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Kirti Shenoy

Co-founder & CEO

Kirti Shenoy is the CEO and Co-Founder of Zeal, a leading staffing operations platform that makes it faster, easier, and better for staffing companies to onboard, pay, and bill. Under her leadership, Zeal has raised over $30 million from investors like Spark Capital and Y Combinator. Kirti also serves on the American Payroll Association's Digital Payments Committee, where she works with policymakers on innovative initiatives such as EWA and Digital Payment legislation. Prior to Zeal, Kirti developed white-labeled banking products at BankMobile.

Education

MBA, The Wharton School; BA, Business, University of Pennsylvania

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Payroll, Staffing, Business Operations, FinTech

Blogs by Kirti Shenoy

Why Payroll Feels Broken For Millions of Americans

June 8, 2026

AI in Staffing: Hype or Real?

September 4, 2025

Product Update: May 2025

June 2, 2025

Product Update: April 2025

May 1, 2025

Product Update: March 2025

April 1, 2025

Product Update: February 2025

February 1, 2025

Product Update: January 2025

February 1, 2025

2024 Year in Review: Beyond Payroll, Built for Staffing

January 15, 2025

The Modern Payroll Platform Built for Modern Work

October 10, 2024

The ABCs of APIs

March 23, 2023

Eye on EOY

December 1, 2022

How we Built Zeal’s Core Values

August 10, 2022

A Day in the Life of Dom—a Senior Software Engineer @ Zeal

August 5, 2022

101 Payroll Products

August 9, 2021

Guides by Kirti Shenoy

How to Grow Your Staffing Company: The 6-Step Model for Strategic Growth

July 22, 2025

Payroll in the United States

August 9, 2021

1099 Contractors vs. W-2 Employees

August 9, 2021

Payroll Paperwork & Filing

August 20, 2021

American Payroll vs. International Payroll

October 14, 2021

BSA/AML Compliance for Payroll Providers

March 4, 2022

Why Gig Work Companies Need Flexible Payroll

June 12, 2024

7 Important Considerations as You Become a PEO or EOR

June 24, 2024

Gig Compliance 101

July 8, 2024

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