# Parinaz Karkaria

> Parinaz Karkaria is Chief of Staff to the CEO at Censia, the San Francisco AI talent intelligence company. She joined Censia in 2018 after running customer success at AppDynamics and managing the eBay account at Cognizant, and now spends her days translating a founder's ambitions into operating rhythm for a Series B startup selling machine learning into the world's most cautious buyer: HR.

- **Role:** Chief of Staff to the CEO at Censia
- **Organizations:** Censia, AppDynamics, Cognizant Technology Solutions, ZEDventures
- **Education:** BCOM, Commerce, Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University (SNDT)
- **Known for:** Launched the Executive Advisory Council at AppDynamics, Managed the eBay Inc. account at Cognizant with $35M+ annual revenue, Serving continuously as Chief of Staff to the Censia CEO since 2018 through Series A and Series B

## Career timeline

- **pre-2010** — Business Development Manager at ZEDventures
- **2010s** — Account Executive, then Sr. Ops/Account Executive at Cognizant Technology Solutions, managing the eBay Inc. account (annual revenue $35M+)
- **mid-2010s** — Sr. Customer Success Manager at AppDynamics; launched the Executive Advisory Council
- **2018-04** — Joined Censia as Chief of Staff to the CEO
- **2024-09** — Censia closes latest funding round (Series B)

## Achievements

- Launched the Executive Advisory Council at AppDynamics
- Managed the eBay Inc. account at Cognizant with $35M+ annual revenue
- Serving continuously as Chief of Staff to the Censia CEO since 2018 through Series A and Series B

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Shared Censia's perspective on 'the next era of HR: orchestrating the entire employee lifecycle' on LinkedIn.
- **2024-09** — Censia closed its latest funding round while Parinaz remained Chief of Staff.

## Links

- Website: https://censia.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parinaz-karkaria-53053a3/

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