VINAY JOHAR
VINAY JOHAR STORY
Internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, technologist and market strategist
After earning a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in Technology, Vinay began his career as a business analyst in the computer software space. Intrigued by how Silicon Valley executives see opportunity in every problem, Vinay took big risks by starting his own ventures in web application development, and later, electronic data consulting in the banking, insurance, finance and telecommunications industries.
As his expertise grew while managing complex queries, extensive EDI, and big-data analysis, he became passionate about making large sets of unstructured data useful and reliable—affordably. His concepts were a perfect fit for the recruitment industry, long plagued by onerously manual processes used to track, evaluate and place applicants in jobs.
As a result, Vinay launched RChilli, the top resume parsing, matching, and enrichment solution in the human resources industry that analyzes 7 billion resumes a month and serves clients in 34 countries in over 40 languages. This highly successful venture led to the creation of his second business, Enrich.io,a private label talent economy platform for recruitment companies.
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Vinay is versed in the areas of NLP, NER, Tensorflow, Deep learning, Solr, Stanbol, Hadoop, talend, Zoie, Bobo, knime, Redefine, Neo4J, Titan, and other technologies that enable Big Data analytics.
Winner of nine awards, Vinay has been recognized for business excellence, product of the year, and emerging entrepreneur.
Vinay is active in his alma mater (Indian Institute of Technology) foundation in Kanpur, India and alumni chapter in Silicon Valley.
As an acclaimed entrepreneur, Vinay guides other budding entrepreneurs through his charter membership in the Punjab-Chandigarh chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).
Active in his local communities, Vinay is a member of the American Public Transport Association and was a council member of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Early in his career, fellowships at Startup Leadership and Founder Friendly Labs helped to shape Vinay’s thinking as an entrepreneur.
Today, Vinay is a member of 14 professional groups for recruiters, technologists, and business owners.
LEADING THROUGH ADVERSITY
Vinay’s early entrepreneurial pursuits struggled to gain traction. In fact, he credits some of his early failures for his many successes today since those experiences taught him the importance of being humble and nimble—core values within his companies.
Like many businesses, Covid-19 posed many challenges especially since the recruiting industry was hard-hit by decreasing employment worldwide. After revenue dipped 40% in two weeks, Vinay led a remarkable turnaround by embracing change, committing to retain all employees, changing processes, and overcoming the challenges of remote work.
Vinay understands the plight of job seekers facing cumbersome application processes, rejection, and unsuccessful placements. That’s why he is pursuing the ambitious goal of helping a billion people hire talent or find the dignity of work.
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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
If you are looking for someone who understands and seizes disruption as an opportunity, then you have found him in Vinay. Vinay acts decisively and understands where his market is going, he is not only able to adapt but to create, to fulfill the requirements of the market that will be, not just that market that is. I highly recommend Vinay for those who seek these attributes.
Kevin Paetz, Chief Executive Officer, BDF Corporation
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