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
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