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Karunakaran Vinayagam

Sharpshooter · DISC type CD
Business Consultant at Stealth Startup
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Karunakaran Vinayagam is a talent acquisition leader with over 19 years of experience at firms like Genpact and Accenture. Now an HR Tech Builder at a stealth startup, he focuses on lean startup fundamentals to bridge the gap between education and employment. Colleagues describe him as analytical, passionate, and a great mentor.

His current mission is creating a human-led, AI-augmented platform to help college students become job-ready. He recently spoke at a university event on the importance of the Build-Measure-Learn loop for early-stage ventures.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Business Consultant
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Karunakaran shows up

Fast But Analytical
ROI Driven
Precise But Practical

They respond better to strong and respectful interactions. They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Priorities

Topics Karunakaran cares about

Interview Readiness
His current startup is dedicated to helping college students improve their interview skills through human-led, AI-augmented mock interviews and structured feedback.
HR Technology
As an "HR Tech Builder, " he is actively developing a new platform to solve hiring challenges and has certifications in talent insights and recruitment marketing.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Business Consultant
Stealth Startup
3-2022 - 11-2024
Assistant Vice President - Campus/University Partnership and Engagement
Genpact
7-2021 - 3-2022
Associate General Manager - Talent Acquisition Group
Hexaware Technologies
3-2019 - 6-2021
Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition - Contingent Workforce Management
Accenture
11-2014 - 3-2019
Talent Acquisition Manager - Staffing Service
Accenture
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Media appearances

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Education
2004 - 2006
MBA
Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University
1999 - 2003
B.Tech
St. Joseph's College Of Engineering
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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