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Gowthaman Ragothaman

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Gowthaman Ragothaman is Founding CEO of Saptharushi, a Singapore-based company offering a unified system of privacy and data technologies — differential privacy, distributed ledger, federated learning, AI, asset tokenisation, spatial computing and consented wallets — for the marketing industry. He previously founded and led Aqilliz, a blockchain and privacy middleware company for marketing, and spent over two decades at WPP, including as Global Blockchain Solutions Lead at GroupM and in senior leadership at Mindshare across Asia Pacific.

Last updated Jun 6, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
Founding CEO
Company
Saptharushi
Based
New York, New York, United States
Years in industry
18 years

Bio

Gowthaman Ragothaman is Founding CEO of Saptharushi, a Singapore-based company offering a unified system of privacy and data technologies — differential privacy, distributed ledger, federated learning, AI, asset tokenisation, spatial computing and consented wallets — for the marketing industry. He previously founded and led Aqilliz, a blockchain and privacy middleware company for marketing, and spent over two decades at WPP, including as Global Blockchain Solutions Lead at GroupM and in senior leadership at Mindshare across Asia Pacific.

Career

  • Founding CEO

    Aqilliz · 2019–2025

  • Global Client Lead & Global Blockchain Solutions Lead

    GroupM (WPP) · 2018–2019

  • Chief Development Officer, APAC/MEA

    Mindshare · 2018

  • Global Chief Strategy Officer, FAST

    Mindshare · 2017–2018

  • Chief Operating Officer, APAC

    Mindshare · 2014–2017

Expertise & education

Expertise

Customer Data Platforms (CDP)Identity ResolutionFirst-Party Data StrategyData OrchestrationProgrammatic AdvertisingPrivacy-Compliant MarketingAudience ActivationMarketing Data Infrastructure

Speaking topics

First-party data strategy and activationIdentity resolution in a privacy-first worldEnterprise marketing data infrastructureThe future of AdTech post-third-party cookieData fragmentation and unification for marketers

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Co-founded Aqfer to address enterprise-scale marketing data management and identity challenges in the cookieless era
  • Led product and general management at X Plus One through its acquisition by Rocket Fuel, scaling data-driven programmatic capabilities
  • Built Aqfer's platform to support data orchestration and identity resolution without dependency on third-party cookies