Vijay Kalagara
Founder & CEO
15 years leading HR across Rolls-Royce, ABB and Sygnum Bank, followed by building a seven-figure executive search firm.
About us
Search needed a rethink.
TalSource was born from decades of HR, search, product and engineering experience.
When founders Vijay Kalagara and Beat Wuffli saw how slow and fragmented critical hiring had become, they knew search needed a rethink.
Why TalSource was built
The problem wasn't finding people. It was how search worked.
In one leadership search, the right candidate was identified within weeks, yet the process continued for months.
Spreadsheets, scattered emails and manual updates made search slow, opaque and difficult to compare. This was not an exception. It was the industry norm.
That problem became the starting point for TalSource, built by people who understood both the hiring challenge and the technology required to solve it.
What TalSource changes
We believed there had to be a better way.
TalSource replaces fragmented, manual search processes with one shared platform - while keeping the candidate conversations and judgement human.
- Replace spreadsheets and scattered notes
- Cut manual sourcing and outreach
- Reduce repetitive screening calls
- Compare candidates consistently
- See search progress in real time
- Keep talent intelligence for future hires
AI supports search, matching and scale. Experienced talent professionals handle the conversations, assessments and judgement that should remain human.
The result is a faster, more transparent model for difficult specialist and leadership roles.
The people behind TalSource
Built by people who understand hiring and technology.
Founders, HR leaders and talent specialists working as one team behind every search.
Beat Wuffli
Founder & CTO
10+ years of technology and finance experience, including 5 years at Sygnum across software, product & core-banking integrations.
Maritza Virag
Account Director
20 years across Google, Baxter, Danaher, ESAB and gategroup, spanning specialist, high-volume and executive hiring.
Sneha Chabra
Account Director
6+ years in recruitment across power, renewables, oil & gas, engineering, construction and major infrastructure.
Alessio Piras
Account Director
9 years in recruitment, specializing in hard-to-fill IT, power and engineering roles across international markets.
Melissa Haymerle
Account Director
14 years in recruitment leadership at PageGroup and Michael Page, spanning senior and executive hiring across Europe and APAC.
Venkat P
Account Director
20+ years in talent acquisition across power, engineering and manufacturing in India and Southeast Asia.
Kai Michael Horn
Sales & GTM
10+ years building B2B SaaS and technology sales functions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Our mission