25 years of trust.
Built for what’s next.
Adrenalin’s
Journey
Founded in Chennai in 2002, Adrenalin began with a clear purpose: helping organizations bring greater structure, efficiency, and visibility to HR.
As enterprise needs evolved, so did we. From early HR technology foundations to cloud, mobile, and connected HCM, our journey has been shaped by the changing realities of work.
Today, Adrenalin brings together connected talent journeys, enterprise configurability, and AI-native capabilities to help organizations manage complexity, strengthen talent decisions, and scale with confidence.
Our direction remains grounded in the same commitment: solving real enterprise challenges through technology that serves people.
Milestones and achievements
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Introduced standalone HRMS capabilities with Employee Self-Service (ESS) and Managed Self-Service (MSS)
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Migrated to Microsoft technologies and introduced an integrated payroll platform, strengthening enterprise HR operations.
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Introduced cloud-based HCM with multilingual, multicurrency, and global payroll capabilities to support international enterprises.
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Introduced Zolog, a patented intelligent human-language interface designed to make technology interactions more intuitive.
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Launched native mobile applications for iOS and Android, extending access to HR services beyond the workplace.
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Introduced an employee engagement and collaboration platform to strengthen communication and connections across organizations.
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Expanded the platform with compensation planning, succession planning, rewards, and recognition capabilities.
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Introduced MAX Sara CoPilot and an integrated Learning Management System (LMS) to support employee assistance and development.
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Introduced Adrenalin MAX, a multi-tenant people management platform built on Microsoft Azure to support enterprise-scale and evolving workforce requirements.
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Introduced Build Your Insight (DIY), Talent Scan, WhatsApp, Teams, and Slack integrations, and Managed Payroll Services to improve HR visibility, connectivity, and service delivery.
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Launched Adrenalin MAX 2.0, a unified and comprehensive people experience platform connecting enterprise HR capabilities and employee experiences.
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Introduced NAVI, Adrenalin's AI platform, establishing the foundation for contextual intelligence and AI-native capabilities across enterprise HCM.
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Expanded the NAVI ecosystem to 35+ AI agents and digital experts, advancing contextual assistance and intelligent execution across enterprise talent processes.
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Launched WageSync to enable enterprises comply with Labour Code and App Marketplace to unfiy HR services into a single platform
Connected Talent
Journeys, One Platform
native AI agents.
Meet our leadership team
Srinivasa Bharathy
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Srinivasa Bharathy
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Srinivasa Bharathy is CEO & Managing Director of Adrenalin, leading the company's strategy, transformation and global growth. With over three decades of experience across enterprise technology, product strategy and global business leadership, he has held senior roles with organizations including Whirlpool, TVS Group, Ramco Systems and iSOFT. At Adrenalin, Bharathy is driving the company's evolution towards an AI-native HCM platform, bringing technology, people and organizational design together to create real business impact. He is known for pairing strategic vision with disciplined execution and a sharp focus on customer outcomes.
Asif Mohammed
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Asif Mohammed
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Asif Mohammed is Chief Customer Experience Officer at Adrenalin, leading the end-to-end customer experience across implementation, product adoption, and service delivery in global markets. With over 24 years of experience in enterprise HR technology, SaaS delivery, cloud operations, and customer experience, he has held several senior leadership roles at Adrenalin, including Executive Vice President & Chief Delivery Officer, Global Delivery Head, Chief Information Officer, and Business Head – Middle East & Africa. At Adrenalin, Asif focuses on strengthening customer success, driving service excellence, and advancing AI-assisted implementation and delivery. He brings deep expertise in enterprise technology, large-scale delivery management, and operational transformation to accelerate product adoption, enhance customer satisfaction, and build long-term enterprise relationships.
