2014)
Talent Acquisition Specialist / HR Co-Ordinator (Feb 2012 - Dec 2012)