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# Debin Dennis on Tal

## Headline

Head of Talent Acquisition @ Ceres India \| Jombay Top 100 HR Under 40 \(2024\) \| IIMB EGMP \| Building & Scaling GCC

## About

With over a decade years of experience in talent acquisition, I currently lead recruitment efforts for Ceres Environmental Services as Head of Talent Acquisition \- India\. My work focuses on talent attraction, workforce planning, employer branding, and recruitment strategies to support the growth of Emergency Response & Disaster Recovery \(ERD\), Technology, and Corporate functions, as well as the Global Capability Center in India\. By leveraging expertise in talent planning, human capital management, and inclusive hiring practices, I contribute to building and scaling high\-performing teams aligned with organizational goals\. I am dedicated to implementing efficient and equitable recruitment solutions that empower sustainable growth and drive impactful results for both teams and the organization\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Head of Talent Acquisition \- India at Ceres India, Mar 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading and managing Talent Acquisition for Ceres India, driving talent attraction, employer branding, workforce planning, and recruitment strategy to build and scale teams across Emergency Response & Disaster Recovery \(ERD\), Technology, and Corporate functions while supporting the growth of the Global Capability Center\.

Talent Acquisition Leader at CSG, Apr 2022 \- Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, I lead Talent Acquisition strategy across APAC for technical, leadership, and niche roles across Engineering, GTM, Customer Experience, and Corporate functions\. I specialize in scaling teams during high\-growth phases, building referral engines, and enabling inclusive hiring practices that align with long\-term business goals\. Key Highlights: Hired 650\+ professionals; with my team, delivered over 1,000 hires across functions and levels with strong SLA adherence and stakeholder alignment\. Scaled referral hiring from 12% to 27%, contributing to 42% of total hires by optimizing Workday workflows and launching referral campaigns\. Implemented a skills\-first hiring model \(60:40\) to balance immediate delivery with future\-readiness — directly reducing early attrition risk\. Led end\-to\-end hiring for India R&D builds across five product groups: Ascendon, Platform Engineering, Information Security & Network, XPonent \(Customer Data Platform\), and Forte Payments\. Partnered with leadership on DEI\-focused programs : returnship hiring, diverse interview panels, and blind screening pilots\. Major Project Deliveries: Lyse \(Norway\) – Hired 60\+ roles across India & Australia in under 90 days to support mobile cloud transformation on Ascendon\. M1 \(Singapore\) – Delivered 45\+ technical and leadership roles across India, Singapore, and Malaysia for their Digital B2B launch\. Telenor Global Services – Supported their wholesale\-to\-cloud SaaS transition by closing niche digital engineering roles within 55\-day TAT\. KiteWheel Acquisition – Built the first\-wave India R&D team post\-acquisition, delivering fast and with zero attrition in the first year\.

Recruiter II at CSG, Jan 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, I worked as an individual contributor driving end\-to\-end tech hiring across India for multiple product teams — including Ascendon, Platform Engineering, InfoSec & Network, XPonent \(Customer Data Platform\), and Forte Payments\. I was hands\-on across the full cycle — from sourcing niche, product\-critical roles to closing offers within tight timelines\. Worked closely with hiring managers to align on role expectations, fine\-tune JDs, plan interviews, and ensure offers moved fast\. Sourcing wasn't just transactional — I focused on blending channels \(job boards, referrals, social\) to drive quality and reduce early\-stage drop\-offs\. During slowdowns, I kept pipelines warm through branding and proactive outreach\. Also supported the India ramp\-up post the Quaerro acquisition — helped lay the early groundwork for their R&D presence here\.

Senior Executive \- Talent Acquisition at Hikvision, Sep 2019 \- Dec 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, At Hikvision, I led pan\-India hiring across the entire technology value chain — from R&D and product engineering to solution design, application engineering, and tech support\. One of my biggest wins was setting up the entire India R&D team from scratch — a key step that helped drive the company’s expansion in the region\. I consistently delivered the right talent aligned to strategic needs, often under tight timelines\. I also launched and led Hikvision’s first\-ever on\-campus hiring program, bringing in over 120 high\-potential grads\. What made it meaningful was not just the scale, but the recognition it earned from the China leadership — for building talent pipelines quickly, cost\-effectively, and single\-handedly\.

Talent Acquisition Lead at Stepping Stone Consultancy Services, Apr 2017 \- Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Kochi, Kerala, India, Recruitment Strategy & Program Leadership—Led a team of 8 recruiters design, refine, and implement hiring plans\. Oversaw the successful completion of over 15 hiring programs for companies such as EY, Fragomen, UST Global, IBS, Zellis, Marlabs etc\. Developed and executed innovative strategies that created diverse talent pipelines for core, niche, critical, and recurring roles\. Delivery Management—Successfully placed over 400\+ lateral hires, 200\+ graduates, and 50\+ leadership roles \(both technical and non\-technical\) across Pan India, demonstrating expertise in high\-volume recruitment\. Ensured client Service Level Agreements were met with 100% compliance in the delivery process\. Actively monitored quality, coverage of client requirements and adherence to processes\. Recruitment Operations Management—Managed recruitment efforts in a high\-volume, metric\-driven environment using defined KPIs\. Accountable for meeting recruitment demands for multiple clients with precision, contributing to the timely fulfillment of over 15 hiring programs\. Leverage extensive network and industry expertise to ajract top\-tier talent for key positions within the organization\. HR Business Partnership & Talent Advisory—I acted as an HR advisor and business partner to the business unit management team to facilitate the smooth functioning of HR outsource services covering staffing & compensation, mobilization & deployment\. Partner closely with assigned senior stakeholders to understand talent needs and develop job descriptions, interview processes, and candidate evaluation criteria\. Recruitment Process Optimization \- Implemented web\-integrated ATS\-Stepping Stone Consultancy Services, improve recruitment efficiency/candidate management\.

Resource Executive at Stepping Stone Consultancy Services, Sep 2016 \- Apr 2017 · 8 mos, On\-site, My first real stint as a core Talent Consultant started at Stepping Stone\. This is where I learned the ropes — the art of sourcing from job boards like Naukri and Monster, the complexities of Boolean strings, and how to make sense of chaos while juggling multiple mandates\. I worked across a broad client portfolio — from product to service, BPO to LPO, and non\-tech to niche\. I wasn’t just sourcing; I was running end\-to\-end delivery: client acquisition, fulfillment, coordination, and closure\. Every role came with a different challenge, and I learned to adapt fast\. Over time, I started owning accounts — managing end\-to\-end hiring for UST, Fragomen, EY, KPMG and others across India\. I closed hundreds of roles, built strong client trust, and sharpened my sense of what makes a great match — not just on paper, but in culture and context\.

HR Executive at Zixent Technologies LLP, Feb 2014 \- Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Kochi, Kerala, India, This was my first step into HR — and it was all in\. Zixent was a stealth\-mode startup in the social media space, and I was the one running the entire people side\. From payroll to recruitment, compliance to vendor management, I handled it all\. Built hiring workflows, set up policies, managed expenses — no tools, no team, just spreadsheets and hustle\. I hired early engineers, shaped the candidate experience, and created audit\-ready systems from scratch\. Zixent is where I truly learned how to build — with zero playbook\.

## Education

Executive General Management Programme, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Executive \- Post Graduate Dilpoma in Management, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

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