87: Shaswat Kumar on Darwinbox unicorn journey, the future HR tech landscape and enterprise HRMS reluctance to localise

Shaswat Kumar [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaswatkumar/] is the Senior VP, Global Customer Success and Delivery for Darwinbox [https://darwinbox.com/], where he helps accelerate the drive to value realization for large and medium enterprise customers, building the leading HCM provider's reputation as a trusted advisor for its 600+ customers, and accelerating the company's global expansion. In his rich career, he has worked with erstwhile Hewitt, Aon and Alight Solutions, where he was instrumental in driving HR transformations anchored on outcomes across the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. For the last 4 years, at Alight he helped HR transformations for leading organisations in the region helping them use Digital tools to drive talent and business outcomes. Shaswat is an Engineering graduate from the Delhi College of Engineering and holds an MBA degree in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He is passionate about children's education, economic empowerment and science and technology-related issues. What we discussed: * Darwinbox's unicorn journey * The impact on the future HR tech ecosystem * Importance of localisation * Why many other enterprise HRMS are reluctant to localise * And many more... --- Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review [https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-adrian-tan-show/id1525515088]. It will help bring the podcast to more people. Post-production of this episode is done on Descript [https://www.descript.com/?lmref=7VKmhg]. Recording is done virtually via Zencastr [https://zencastr.com/] and I use a Samson Q2U USB microphone. 💌 Sign up for my weekly email newsletter - https://adriantan.com.sg/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEtBNWtoMFlVWHpiYkswR0ZCbGhlcG8tZjdCd3xBQ3Jtc0ttVHdhekVydkI4bDVDYkpMb2FqNV91em0xTmlMdHZOSGxITjBYYnZnY200MFBneFk1TVV2Qnpmd0NHdUswSDZXeW4teEhJQmlvaXhwdzdMenpxLVNXcW05UFh4NnMta2lkckpvQ2FRSGxYblpjaF9Zaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fadriantan.com.sg%2Fsubscribe%2F] 🤝 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriantanck/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXJPZEJPWE4zX1pSdFRQeE9BUWNDQUNrU3VSUXxBQ3Jtc0trcklKaVhSYUF1OW1HSTNQUXJFMlRlZm5BYm5JVGpsUnBISHVVdHpUWjF3T294LUoyTHlKdlRQUXoyazJnVUhjdHVsb3VKYXhDckM2OUFMVWhUTXB6aGtpSUtSVDNHWFFmY2Vsdl9jM3YweDRjYjQ5QQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fadriantanck%2F] 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/adriantan18 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEtvd0lpOGhOWTRhcnhaWnMzSDM0d05fREx4UXxBQ3Jtc0tsRHJMU1Q2QzlBam52RzBXQV9VS3ZJT1lucjdnQWNFQjZfRzhWT1FPaHhjczNOSnJuV1hUNThKM1FBYVBWMkQtajROLWdmZ1h4LXNYYnhya3VWdncwWTRuMzM2N00wakNlMm5FN2M3ZUpiMzN3SGNqaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fadriantan18] 👍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/adtan/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHR0VHE4ay1iblBMVmxQdW1Td2xFRDB3TFBPUXxBQ3Jtc0tubzZtTnY2ZlQzZ2o5NkhISF83RVNSVGk1SFprbHppcS1uSV81YkU3Y2laUDFfVG03MW1QU0tVcklZSHl3MmdVX1FmODRua2VCaVVaMkdqdEhMX1pCTlI5NEpEalRkbUVBcDQtMHpvUmhLZExVQWpVaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fadtan%2F] 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tanadrian18/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEF0R2U5bFNWbUozb1htUjVSdnR4VTJrbW5lUXxBQ3Jtc0trNnZROWs1TG5xNW5CUkZ4ZlBWZVpLQzU3NlNpMzA1dWpuelF3R0J6YnZ6V0Juanh4d2NnNHhQYlN6VHBTd0pyQ3dEeW5yYUFSTEUwT01wcmQxcXIxdktzNDZ5LWNNY1JVS3pFMmtHQU9iU19NNldMaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Ftanadrian18%2F]