The Business APAC HR Tech Exclusives of 2019 March 2019 | Page 13

HR TECH
addition to an AI job agent suggesting relevant
positions to apply to.
Impressive Results of X0PA’s HR Platform
X0PA has observed a considerable reduction in time to
hire of 87.5%, an improvement in screening process
by 400%, and 50% savings in the cost to hire. To
further improve these results, X0PA regularly interacts
with clients for their suggestions in refining the
existing platform. This regular check helps the
company to constantly address clients’ pain points,
and continually develop relevant solutions.
After successfully establishing in Singapore and
ASEAN countries, X0PA is aiming at aggressive sales
and revenue targets in the present year. Therefore, it
will be launching its latest products in new markets
including UK, Europe, and India.
CEO, Enabling Workplace Happiness atX0PA
The expansion plans and comprehensive solutions are
the fruits of healthy workplace environment at X0PA.
Nina Alag Suri, the Founder and CEO of X0PA,
strives towards the mission of “enabling workplace
happiness” because she and her team devote much
time to their work. According to Nina, the work at
X0PA is an expression of who the employees are and
what they stand for. Such devotion allows the
company to quickly excel, helping recruiters find and
engage with the best candidates.
A Look at CEO’s Prior Experience and
Achievements
Nina has worked for leading companies including
ICIM (An ICL Company) and IIS Infotech. With
extensive management experience, Nina established
the niche search agency Nastrac in India in 1997.
Shortly thereafter she moved APAC operations to
Singapore. Since 2000 Nina has expanded overseas to
the UK and Europe. Most recently, she established
X0PA in 2017. Nina is proud of this significant
milestone. Her contribution in various verticals has
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received multiple accolades including:
Ÿ Female Business Personality of the year
Singapore, 2016
Ÿ Entrepreneur of the Year 2013, Entrepreneur of the
Year 2016
Ÿ The European Consultancy of the year 2016 SME
of the Year 2014
Ÿ Asia Pacific Brands Award 2014
Ÿ Singapore Quality Medallion 2014
Ÿ Singapore - The European World
Finance - Notable SME 2013
“AI is quite misunderstood
by many and…,” says
Nina
We empower
our customers
to identify and
manage their
best talent
through the
power of AI.
When asked about the
key upcoming HR
technology
trends—Nina
expanded on AI,
which is still not
quite understood by
many. Computers
can be taught to think
on their own, and react
much faster than
possible by humans.
However the inputs that
you “teach” a machine
directly impact what decisions
they come to. Nina states, a possible
pitfall of AI is its ability to develop
candidate bias. That’s why X0PA not only takes one
recruiter or a team of recruiter’s opinion into account
of what a “top candidate” is. Rather X0PA’s
algorithms learn from the decisions made by the entire
ecosystem. In addition to responsible machine
learning being a growing trend, she feels HR tech
stacks will progress to combine robotic process
automation in an expanding effort to unlock the time
constraints most HR teams operate on. In this high
tech arena, trying to forecast anything beyond 18
months borders on science fiction.
Mar. 2019