Give people agency
Help employees take an active role in their own growth, contribution and internal movement.
Why we exist
Building the future of work around people
We believe people should be able to see and shape what comes next in their careers—and organisations should be able to discover and mobilise the talent they already have.
Virkware is a Singapore-headquartered company serving a global market. Our team brings experience across technology, product, HR, learning, consulting and enterprise transformation.
A global, multidisciplinary team
Experience spanning Asia, Europe and the United States.
Our purpose
Help organisations unlock people potential from within
Virkware was created to help organisations build environments where people can engage, develop and find internal opportunities for growth.
Our AI-powered Internal Talent Marketplace connects employee skills and aspirations with career pathways, internal gigs and projects, mentoring, learning and internal roles—turning talent information into practical ways forward.
Your People. Your Potential.
What guides us
Employee-first by design
We combine practical enterprise experience with a simple belief: talent systems create more value when employees can use them to act.
Turn insight into action
Bring skills, aspirations and opportunities together across familiar organisational boundaries.
Support changing priorities
Create a flexible foundation that can develop with the organisation and its workforce.
Meet the team
Experience across technology, talent and transformation
Virkware brings together operators, product builders, HR specialists and advisers with experience across industries and regions.
Co-founder
Shubham Gupta
Shubham brings more than 20 years of experience at Seagate across multiple roles and product lines. He led portfolio strategy, product-line management and customer experience for its US$3 billion business. He holds an Engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Change Management & HR SME
Heena Agarwal
Heena has 14 years of experience in HR and learning and development across Tech Mahindra, Atos, Tata Steel, KPIT and Lafarge. Her work includes delivering HR initiatives and facilitating behavioural and leadership workshops. She holds an MBA in HR from IMT Ghaziabad.
Product Management
Jake Chia
Jake is fascinated by the application of emerging technology and experienced in building products, uncovering business value and simplifying complex problems.
Chief Technology Officer
Chetan Mukundan
Chetan is a technologist with more than 20 years of experience building products and delivering services for customers across India, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Co-founder & CEO
Thyag Venkatesan
Thyag co-founded Virkware to help organisations prepare for the future of work. His career spans Silicon Valley e-commerce, business consulting at PwC and 12 years leading change across APAC and EMEA at Credit Suisse. He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and holds an Engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Advisor
Cherie Gartner
Cherie is a globally experienced business leader who has managed high-performing teams and created client value across the United States and international markets.
Advisor
Gabriella Eberhardt
Gabriella is Founder and Managing Director of Unbiased Solution Ltd and a global HR leader with more than 25 years of international, multi-industry experience across organisations including GE, Deutsche Telekom and Kraft Foods. She holds an MA in Human Resource Strategy and Change from Kingston University, London.
Advisor
Mike Troemel
Mike is a technical leader with significant experience across the product lifecycle, including leadership roles in research and development, product development and manufacturing.
Work with us
Let’s explore what your people could achieve.
Talk with the Virkware team about your talent, development and workforce-transformation priorities.