Shoanak (Sean) Mallapurkar

Sean is the Founder & CEO of Recruit CRM, an AI-First ATS + CRM built for executive search firms and recruitment agencies.

Sean’s exposure to the recruitment industry began early through his father Ajay Mallapurkar’s leadership career at Randstad India. That experience shaped his interest in how technology can help recruitment businesses operate more efficiently and grow.

Sean co-founded Recruit CRM with Ajay and has led the company’s growth as a bootstrapped business serving recruitment and staffing firms across more than 100 countries. Before Recruit CRM, he founded QuicTrade, a funded consumer marketplace startup. Sean holds a degree in Business Information Systems from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.