Raghu N S

Founder and growth operator with 3+ years running ventures end-to-end across community, marketing, sales, and partnerships. Scaled a startup founder community to 1,000+ members, ran a 100+ partner vendor ecosystem, and worked directly with SMEs on acquisition, retention, and revenue growth. Comfortable owning a function end-to-end — strategy through execution — whether that's building a community from scratch, running a marketing funnel, closing partner deals, or standing up growth operations inside a fast-scaling team.

Independent Consultant at Maantrix Tech (registered as Faunus Tech LLP) (2024-05 – Present)

• Ran an independent tech consulting practice delivering mobile app and website development solutions for clients across San Diego, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, owning strategy, delivery, sales, and client relationships end-to-end.
• Pivoted the venture 9 months ago into an AI-driven upskilling and tooling practice — built a full community CRM (EventLoop) on HubSpot's free tier, and explored AI-driven sales/marketing automation workflows (Apollo.io, Clay) for data-driven prospecting.
• Owned client acquisition and account relationships directly, from initial outreach and discovery through proposal, close, and delivery.

Director & Marketing Manager at Happy Ceremonies Pvt Ltd (incl. Baxtone Events) (2022-06 – 2025-11)

• Built and ran a 100+ partner vendor ecosystem from zero as Director, defining performance metrics and iterating processes until partner reliability became repeatable rather than case-by-case.
• Owned marketing strategy and campaign execution supporting partner acquisition and retention, directly improving partner NPS through structured engagement and fast issue resolution.
• Through Baxtone Events (the company's events arm), planned and delivered 50+ corporate, B2B, and community events end-to-end — owning sponsor and vendor sales relationships, budget negotiation, and on-site execution with a team of 10+ coordinators.

Community Manager at Global Startups Club – Bengaluru Chapter (2023-08 – 2025-08)

• Grew a founder community from 700 to 1,000+ members by designing structured programs, AMAs, and in-person networking events that converted passive members into repeat attendees.
• Built a member ambassador program that converted high-value contributors into brand advocates, speakers, and peer mentors.
• Created post-event feedback loops to track engagement and attendance KPIs, and acted as primary liaison between local members and global chapter leadership across time zones.

Process Executive at Infosys BPM (2019-01 – 2020-12)

• Executed high-volume, SOP-driven workflows in a compliance-focused environment, building the process discipline and data accuracy habits that now underpin structured growth operations.

MCA – PES University (2020)

B.Sc. in Computer Science – Govt. First Grade College, Tiptur (2017)

MBA in Marketing & Strategy – Kairos School of Business (2024)

PG Diploma in Digital Marketing – MICA Ahmedabad (2023)