Aqilliz CEO
Co-founder and CEO at Aqilliz
Pioneering the application of blockchain technology to advertising data collaboration in Asia-Pacific, and building Aqilliz as a privacy-first alternative to traditional data-sharing infrastructure in the cookieless advertising era.
Last updated May 30, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team
Gowthaman Ragothaman is best known as the co-founder and CEO of Aqilliz, a blockchain-powered data collaboration platform purpose-built for the advertising technology industry in Asia-Pacific. He has carved out a distinctive niche at the intersection of distributed ledger technology and digital advertising, championing privacy-preserving data solutions at a time when the industry faces existential pressure from cookie deprecation, tightening data regulations, and growing consumer privacy expectations. Under his leadership, Aqilliz has become a recognized voice in the APAC AdTech ecosystem for decentralized identity and secure data collaboration between advertisers, publishers, and data owners. Before founding Aqilliz, Ragothaman built a career spanning senior leadership roles across the AdTech and MarTech landscape in Asia-Pacific, accumulating deep expertise in programmatic advertising, data management platforms, and marketing technology strategy. His background gave him firsthand insight into the structural inefficiencies and trust deficits in digital advertising data supply chains, which directly informed the founding thesis of Aqilliz. He has been a consistent advocate for industry-wide standards around data privacy and transparency, contributing to regional and global conversations on cookieless advertising futures. Ragothaman is widely regarded as one of the more forward-thinking operators in APAC AdTech, having bet early on blockchain as a practical infrastructure layer for advertising data governance rather than purely a speculative technology. He regularly speaks at industry forums and has helped shape the narrative around how distributed ledger technology can address real-world challenges in digital marketing, including consent management, data provenance, and cross-party collaboration without compromising user privacy.
Managing Director, APAC
Publicis Media (Digitas/Mediavest) (Prior to 2019)
Senior Leadership Role
WPP / GroupM (APAC) (Prior to 2019)
- Co-founded Aqilliz, one of the first blockchain-native data collaboration platforms purpose-built for the advertising industry in Asia-Pacific
- Positioned Aqilliz as a recognized privacy-tech innovator in APAC AdTech during the industry's transition away from third-party cookies
- Advocated for and contributed to industry standards around data privacy and transparency in digital advertising across the APAC region