Chitra Rakesh

Chitra Rakesh has extensive experience in content marketing, corporate communications, and marketing. Chitra began their career in 2010 as a Tech Reporter at Patch.com, an AOL Company, where they covered business and technology news with a focus on Silicon Valley companies, startups, new and disruptive technologies, innovation, and tech conferences. In 2011, they founded Chitsie, a digital marketing platform where companies could generate ideas, engage with users, and grow their user base through marketing campaigns. Chitra then moved on to Galacsy as Director of Marketing in 2013. In the same year, they also began freelancing as a Tech Writer for VentureBeat, where they interviewed Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, in-person. In 2015, they became Director of Marketing at MinkasuPay, where they were responsible for overall content, messaging, strategy, public relations, website, brand, product, promotions, social media, advertising, email marketing, partner programs, and industry events. In 2017, they worked as a Consultant for both Solvvy and Petasense, True Ventures Startups. From 2018 to 2021, they were Sr Manager, Content Marketing at Alation, where they created compelling campaign copy and/or content for research reports, white papers, eBooks, webinars, blogs, newsletters, email nurture, customer use cases, and social media. Most recently, in 2022, they began working as Head of Content at Sigma Computing.

Chitra Rakesh holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics Honors from Delhi University in India. Chitra also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from FORE School of Management in New Delhi, India. Additionally, they are Social Media Certified from HubSpot Academy.