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Swarna Mathiyazhagan

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Associate Director - People Operations & Employee Experience at Mad Street Den
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Swarna is the Associate Director of People Operations at Mad Street Den, where she was instrumental in scaling the team from 70 to over 300 people globally. A graduate of the University of Madras, she is described by colleagues as strategic, thoughtful, and analytical, specializing in the end-to-end employee lifecycle.

As a dedicated people advocate, Swarna is passionate about building strong communities and fostering connections. She strongly believes that bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives is fundamental to creating exceptional teams and a positive, inclusive work environment.

Unique fact: Swarna played a key role in conceptualizing, publishing, and executing her companys official culture code.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Associate Director - People Operations & Employee Experience
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Scaling Company Culture
She has direct experience growing a tech company from ~70 to over 300 employees while focusing on preserving its core culture and values.
Diversity & Inclusion
Actively works to make D&I a standard operating procedure, believing that great teams are built from diverse backgrounds, genders, and perspectives.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Associate Director - People Operations & Employee Experience
Mad Street Den
4-2021 - 3-2023
Manager - People Operations & Employee Experience
Mad Street Den
6-2019 - 4-2021
Human Resources Executive
Mad Street Den
8-2018 - 10-2018
Human Resources Intern
Bhumi
4-2015 - 5-2015
Intern
The New Indian Express
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Education
2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Arts - BA
University of Madras
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