Chitra Ragavan

Principal, Strategic Impact & Communications at Goodstory

Chitra Ragavan is a media and technology executive who led strategic initiatives at $20 billion dollar unicorn Palantir, where she served as Senior Strategic Advisor to the CEO, and at cryptocurrency startup Gem, where she served as Chief Communications & Strategy Officer and right hand to the CEO. Ragavan is a former nationally recognized journalist with experience in television, radio, and print including at National Public Radio (NPR) and U.S. News & World Report magazine (U.S. News). For the past 13 years, Ragavan has advised CEOs of numerous technology startups both full-time and through her consulting firm, Goodstory. Her clients include London-based corporate intelligence startup, Ground Truth Intelligence and the Seattle-based sports performance management/media startup Zelos. In addition to her exclusive strategic advisory company, Ragavan is a technology writer for SWAAY and the host of two podcasts, When It Mattered, exploring how leaders are shaped by adversity and Techtopia, which examines how technology is shaping our future.