Subramanian KS
Chief Financial Officer
Subramanian KS
Chief Financial Officer
Subramanian KS is Chief Financial Officer at Adrenalin, leading the company's financial strategy, financial operations, compliance, and corporate governance. With over 13 years of experience spanning financial management, accounting, taxation, and business finance, he has held finance responsibilities at Grindwell Norton and across multiple business units of Saint-Gobain. At Adrenalin, Subramanian focuses on strengthening financial governance, driving operational efficiency, and aligning financial strategies with business priorities. He brings expertise in financial planning, regulatory compliance, and financial controls to support informed business decisions, financial stability, and sustainable organizational growth.
Balamalai R
Senior Vice President – Product Experience
Balamalai R
Senior Vice President – Product Experience
Balamalai Ranganathan is Senior Vice President – Product Strategy at Adrenalin, leading AI-driven product innovation, platform strategy, and the evolution of enterprise HR technology solutions. With over 28 years of experience spanning HCM, global payroll, product strategy, and enterprise technology transformation, he has held several senior leadership roles at Ramco Systems, including Head of Product Strategy – HR & Payroll, Head of HCM Enablement, and Global HCM Implementation & Support Head. At Adrenalin, Balamalai focuses on advancing AI-native HR capabilities, driving product innovation through Adrenalin MAX 2.0 and NAVI, and strengthening global product competitiveness. He brings deep expertise in global payroll, enterprise HCM transformation, and product strategy to help organizations simplify HR operations, enhance workforce experiences, and accelerate digital transformation.
Kumar Madhavan
Senior Vice President – Product Experience
Kumar Madhavan
Senior Vice President – Product Experience
Kumar Madhavan is Senior Vice President – Product Experience at Adrenalin, leading AI-driven product innovation and development of intelligent, user-centric HR technology solutions. With over 25 years of experience spanning technology leadership, enterprise architecture, product development, and digital transformation, he has held senior technology roles at Ivy Mobility, Ducen, Enzen Global Solutions, and Wipro Technologies. At Adrenalin, Kumar focuses on advancing AI-native product experiences, simplifying enterprise AI adoption, and enabling human-AI collaboration across the employee lifecycle. Bringing deep expertise in enterprise architecture, technology innovation, and large-scale transformation, he helps organizations build intelligent, adaptive, and future-ready workplaces.
Sanjay Kamath
Senior Vice President & Business Head – SASIA
Sanjay Kamath
Senior Vice President & Business Head – SASIA
Sanjay Kamath is Senior Vice President & Business Head – South Asia at Adrenalin, leading regional business strategy, enterprise sales, and market expansion. With over 35 years of experience spanning technology, enterprise solutions, business development, and sales leadership, he has held senior leadership roles at Cnergyis Infotech, Crossdomain, and Accton Technology, in addition to previously heading Adrenalin's India business. At Adrenalin, Sanjay focuses on strengthening enterprise customer relationships, expanding regional market presence, and accelerating business growth. He brings extensive expertise in strategic sales, business leadership, and enterprise technology solutions to drive long-term customer partnerships and sustainable growth across South Asia.
David Madhan
Senior Vice President & Business Head – MEA
David Madhan
Senior Vice President & Business Head – MEA
David Madhan is Senior Vice President & Business Head – Middle East & Africa at Adrenalin, leading regional business strategy, enterprise sales, and market expansion. With over 20 years of experience spanning enterprise technology, SaaS, IT services, and business development across India, the Middle East, and Africa, he has held senior leadership roles at Infor, ESDS Software Solution, Speridian Technologies, and 3i Infotech. At Adrenalin, David focuses on strengthening regional market presence, expanding strategic partnerships, and building long-term enterprise customer relationships. He brings extensive expertise in enterprise sales, consultative solution selling, and regional business leadership to accelerate market growth and drive sustainable business outcomes across the MEA region.
Patambi Anantharaman
Senior Vice President & Business Head – APAC
Patambi Anantharaman
Senior Vice President & Business Head – APAC
Raman Aiyar is Business Head – Asia Pacific at Adrenalin, leading regional business strategy, enterprise sales, and market expansion across key APAC markets. With over 30 years of experience spanning enterprise technology, ERP solutions, digital transformation, and business development, he has held senior leadership roles at Ramco Systems, driving enterprise sales, strategic partnerships, and large-scale ERP implementations across Malaysia, the Philippines, and other Asian markets. At Adrenalin, Raman focuses on strengthening regional market presence, expanding strategic alliances, and accelerating enterprise customer acquisition. He also champions innovation and the adoption of AI-driven solutions to help enterprises transform HR processes and unlock greater business value. He brings extensive expertise in consultative solution selling, business process transformation, and enterprise technology implementations to drive sustainable growth and build long-term customer relationships across the region.
Smithin Das Kundoly
Senior Vice President & Business Head – NA
Smithin Das Kundoly
Senior Vice President & Business Head – NA
Smithin Das Kundoly is Senior Vice President & Business Head – North America at Adrenalin, leading regional business strategy, enterprise sales, and market expansion across the U.S. and Canada. With over 21 years of experience spanning enterprise software, HCM technology, business development, and strategic partnerships across North America, the Middle East, Africa, and India, he has held leadership roles at Oracle and Cisco WebEx, in addition to previously heading Adrenalin's EMEA business for a decade. At Adrenalin, Smithin focuses on strengthening enterprise market presence, expanding strategic partner ecosystems, and accelerating regional growth through direct and partner-led go-to-market initiatives. He brings extensive expertise in enterprise sales, consultative solution selling, and international business development to drive HCM transformation and build long-term customer relationships.
Prakash Ramnath
Senior Vice President & Global Head – Marketing & Alliances
Prakash Ramnath
Senior Vice President & Global Head – Marketing & Alliances
Prakash Ramnath is Senior Vice President – Global Marketing & Alliances at Adrenalin, leading the company's global marketing strategy, brand development, demand generation, and strategic alliances. With over two decades of experience in enterprise SaaS and AI across the U.S., APAC, and EMEA, he has held leadership roles at Pando ,Ramco Systems & Sify Technologies, driving global go-to-market strategies, product marketing, and partner-led growth. At Adrenalin, Prakash focuses on strengthening global brand presence, building an AI-first, full-funnel marketing engine, and expanding strategic alliances, bringing deep expertise in Account-Based Marketing, demand generation, and ecosystem development to accelerate sustainable business growth.
Srikrishna G
Senior Vice President - CX & Global Business Solutions
Srikrishna G
Senior Vice President - CX & Global Business Solutions
Krishnaa
Director - People Experience
Krishnaa
Director - People Experience
Our Board of Directors
Arun Jain
Chairman
Arun Jain
Chairman
Arun Jain is the Chairman & Promoter of Adrenalin eSystems Limited. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Intellect Design Arena Limited. Arun's journey in the realm of technology and entrepreneurship spans over three decades, marked by pioneering initiatives and groundbreaking achievements. His dedication to value creation, rooted in the principles of People, Process, and Design Thinking, drives Adrenalin towards unprecedented heights of success.
Arun Founded Intellect Design Arena with the dream of delivering from India world class IT Products, Platforms and Technologies for the Global Financial Sector. The experience of working with Global leaders in this space for over three decades as Co-Founder of Nucleus Software and Founder of Polaris Software provided him with the domain expertise which was blended with superior technology in realizing this vision.
Intellect Design, the world’s first full spectrum Financial Technology Company in Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets, selling enterprise grade products and platforms in 57 countries, covering 270 leading Global Banks and Financial Institutions worldwide.
Arun is a proponent of Design Thinking and champions its adoption and practice in Industry, Academics, Government and Entrepreneurs. He is passionate about Design Thinking as a science and philosophy to create the biggest impact on individual and organisational performance. Integrating his deep FinTech expertise and Design Thinking passion, Arun's latest creation is eMach.ai - the world's largest, most comprehensive and innovative open finance platform that empowers global banks to compose their own signature solutions
Arun as an Institution Maker has founded:
School of Design Thinking - focussed on shaping the thinking of young minds and professionals across different sectors through Design The Thinking© philosophy;
Mission Samriddhi - a social impact enterprise dedicated to holistic development of rural India, through the design and development of projects that are sustainable and capable of scale to positively impact the larger population.
