Raghav Goel — CEO
I'm passionate about enabling customers, both big and small, achieve more by scaling the use of SaaS and AI solutions. Currently, I'm a Pricing and GTM executive at LinkedIn, owning pricing/packaging, commercial models, and sales operating systems to drive durable ARR growth and margin expansion across $3B+ SaaS and AI portfolios. I am fortunate to have 15+ years of experience across engineering, product, pricing, and GTM strategy/operations in SaaS and tech, and have been a trusted partner to Product, Sales, Finance, and Legal. During this time, I have a track record of quadrupling revenue in 5 years (to $1B+ ARR), increasing new customer acquisition by 40% YoY, saving $50M+ through discount tightening, and developing world-class teams. I enjoy:- Pricing, packaging and discounting governance for SaaS & AI solutions- GTM strategy, operating priorities and compensation design- Sales operations, planning and forecasting, and Rythm of the Business (RoB)- Growth and competitive strategy to win share- Leading diverse, cross-functional groupsPrior to LinkedIn, I led Pricing & Packaging for SMB and Emerging Market audiences at Microsoft. My early career in Management Consulting (Deloitte) and Tech (Amazon Web Services, Intel, and my health-tech start-up) have being foundational learning experiences to work at the intersection of tech & business.I hold an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and Masters & Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI strategy expert with a strong focus on pricing and go-to-market operations.
Location: Seattle, WA, United States
Experience: 15 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Pricing Strategy
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Gtm Strategy
- Sales Operations
- Entrepreneurship
- Product Management
- Graphics Design
- Software Development
Career Highlights
- Quadrupled revenue to $1B+ ARR in 5 years
- Increased new customer acquisition by 40% YoY
- Saved $50M+ through discount tightening
Work Experience
Senior Director - Strategy and Ops (1 yr)
Director - Monetization, Strategy and Ops (3 yrs 9 mos)
Group Manager - Monetization, Strategy & Ops (1 yr)
Senior Manager - Monetization, Strategy & Ops (1 yr)
Microsoft
Business Planning Lead - Emerging Markets & SMB Audiences (7 mos)
Senior Business Planner - SMB (2 yrs 10 mos)
Deloitte
Senior Consultant (1 yr 5 mos)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Research and Teaching Assistant (10 mos)
Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com
Senior Product Manager (Tech) (3 mos)
Anant Advantages
Co-Founder (2 yrs 1 mo)
Intel
Graphics Design Engineer (2 yrs 8 mos)
Texas Instruments
Software Engineer (3 mos)
IBM
Software Engineer (2 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) at MIT Sloan School of Management
Masters at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Bachelors at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur