The Adrian Tan Show

Chan Chiou Hao [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiou-hao-chan-27781/ ] is currently the COO of Justlogin [ https://justlogin.com/ ], a Singapore based HR Software as a Service provider. He has been with the company for over 5 years and has grown the business from a 10-person operation to 80 employees and grown the revenue by 300%. Prior to JustLogin, Chiou has spent almost a decade in business devel...

Kannan Chettiar [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kannan-chettiar-19a2348/ ] is the co-founder and Managing Director of Avvanz [ https://www.avvanz.com/ ] – an award-winning HRTech and FinTech company that prides itself on its 3 business pillars – Screen, Onboard and Develop. Avvanz helps to screen for the "right" and "safe" candidates through background checks. They then help to integrate the new joi...

Your bucket can never be filled with water if there is a leak at the bottom. In recruitment context, that leak to the ability to close the deal with the job applicant that you may have spent more than 3 months and over 5 rounds of interview to screen and assess. To address this "last mile problem", CY Chua [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chiayei/ ] co-founded TalentX.ai [ https://talentx.ai/ ] to pr...

Many managers remain sceptical about the distributed workforce. I think it stems from traditional management belief that if you are not looking over your employees' shoulders, they would skive. Unfortunately, this belief is prevalent with many people managers treating their office like a factory floor. Addressing this and helping businesses better understand how and what people do at work, my gues...

Andrew Stetsenko [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstetsenko ] is an HR Tech entrepreneur with a coding background and a passion for machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). He started to learn coding in 2003 that helped him to become a tech recruiter. Founder of Relocate.me [ https://relocate.me/ ], CV Compiler [ https://cvcompiler.com/ ], and GlossaryTech [ https://glossary...

Zac Chua [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacchua/ ] is the Founder and CEO of The Kettle Gourmet [ https://thekettlegourmet.com/ ]. The Kettle Gourmet is a Singapore-based popcorn manufacturer and distributor that serves fresh, hand-baked popcorn in traditional and unique local flavours. Established in 2017 by Founder and CEO Zac Chua, The Kettle Gourmet is halal-certified and uses high-quality ingr...

Bretton (Brett) Putter (@BrettonPutter [ https://twitter.com/brettonputter ]) is an expert in company culture development who is consulted by companies and leaders worldwide to help design, develop and build high-performing cultures. He is the CEO of CultureGene, a culture leadership software and services platform. Prior to founding CultureGene Brett spent 16 years as the Managing Partner of a lea...

Vipula (Vip) Samarakoon [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipula-samarakoon/ ] is the Founder and CEO of Qualee [ https://www.qualee.com/ ]. Qualee Technology delivers a mobile-first, cloud-based employee experience platform. The company's proprietary self-service, the digital platform streamlines procedures and provides clients with the ability to securely create employee experiences that measurably...

Paul Endacott [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulendacott/ ] has been operating in the fields of recruitment and executive search since 2002. His last corporate role was Regional Managing Director, Asia, for an Australian Listed recruitment firm where he was responsible for the Asia strategy as well as leading Digital and Innovation. Most recently, Paul has launched his own Venture/Angel backed com...

Joe Escobedo [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-escobedo/ ] is the author of "Asian Growth Stories". He has advised and trained over 12,000 executives from around the world, from countless Fortune 1000 brands, on building brands and growing revenue through digital. He has been a contributor for Forbes, Inc, HuffPost and other top-tier media. His articles have garnered over 1 million views. He is a...

Professor James Trevelyan [ https://jamesptrevelyan.com/ ] is the founder and CEO of Close Comfort [ https://www.closecomfort.com/ ], an Australian start-up with a mission to provide environment-friendly cooling solutions. They recently expanded to Singapore and is on a mission to provide affordable and efficient cooling solutions that are sustainable causing minimal harm to the environment. Prior...

Rachele Focardi [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfocardi/ ] is a global thought-leader and well renowned public speaker on Multigenerational Workforce Dynamics, Future of Work, Employer Branding and Talent Strategy. Born and raised in Italy, she spent her professional life between Europe, U.S.A. and Asia. Since 2003, Rachele has spearheaded the Employer Branding movement globally, advocating that or...

Roshan Ravishankar is the co-founder of Vita, the first platform that allows companies to screen applications using referee assessed values, over plain resumes.  It started off as a team-based assessment platform helping incubators, accelerators and VC's assess founders and founding teams, then expanded into the recruitment industry seeing a need for a better early-stage assessment.  Companies are...

Amritpal Singh [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/acasingh/ ] is a Co-Founder at Multiplier Technologies [ https://www.usemultiplier.com/ ] and leads the commercial development of the organisation. Multiplier is a PEO Platform that enables companies to manage payroll and compliance for international teams. They facilitate international hiring without companies having to establish local legal entities....

Jason Ho [ https://bit.ly/3p7Ol2b ] is Southeast Asia's 1st Gallup-Certified StrengthsFinder® Coach & Platinum Coach. He is also the founder of Strengths School™ [ https://strengthsschool.com/ ] and Performance Capital™ [ http://performance.capital/ ], who has over 13 years of Training and Coaching Top Leaders in MNCs, SMEs, Schools & Non-profits; to optimise team development and drive PERFECT PER...

Gurunath Hari [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurunathhari/ ] is the Head of practice and Data Scientist at Emineo Pursuits [ https://emineopursuits.com/ ], focusing on defining wellbeing.  In his 30-year career, Hari has several publications and educational videos on workplace productivity. Emineo Pursuits started in Singapore in 2014 as a social enterprise, helping leaders nurture employees to bui...

Japhet Lim [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/japhet-lim-tech-lover-a9a107127/ ] is a serial entrepreneur who has taken up multiple training roles in his journey and believes in addressing the inefficiencies in the education sector, especially when it comes to cultivating a self-directed learning approach in students. Reubiks Academy [ https://reubiks-academy.com/ ] was launched amidst the pandemic and...

Tulika Tripathi [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tulika-tripathi/ ] is the Founder of Snaphunt [ https://snaphunt.com/ ], Asia's leading remote hiring platform and helps employers find top talent anywhere quickly and conveniently. Snaphunt also matches job seekers with opportunities that are a fit with their skills, work style & motivations to help them find the right jobs & maximise their potential....

Nina Alag Suri [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninaalagsuri/ ] is the Founder and CEO of X0PA AI [ https://x0pa.com/ ], an AI-powered recruitment SaaS solutions to maximise objectivity in hiring and selections for accuracy, efficiency and scale. X0PA aims to save companies significant time and cost in hiring while enhancing candidate retention, performance and person to job and organization fit. X0P...

Kyle Hegarty [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/slapdragons/ ] helps organizations grow globally. His sales and marketing training programs help clients increase business across regions and his global communications programs help strengthen teams, build trust, and prepare next-gen leaders for tomorrow's threats and opportunities. His first book, The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Worki...

Eugene Goh is the co-founder of TalentKraft, a strategy consultancy that focuses on helping clients build better teams through a combination of consulting and training. TalentKraft is a strategy consulting firm that helps our clients build effective teams. They use the methods of top consulting firms to help organizations solve talent challenges, and leverage technology to enable scalable solution...

Gary Ma is the product lead at maaiiconnect. They provide a platform to help companies deliver seamless omnichannel experiences with end-to-end engagement. With maaiiconnect you can build a cloud contact centre, market your business, or set up a remote office. maaiiconnect provides crystal clear voice quality and is accessible worldwide with networks in 160+ countries. Before maaiiconnect, Gary wa...

George Avgenakis is the founder and CEO at Loopcv, a job search tool that automates the job search for individual job seekers. Using Loopcv, job applicants can automatically apply to hundreds of jobs every day (no effort required) He got into this two years ago when he realised the job search process is broken as he was attempting to look for one. There are hundreds of platforms to apply, a lot of...

Josie Stoker is the CoFounder and CEO at Capture - a B2B SaaS helping companies engage a planet-friendly workforce. They also have the app for individuals which is akin to a 'Fitbit for your carbon footprint'. They were founded on the Antler program in Singapore in Q3 of 2019. 'Made in Britain', Josie has spent the last 7 years in Asia, including time in Southeast Asia & Mongolia; where she worked...

Deborah Tan-Pink is the Senior Communications Manager at Revolut Singapore, having joined them in October 2020. Previously, she was the CEO of an edtech startup. Revolut gives customers the power to spend, transfer, and control their money without ridiculous bank charges. Together, the Revolut app and contactless payment card let their customers have a frictionless experience when it comes to usin...