MEET THE FOUNDER

Manoj Madhavan Pillai

Founder of CoHire.com

An entrepreneur and product builder focused on making talent, opportunity and businesses discover each other more easily.

Manoj Madhavan Pillai, Founder of CoHire.com
THE FOUNDER BEHIND COHIRE

A career shaped by technology, business and people.

Manoj Madhavan Pillai is an entrepreneur, product strategist and technology business builder with experience spanning consulting, enterprise technology, talent solutions and startups.

His professional journey includes experience with Deloitte India and Logica, now part of CGI, before moving deeper into entrepreneurship through Nicheton, MyBerri and eventually CoHire.

Today, he is focused on building CoHire as a technology ecosystem around talent, hiring, professional connections and business discovery.

FocusTalent • Hiring • Technology • Entrepreneurship
Based inBengaluru, India
Current ventureCoHire.com
FROM EXPERIENCE TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The journey behind the builder.

Each stage added a different perspective on technology, business, people and opportunity.

01

Deloitte

Talent Management • Resourcing • Staffing

Experience in a global consulting environment, with exposure to talent management, complex resourcing and time critical staffing delivery.

02

Logica (now part of CGI)

Resource Management • Staffing • Global Mobility

Experience in managing and mobilizing experienced technology talent across countries to support global business requirements.

03

SNS Technologies (now ForgeAhead)

Human Resources • Staffing • Resource Management

Experience focused on human resources operations, staffing and professional resource management.

04

Nicheton

Talent • Recruitment • Resource Management

An entrepreneurial venture focused on talent acquisition, recruitment, staffing and professional talent management services.

05

MyBerri

Retail • eCommerce • Technology

An entrepreneurial venture combining retail, eCommerce, logistics and technology to support the instant delivery of everyday consumer needs.

06

Robotico Digital

Technology • Services • Products

An entrepreneurial technology venture building software development services, technology solutions and augmentation capabilities for global businesses.

07

CoHire.com

Talent Technology • Social Recruiting • Instant Hiring Ecosystem

Building a connected ecosystem for talent discovery, professional networking, hiring technology and business discovery, bringing people, businesses and opportunities closer together.

WHY I BUILT COHIRE

Hiring should be simpler.

Hiring is one of the most important activities in business, yet discovering talent, evaluating people, connecting with employers and finding opportunities can still be fragmented.

01

What I saw

Good talent can remain invisible while businesses search across disconnected channels, databases, tools and networks.

02

What I learned

Technology is most useful when it removes friction from real problems instead of adding another layer of complexity.

03

What I decided

Build a platform where people, skills, businesses and opportunities can continuously discover each other.

THE IDEA BEHIND COHIRE
Democratize Technology. Increase Employment. Create Opportunity. Connect People. Improve Efficiency. Increase Productivity. Build Teams. Discover Talent.
WHAT I BELIEVE

Ideas that influence how I build.

01

Talent should be discoverable.

Great people should not remain invisible simply because they are not actively looking for a job.

02

Hiring should be simpler.

Technology should remove unnecessary friction from the hiring process.

03

Opportunity should be accessible.

People should have more ways to discover meaningful work and career opportunities.

04

Products should solve real problems.

Technology is valuable when it makes someone's work or life genuinely better.

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY

Building Businesses, Technology & Opportunities.

Each venture contributed to the experience and perspective behind CoHire.

01

Nicheton

Technology Staffing Services

A business built around people, talent and professional services.

Explore Nicheton →
02

MyBerri

Retail Technology

An entrepreneurial journey beyond technology and recruitment.

Explore MyBerri →
03

Robotico Digital

Technology Services

An entrepreneurial technology venture building software development services.

Explore Robotico →
04

CoHire

Talent Technology

A technology ecosystem built around people, businesses, skills and opportunity.

Explore CoHire →
A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER
“I don't want CoHire to simply become another place to post jobs. I want it to become a place where people, businesses, skills and opportunities continuously discover each other.”

— Manoj Madhavan Pillai
Founder, CoHire.com

Manoj Madhavan Pillai
BEYOND THE WORK

The person behind the products.

Building companies is only one part of the journey. The ideas, questions, experiences and people encountered along the way shape what gets built next.

Curious aboutTechnology • Business • People • Entrepreneurship
Currently thinking aboutThe future of work and how technology can reduce friction.
What keeps me buildingTurning real-world problems into useful products.
FROM THE FOUNDER

Ideas, observations and the journey of building CoHire.

COMING SOON

Building CoHire

Product decisions, lessons and observations from the journey.

COMING SOON

Hiring & Talent

Thoughts on how hiring and talent discovery are changing.

COMING SOON

Entrepreneurship

Lessons from building businesses, products and teams.

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

Building a better way to connect talent and opportunity.

Discover what CoHire is building for people and businesses.

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