About

Venky Kothapalli is a seasoned HR professional with over 10 years of experience in talent acquisition. He is currently working as a Technical Recruiter at Lightspeed Commerce, a multinational company that powers businesses worldwide. Venky is responsible for hiring software engineers to build scalable products in Canada and the USA. Venky is a data-driven and insightful recruiter who has experience in growing teams at scale. He has exposure to fast-paced growing start-ups along with well-established MNCs, which has improved his diverse thought perspective. Venky's key strengths include partnering closely with the leadership team, hiring managers, and other internal stakeholders in defining recruiting and sourcing strategies to help achieve and exceed the hiring target, with a particular emphasis on quality and speed of hiring. He also coaches and mentors a team of talent acquisition specialists to identify strategies and workable action plans. Venky has assisted in designing and maintaining recruitment processes, selection assessments, workflows, tools, recruitment dashboards, and trackers that enable a quality recruiting life cycle. He also initiates and drives projects from time to time to help optimize and make the recruitment process more efficient. Venky holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Human Resources Management and Services from Osmania University. He also holds a BSC degree in M.E.CS from Kavitha Degree College and an MPC degree in Maths, Physics, and Chemistry from Excellent Junior College. He completed his SSC from Nirmal Hridai High School. Venky's tech stack includes SQL, and he has relevant experience of 12.19 years. Venky is passionate about solving recruitment problems by finding the right talent strategies and aligning them to the business needs. He believes in inclusion and strives to provide a workplace where everyone belongs. Venky is open to connecting with professionals on LinkedIn and is happy to answer any questions.