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Mahidhar Ponnada

Growth Manager

Greater Bengaluru Area

3+ years of work experience

YAAS!
Jul 20242 yrs 4 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I have experience building teams from scratch for startups, scaling the team from 30 to 300+ employees within two years across technical and non-technical roles. I also built a 0-to-1 team for a new vertical, with all 13 initial hires joining within a week. Along with hiring, I handle HR operations for 300+ employees, including onboarding, offboarding, offer letters, payroll coordination, appraisals, leave policies, employee referrals, documentation, and employee queries.
Feb 20231 yr 5 mosJun 2024

Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Organised 30+ placement drives (offline and online), connecting students with top-tier technology companies.

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Education

Andhra university

Master of Technology - MTech

Andhra university

20202 yrs2022
Andhra university

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

Andhra university

20164 yrs2020

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Headline

Growth Manager

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

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Work experience

Talent Acquisition Specialist at YAAS!, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, I have experience building teams from scratch for startups, scaling the team from 30 to 300+ employees within two years across technical and non-technical roles. I also built a 0-to-1 team for a new vertical, with all 13 initial hires joining within a week. Along with hiring, I handle HR operations for 300+ employees, including onboarding, offboarding, offer letters, payroll coordination, appraisals, leave policies, employee referrals, documentation, and employee queries.

Placement Coordinator at ANITS College Of Engineering, Feb 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Organised 30+ placement drives (offline and online), connecting students with top-tier technology companies.

Education

Master of Technology - MTech, Andhra university

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Andhra university

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