About Management Team

R.Kannan    
Managing Director & CEO

R. Kannan is the founder promoter of AssessPeople  and brings with him over  thirteen years of experience in Human Resource Management and over fifteen  years of entrepreneurial experience. His  areas of expertise include Human Resource  strategy management,, workforce management and process management.

An alumnus of XLRI (Batch of ’82), he has worked in organisations like   Blow Plast,  Crompton Greaves, Hindustan Lever and the Murugappa Group in various positions in workforce managment. His last stint in HR was at the Murugappa Group where he  worked   as the General Manager HR and  moved on to create his own space in Indian industry .Long before online workforce management solutions  entered the Indian  scenario;  he envisaged its need and  founded   AssessPeople  in 1998, with a charter to provide best-in-class, workforce management solutions   through the synergy of HR and psychology,  in India and abroad, using the Internet as the medium of delivery. Over the years, with its ‘origin in India and global in vision' philosophy  the company has grown to a  leadership position in the domain of workforce management  solutions  in India and is beginning to make forays into international markets as well.  

In addition to his business activities, he founded and manages a not for profit organisation to help the visually challenged  www.anuvikaz.org  Apart from being an avid reader, writer and speaker,  he  has also authored a book ‘Taking Charge of your Career’ published by Penguin. 

When not at work he enjoys music and reading.

Satish Salivati
Head- Service Delivery

Satish heads the Service Delivery team in AssessPeople(formerly Careersindia ). Satish started his career as a Management Trainee and has over eleven  years cross-functional experience within the company.  He has been an integral part of the growth story of the company and is today part of the core management team.

Satish’s areas of expertise include Human Resource  strategy management, Use of psychometric tools and instruments, Evaluation, design and construction of tests, Client Service Delivery and Research and Analytics.

Apart from being a Masters in Social Work, specializing in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations Satish is also a Certified Managerial competency Assessment Consultant and Trainer. He is instrumental in the design and construction of all tests at AssessPeople( Satish brings with him a beautiful blend of authority and composure that constantly inspires his colleagues and team members.

When not at work he enjoys music, watching movies and cricket.

R. Ayyalusamy
Head-Technical Services

Ayyalu Ramadoss, a graduate in Mechanical engineering is the head of Technical Services at AssessPeople . Technology is the backbone for all workforce management solutions at AssessPeople and so is Ayyalu. Given any idea or theory, Ayyalu and his team manages to work wonders with it.

He  heads a team of “innovators” who work on state-of-the-art technologies to deliver best-in-class aworkforce management services of AssessPeople through the web.

A hands on professional, Ayyalu inspires his team and his colleagues to have a ‘Never say No’ attitude. A constant innovator, with a wonderful smile, Ayyalu also brings with him an excellent speed of delivery which constantly amazes all at AssessPeople.

When not at work he enjoys music and watching movies.