About

Laxman Natarajan is a seasoned recruitment professional with over 10 years of experience in end-to-end staffing activities. He is currently serving as the Principal Talent Advisor for R&D Leadership Hiring at VMware, where he is responsible for building leadership roles across all lines of business in VMware India. Laxman's expertise lies in account management, process management, candidate management, offer negotiation, pipeline management, team management, and vendor management. Laxman's hands-on approach and strengths in strategies and planning, commitment, sourcing the right candidate, volume hiring, and networking make him a valuable asset to any organization. He specializes in executive search for support, IT, R&D, and sales verticals, senior hiring, talent mapping, vendor management, campus hiring, contract staffing, and scheduled drives. Laxman's experience in recruitment spans over 18 years, during which he has consistently worked with CTOs, SVPs, VPs, Sr. Directors, Directors, Fellows, Enterprise Architects, and Technical Teams. He is highly focused on diversity hiring and has handled multiple projects to increase the diversity percentage. Laxman's past experience includes serving as the Lead Talent Acquisition for Executive Hiring at VMware and Lead Talent Acquisition at Nutanix. He has also worked as a Senior Software Engineer, Search, and Product Manager. Laxman's values of confidence, commitment, teamwork, and hard work are evident in his work. He is a results-driven professional with a passion for recruitment and building high-performing teams.