Meet the Leadership Team of HiFives

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Sagar Chaudhuri

CEO and Co-Founder

Sagar is the Co-Founder and CEO of HiFives. He is a serial entrepreneur with expertise in SaaS products, digital marketing and analytics.

He has also co-founded a SaaS-based HR platform called Pertivo, an intelligent recruitment platform. He is involved in many start-ups and traditional businesses in advisory roles.

In the past, Sagar has worked in companies such as Genpact, Infosys and ICICI Bank in senior positions. He has an engineering degree from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from IIM Lucknow.


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Anilkumar Kalyane

Head of Technology and Co-Founder

Anil is responsible for driving the technology behind HiFives.

He has 15+ years of experience in building products and platforms, working for startups such as Ace Turtle, Phablecare and Portea.

Anil is an expert in application architecture and devops, and has been responsible for scaling up several digital platforms for hyper growth.
Anil holds a Masters degree in Software Engineering from Bangalore University.


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Vathsala P

Head of Customer Success & Co-Founder

Vathsala is a Co-Founder of HiFives. At HiFives, she is responsible for driving ROI from client programs by partnering with all stakeholders.

Vathsala has 20+ years of experience in client management, program implementation, customer service and customer operations, working with companies such as BI Worldwide, Accentiv, OC Tanner, Net Carrots, and India Plaza.


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Jagadish Velagapudi

Co-Founder

Jagadish is a Co-Founder of HiFives. He has 27+ years of experience in the technology domain with Accenture, Wipro, Infosys and JP Morgan Chase.

He has been the Head of Internal Innovation Fund and Head of Innovation in the Silicon Valley for Wipro and Head of Technology Platform Sales at Accenture.

He was also an Advisor to Pertivo, an intelligent recruitment platform. He is extremely passionate about technology-based platforms for business.


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Murlidhar S (Murli)

Strategic Advisor

Murli is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and mentor, and a governing board member of TiE Bangalore, where he actively supports and advises early-stage founders.

He was the founder of MeritTrac Services, India’s largest skill assessment and examination company (acquired by the Manipal Education Group), and Lodestar Career Guidance.

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Murli brings deep expertise across talent, education, and scale-driven entrepreneurship.


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OUR METHODOLOGY FOR EMPLOYEE REWARDS AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS

Our Operating Philosophy

Recognition is a basic human need, and employees want to be rewarded and recognized in any organization. However, what mature organizations reward employees for is different from what younger organizations do.

  • – HiFives partners with both hyper-growth startups and large enterprises that are more than 100 years old.
  • – Mature organizations might want to reward employees for pushing the limits of their systems and processes and improving upon them, working seamlessly across departments and functions.
  • – Younger organizations might want to reward employees for getting the job done despite all odds, establish processes that others can follow, and create scalable innovation.
  • – Also, the reward structures might vary based on the velocity of work and change. Mature organizations might have a higher mix of planned, structured awards than of instant or spot awards.
  • – Younger organizations might offer more unstructured, unplanned rewards and recognition, such as spot awards.

The Leadership Team of HiFives has solid experience and expertise in business management and technology.

  • – The team brings substantial industry experience, technology expertise, and program management skills.
  • – It enables them to get a deep understanding of the client’s business requirements, suggest process improvements and best practices, drive the implementation of the HiFives solution, change management, and deliver the desired benefits.
  • – The team strongly believes in building scalable and customizable technology platforms to help organizations address specific business problems.

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