Kaje Velummaylum is a founder and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building AI-enabled HR and care management platforms that simplify payroll, compliance, recruitment and rostering across Australia and Southeast Asia. As Founder & CEO of RomeoHR and co-founder of Appoyo, he has turned real-world HR pain points—ghost employees, cross-border payment errors and complex NDIS rostering—into automated, audit-ready workflows that cut admin by over 70%. He blends deep software engineering roots (research and realtime systems experience) with product-led growth, shipping solutions that scale from 10 to 500+ employees and serve multi-country payroll needs. Kaje’s work uniquely targets the intersection of workforce compliance and automation, using AI to write job ads, screen talent and fill shifts with one click. Based in Queensland, he also consults on HR/payroll optimisation, bringing a pragmatic, data-driven approach to helping organisations grow without operational friction.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Honours degree of Bachelor of Science of Engineering (B.Sc.Eng), Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, Honours degree of Bachelor of Science of Engineering (B.Sc.Eng), Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering at University of Moratuwa
G.C.E A/L, Mathematics, Physics, G.C.E A/L, Mathematics, Physics at Victoria College, Jaffna.
Master of Computing (M.Sc), Computer Science, Master of Computing (M.Sc), Computer Science at National University of Singapore
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