Achuthanand Ravi

Experience

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  BBC

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Commissioned Artist

  Documentary Photographer for BBC - Documenting on highly sensitive issues.

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  Madras In Motion

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2016

  Founder

  Madras in Motion is a group that brings together the people who are passionate about photography in Chennai. We organize photowalks on weekends aiming to capture and document nature, heritage, streets, festivals and specific events of interest to photography.Current strength - 3500+ active members.The major motto of the photo walk group is “walk, click and talk” :"Walk" - experience the city on foot,"Click" - capture interesting moments on the street, and"Talk" - share the art and science of photography with fellow walkers.What's In It For You?Be a Tourist in your own city - walk and take pictures of the subjects that you may find interesting. Apart from clicking pictures, through peer sharing get to know your equipment better, understand the controls in your camera, experiment with new photography gears and try out various composition techniques. After the walk, receive feedback from a larger audience through likes and comments by uploading your images to designated folders. Show less

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  Practo Technologies Pvt Ltd

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2014

  Founding Recruiter

  Practo, Health care product based IT Software company. Its developing Hospital management Online Softwares for Doctors and Patients. Our flagship product, Prato Ray is an easy to use software that helps more than 35,000 doctors across India manage their practice efficiently and serve their patients better.With Practo Search, we empower patients to make an informed decision when they choose a doctor. Through this patient can make an Online appointment with doctors. Across India we have 80000 doctors are there in Practo.com. We are the pines in India. We have many challenges in our path. It is no secret that the healthcare industry has been a mess for too long. Doctors and patients face hassles in scheduling appointments, managing records, timely communication. Sometimes no one knows what's going on! We want to fix that.My Responsibilities * Handling End to End Recruitment process. * Understanding the requirements, Plan and schedule a roadmap towards achieving the targets. * Looking after the entire cycle of recruitment that includes headhunting/searching/sourcing potential candidates. * Sourcing candidates from various job portals, referrals, internal database and networking. * Short listing resumes by evaluating the candidate"s communication skills, presentation and technical skills based on requirements. * Involved in re-sorting & screening the resumes, closely working with Managers for scheduling Meetings/appointments with the candidates. * Negotiating & convincing candidates to accept the offer and make them join as soon as possible. * Building good relations with the candidates and maintaining the database End- to- End follow-up of candidate. * Preparation of Weekly and Monthly report relating to Interviews with number of interviews happened, Offer Made and Candidates Joined - Exit Formalities Show less

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  Microsoft

  Apr 2012 - Jun 2012

  Software Engineer

  Didn't enjoy talking to computers ! - Worked on bing ads

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  Freshworks Inc. (formerly Freshdesk)

  Apr 2014 - Oct 2016

  Founding Recruiter

  Freshworks is one of the fastest growing customer support solutions in the SaaS space. Unicorn Startup from India. Today, over 150,000 companies trust our software to run their business. - Closely worked with founder to Scale Freshworks from 87 to 913 employees- Built the Leadership team ground up- Lead and influence the hiring process(Calibration, Cost to Hire,Forecasting) - Compensation and Benchmarking- Employer Branding- Stakeholder Management- Recruiting Operations Show less

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  Uber

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2019

  Build and setup the Tech Talent Acquisition Strategy for Uber India. Was primarily responsible to scale the India Engineering Site ground up. - Leadership Hiring - Staff Software Engineer/ Sr.Engineers(Backend, Frontend, Data Engineers)- Data Science (Product + Leadership)- UX Researchers- Product ManagerLead and influence the hiring process(Calibration, Cost to Hire,Forecasting) for Uber's Engineering talent needs in India.Work with a cross-border tech staffing leadership team to share best practices across APAC and globally.Represent APAC Tech Staffing for hiring diverse talent into engineering centres across APAC.Drive branding initiatives to attract top talent for Uber India. Show less

  • Technical Recruiting Lead - EMEA

    Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Technical Recruiter

    Oct 2016 - May 2018
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  Stripe

  Feb 2019 - Aug 2021

  I'm honored to be part of Stripe's global executive search team. Partnering with all our businesses around the world to engage, build and grow the senior and executive leadership team. Scaling our Engineering Teams !If you are interested to join our world class engineering team(across geographies), I would like to talk to you. https://stripe.com/jobshttps://stripe.com/en-sg/open-sourceDo not worry too much about picking exactly the right one; I can always give you more options after starting the conversation.

  • Leadership Recruiter

    Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  • International Recruiting

    Feb 2019 - Aug 2021
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  Kula

  Aug 2021 - now

  Founder & CEO

  On a mission to turn every employee into a recruiter. Backed by Sequoia, SquarePeg, VentureHighway, TogetherFund, GFC & notable angels.

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  Forbes Human Resources Council

  May 2023 - now

  Official Member