# Shehzad Karkhanawala

> Shehzad Karkhanawala is a Baltimore-area technology marketing executive and Joveo's Chief Marketing Officer. An IIT Kharagpur MBA gold medalist whose career has crossed Wipro, Frost & Sullivan, Aryaka, Webscale and Joveo, he argues for a disciplined marriage of creativity and measurement - while keeping recruitment technology humane for the people moving through it.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Joveo
- **Organizations:** Joveo, Webscale Networks, Aryaka Networks, Frost & Sullivan, Wipro, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- **Education:** MBA, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Vinod Gupta School of Management
- **Known for:** Received IIT Kharagpur's Mrs. Shelu Sanyal Memorial Endowment Gold Medal for best academic performance among graduating MBA students in 2014., Was part of Aryaka's marketing leadership team during a period when company revenue grew by more than 500% over three years., Helped build Webscale's demand-generation engine during a period of more than 100% year-over-year growth.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Completed an MBA at IIT Kharagpur and received the Mrs. Shelu Sanyal Memorial Endowment Gold Medal for the best academic performance among graduating MBA students.
- **2014-2018** — Advanced through marketing roles at Aryaka Networks, ultimately serving as Director of Marketing.
- **2018** — Aryaka's marketing organization was named a Marketers That Matter finalist in the Driving Growth and Transformation Journey categories.
- **2019-2020** — Served as Assistant Vice President of Marketing and General Manager for India Operations at Webscale Networks.
- **2020** — Joined Joveo to lead customer experience and marketing.
- **2023** — Became Chief Marketing Officer at Joveo.
- **2025** — Outlined his data-and-creativity operating philosophy and AI outlook in Joveo's leadership interview series.

## Achievements

- Received IIT Kharagpur's Mrs. Shelu Sanyal Memorial Endowment Gold Medal for best academic performance among graduating MBA students in 2014.
- Was part of Aryaka's marketing leadership team during a period when company revenue grew by more than 500% over three years.
- Helped build Webscale's demand-generation engine during a period of more than 100% year-over-year growth.
- Led global marketing functions at Joveo spanning product and content marketing, demand generation, communications and sales enablement.
- Received a CMO Award and an Aryaka Networks President's Club recognition in 2016, as listed on his LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published Joveo explainers on text recruiting, share of voice in job advertising, AI agents versus copilots, and agentic screening.
- **2026-06** — Featured in a Joveo leadership video about marketing outcomes, clarity and consistency.
- **2025-11** — His view of marketing teams as product managers for marketing AI appeared in Joveo's Human Imperative feature.
- **2025-10** — Appeared in Joveo's leadership interview series to discuss creativity, metrics, team culture and AI-era marketing.

## Links

- Website: https://www.joveo.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shehzad-karkhanawala
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2aWhBAlZY

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Last updated: 2026-08-31