Contact
Email is the best way to reach me — it comes straight to me, and I read every one. Say a little about what you’re working on and I’ll write back.
hello@shivendu.com
Things I’m genuinely useful for
- Standing up payroll in a new country
- Which entity to sequence first, how to architect pay types so you don’t repaint a payslip later, go-live planning, and the judgment calls nobody warns you about.
- An HRIS migration you can’t afford to fumble
- Census reconciliation, historical imports, document audits. I’ve seen how these fail quietly six months later — and how to make sure they don’t.
- AI that actually does the ops work
- Skills and automation for contracts, audits, and the repetitive payroll workflows — built to run in production, not to demo well and break on Monday.
- Comparing notes
- Speaking, writing, or just trading war stories about global payroll and AI-assisted operations. I like these conversations.
A note, so I don’t waste your time
I’m one person who still does the actual payroll work, so I’m honest about where I add real value and where I don’t. Agency pitches and “quick calls to pick your brain” with no context usually aren’t the best use of either of our time — and if a conversation needs an NDA before a single sentence of what it’s about, we’ll both be happier if it starts somewhere else.
If you’re genuinely unsure whether it’s a fit, write anyway and tell me what you’re trying to solve. I’d rather read a real problem than a polished pitch.
I usually reply within a few days. If it’s urgent and payroll-shaped, say so up top and I’ll jump.