UllasTrust - recognise academic excellence in students from economically challenged sections of our society and encourage a ‘can do’ spirit, for them to chase their dreams and aspirations.
Arun has authored books namely “UnMukt: Science and Art of Design Thinking”, “Digital: The Art of The Possible” and “From Teenager to Achiever: The Power of5 Minds”.
Healso leads/participates in Government Forums and Startup Ecosystems to further the spirit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the IT space viz (i) Chief Mentor of FinBlue (A Financial Technology Center of Entrepreneurship by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Ministry of Electronics &Information Technology (MeitY) in association with ELCOT, Govt of Tamil Nadu),(ii) Member of National Software Product Mission (NSPM) of MeitY, Govt of India, (iii) Member of STPI Chennai's Standing Executive Board and Advisory Council for Incubation Facility (iv) Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology Ranchi. He has been honoured with many awards… prominent amongst them are Dronacharya Award by TiECON Chennai and Lifetime Achievement award by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
S.V. Ramanan
Director
S.V. Ramanan
Director
Ramanan is an Electrical & Electronics Engineer and holds an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He is also a Master Black Belt, Six Sigma. Ramanan comes with 25 years of experience in various capacities across General Management, Six Sigma and Project Management.
Kumaran Mani
Director
Kumaran Mani
Director
Kumaran Mani is a Computer Science Engineer and a seasoned IT professional and a passionate open source technology enthusiast with vast experience of over two decades in various facets of IT Services, at both operational and strategic levels.
Arvind Kumar Mishra
Independent Director
Arvind Kumar Mishra
Independent Director
Arvind Mishra is an HR leader with a post-graduation in Human Resources from XLRI, Jamshedpur. In his illustrious career spanning almost 3 decades he held significant roles at Polaris, IBM, EY, and many more, establishing Human Capital Consulting Practices in India, Middle East, Central and Southeastern Europe, and Africa. His core strengths include business alignment, organization development, and leadership development.
M.V. Subramanian
Independent Director
M.V. Subramanian
Independent Director
M.V.Subramanian, aka MVS Mani, is a serial entrepreneur and now as general partner in July Ventures an AIF, previously he was Founder and Managing Director of Future Focus Infotech (FFI), a leading IT Consulting & Staffing enterprise, with operations in India, Middle East & US. As a Lead Investor on Indian Angel Network (IAN) for more than 10 years now, MVS has had successful exits on his investments over the years. His investment interest spans domains with some of his invested startups on their way to being Unicorns in their segment. He is also called upon to mentor many startups .
As a well respected investor and Director in NativeLead, MVS has been working to promote entrepreneurship in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. He is a Charter member of TiE Chennai and has held positions earlier in both the NASSCOM National SME Council as well as the Regional Council.
He is Chair of the Technology Committee at South India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI), a 100+ year old Industry body. He chaired the Organizing Committee on inviting investments into Tamil Nadu from the Tamil diaspora as part of the “Yaadhum Oorae” event and anchored the MSME policy discussion recently held under the auspices of SICCI.
He received the CII “Mentor of the Year – 2020” award from the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
ADRENALIN AT A GLANCE
A Legacy of Innovation, Trusted.
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Decades of enterprise HR expertise
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Trusted across industries & geographies
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Advancing connected, AI-first HCM
25+
2000+
3M+
35+
1M+
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Adrenalin at a Glance
25+
Years in HR
2000+
Global Enteprises
3000000+
Employees
40+
Countries Payroll
35+
AI Agents
Our Offices
Chennai
Adrenalin eSystems Limited
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Siruseri, Chennai - 600 130, India.
Gurugram
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Udyog Vihar Phase 4,
Gurugram, Haryana - 122 015, India.
Mumbai
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8th Floor, "Silver Metropolis", Jay Coach,
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Mumbai - 400063, India.
Hyderabad
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Philippines
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Malaysia
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Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, 50470,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dubai
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G45, Technohub 1 Block A
Dubai Silicon Oasis,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Piscataway, New Jersey - 08854,
United States of America.
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