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Hariharan Kolam

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Founder and CEO at Findem
📍 Redwood City, California, United States

Hariharan Kolam is the Co-Founder and CEO of Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition platform. A self-described "engineer turned entrepreneur, " he has a background in solving complex, large-scale data problems and previously co-founded Instart Logic. He is an accomplished technologist who has co-authored more than 50 technology patents.

There is no publicly available information about Hariharans personal hobbies or interests. He is deeply focused on building his company and fostering a collaborative, trusting work environment where his team feels they are "in it together" to solve major challenges in the talent industry.

He is driven by the urge to solve the hardest problems with the biggest impact, which led him from big data and infrastructure to tackling the complexities of hiring.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Redwood City, California, United States
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AI in Talent
Believes AI and data are reshaping recruitment by automating the "IQ" side of the job, like pipeline building, to free up recruiters for the high-touch "EQ" side.
Strategic Acquisitions
Recently led Findem's acquisitions of Getro and Glider AI to create an end-to-end platform that delivers verified, assessed, and hire-ready candidates to hiring managers.
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Career

Work history

4-2019
Founder and CEO
Findem
11-2010 - 12-2019
Founder and CTO
Instart
5-2008 - 11-2010
Software Engineer
Aster Data
8-2003 - 1-2007
MTS
Sun Microsystems
6-2003 - 8-2003
IBM Software Labs
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In the press

Media appearances

Revolutionizing Hiring Processes with Hariharan Kolam, Co‑Founder & CEO of Findem. Featured in YouTube
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Hari Kolam on Breakthrough Hiring: AI, Automation & the Future of Talent Acquisition. Featured in Findem Blog
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Education
2007 - 2008
M.S
Stony Brook University
2000 - 2003
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Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
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