Venkatesh Ashwin

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 22 years of experience in HR and Talent Management.
Expertise in employee engagement and performance management.
Proven track record in developing HR strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR leader specializing in Talent Management within IT Services.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyEmployee EngagementCompensation & BenefitsPerformance ManagementTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

Benefits NegotiationChange ManagementDeferred CompensationEmployee CommunicationEmployee RelationsEmployee Rewards ProgramsEmployer BrandingGoal Setting FrameworkHR ConsultingHR ManagementHR PoliciesHR Policy FormulationHuman Resource DevelopmentHuman Resource PlanningHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)

About

Experience of over 22+ years in Technology/IT services/ITES organizations. Partnering with client groups to facilitate design & deployment of wide array of Talent Management programs. Specific achievements in areas of Performance management, Talent review, Succession planning, Work force planning, Talent acquisition and Employee engagement programs. Specialties: Employee Engagement, Performance Management Systems and Talent Acquisition

Experience

25 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 8 mos

Current Experience

Happiest minds technologies

General Manager - People Practice

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Heading HR for the largest Business Unit in Happiest Minds. Developing and executing HR Strategy in alignment with the organization's overall business plan and strategic direction. Includes Organization design, Organization restructuring, Change Management, creating and refining rewards and recognition frameworks, architecting and implementing employee engagement programs for nurturing high performance teams.

HR StrategyEmployee EngagementOrganization DesignChange Management

Wipro

Function Head - Human Resources

Feb 2022 – Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Planning and directing HR and Business Strategy for Cloud and Infra business, conceptualize, design and implement various HR initiatives like Compensation & Benefits model, Rewards and Recognition framework, Employee Communication, Employee Engagement activities, Employer Branding initiatives and Organizational Development programs.

Compensation & BenefitsEmployee CommunicationEmployer BrandingOrganizational DevelopmentEmployee Engagement

Mindtree ltd.

Head HR - Cloud and Infrastructure Management

Jun 2011 – Feb 2022 · 10 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

Planning and directing HR and Business Strategy for Cloud and Infra business, conceptualize, design and implement various HR initiatives like Compensation & Benefits model, Rewards and Recognition framework, Employee Communication, Employee Engagement activities, Employer Branding initiatives and Organizational Development programs.

Compensation & BenefitsEmployee CommunicationEmployer BrandingOrganizational DevelopmentEmployee Engagement

Microsoft india r&d ltd

HR Business Partner

Aug 2007 – May 2011 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Initiated and deployed number of employee engagement initiatives which lead to enhanced employee satisfaction, acted as subject matter expert for Performance Management cycles, designing goal setting framework, guiding managers through calibration & normalization process for rewards, managing post appraisal employee grievance, facilitating managers to implement targeted Performance improvement programs.

Performance ManagementEmployee EngagementGoal Setting FrameworkPerformance Improvement Programs

Hewlett packard sales india ltd

Lead - Talent Acquisition

Mar 2005 – Aug 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

Leading and owning end to end Talent Acquisition including work force planning, Leadership hiring, stakeholder experience management programs & delivering on SLAs for HP Consumer Contact Center.

Talent AcquisitionWorkforce PlanningStakeholder Management

Aditya birla minacs

Asst Manager - Staffing

Jul 2003 – Feb 2005 · 1 yr 7 mos

Leading and motivating a team of five recruiters and optimizing all channels of recruitment, which included vendor management, walk-ins, employee referral schemes, headhunting and campus recruitment.
Summary: Within eight months of joining Minacs (Called TransWorks earlier) I was promoted to Asst Manager Human Resources for my outstanding contribution in recruitment.

Recruitment OptimizationVendor ManagementTeam LeadershipTalent Acquisition

Sutherland technologies ltd. chennai

Sr. Executive HR

Jan 2002 – Jul 2003 · 1 yr 6 mos

Optimizing all channels of recruitment which included sourcing from manpower vendors, Walk-ins through newspaper advertisements, employee referral schemes etc.

Recruitment OptimizationSourcingVendor ManagementTalent Acquisition

Igate global solutions ltd

Associate Consultant - HR

Jan 2001 – Dec 2001 · 11 mos

Analyzing project requirements in terms of talent/ skills required
Identifying the professionals in the market and obtaining CV’s through various means like Headhunting, Networking, References, and Industry Mapping etc.
Mapping the requirements and sourcing matching resumes/ profiles
Facilitating and coordinating technical interviews.
Preparing the necessary documents for compensation and benefits fixation.
Maintaining resume database.

Talent SourcingInterview CoordinationResume Database ManagementTalent Acquisition