Tarun Abhaye Thiagarajan

About

Enterprise implementation/deployment specialist focused on HRMS and payroll systems across APAC customers, combining cloud/hybrid (AWS/Azure/GCP) integration work with strong client-facing delivery. Demonstrated ability to debug complex production issues across application, database, and network layers (e.g., isolating VPN/router congestion) and to tailor Python-based data cleaning/scoring/utilities to customer-specific workflows.

Key Strengths

• Led complex enterprise HRMS/payroll deployments with live integrations and compliance constraints
• Systematically resolved data quality/edge-case issues via schema standardization, validation, parallel testing, and staged rollouts
• Cross-layer (app/DB/network) troubleshooting to isolate root cause using logs, monitoring, and network traces
• Diagnosed and mitigated VPN/router congestion issues (rerouting, bandwidth increases, app retries/timeouts)
• Strong customer-facing delivery: sets milestones, communicates risks/trade-offs in business terms, and aligns releases to outcomes
• Hands-on on-site collaboration with HR/payroll/operations teams to map workflows and iterate on production-ready fixes
• Owned end-to-end lightweight outbound motion (prospecting → outreach → discovery → demo → proposal/RFP → close/expansion)
• Strong ICP definition and target list building using clear criteria (industry, size, maturity, tech stack, pain signals)
• Prioritizes prospects using fit + timing signals (growth, compliance pressure, leadership changes, vendor/tooling changes)
• Effective multi-channel enterprise outreach with event/timing-based follow-ups (payroll cycles, compliance deadlines)
• Built repeatable pre-sales processes in ambiguous early-market expansion (discovery templates, demo checklists, rollout steps)
• Uses AI/automation to accelerate GTM workflows (research, drafting, summarization) and prototypes internal tools quickly
• Experience selling HRMS/payroll SaaS into APAC enterprise stakeholders (HR/CHRO/IT/ops/rev ops)
• Took AI-assisted payroll & compliance solution from PoC to production for enterprise customers (Philippines)
• Anchors AI solutions on real customer workflows and production reliability (rules, checks, fallbacks)
• Strong at diagnosing LLM workflow issues end-to-end and isolating failure points live with customers
• Stabilized inconsistent LLM outputs caused by noisy regional data using schema validation, prompt constraints, deterministic rules, and live A/B testing
• Effective technical communication: translates technical challenges into business impact and clear trade-offs
• Developer-focused demos/workshops emphasizing APIs, data models, failure modes, extensibility, and interactive whiteboarding

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