Devaraju Pichchuka

I build the systems that make ad spend provably profitable.

Performance Marketing Lead with 13 years in paid search, attribution and growth, across B2B SaaS, e-commerce and consumer brands. I fix measurement first, then scale what the real revenue supports.

Hyderabad, India. Open to fully remote roles. Immediate joiner, comfortable with US-overlap hours.

Before and after, on accounts I ran
MetricOn joiningAt best
Alidrop revenue-to-spend0.56x2.48x
Spocket non-branded ROAS0.20x2.47x
Dropshiptool Google ROAS0.37x3.91x
Google vs Stripe conversion gap36%17%

Peak figures, 2025 to 2026. Ratios are revenue divided by ad spend, verified against Stripe.

Building the systems behind measurable growth

I don’t optimize campaigns in isolation. I work through six pillars in a fixed order, because most wasted spend comes from skipping the first one.

  1. Measurement & Revenue Integrity

    Can I trust the numbers, and do they match real revenue?

    UTM schemas down to keyword and placement, GCLID capture, Enhanced Conversions, and reconciliation of platform conversions against Stripe or the CRM.

    Cut the Google vs Stripe conversion gap from 36% to 17% on Alidrop. Re-anchored a Rs. 50L/month account to CRM outcomes when Google over-reported leads.

  2. Campaign Intelligence

    What is each campaign, keyword and country really delivering?

    Revenue tied to campaign ID, keyword and country, with branded and non-branded performance read separately so strong brand demand can’t hide weak acquisition.

    Spocket non-branded ROAS moved from about 0.20x to a sustained 2.3x to 2.5x.

  3. Conversion Optimisation

    Where does the funnel leak between click, trial and paid?

    Cohort-level checks on trial-to-paid conversion, so volume is judged by the customers it produces, not the sign-ups it generates.

    Ran a deliberate scale test on Dropshiptool, saw the cohort convert poorly, and cut the spend instead of chasing volume.

  4. Acquisition Economics & BI

    Is every customer profitable at true CAC?

    CAC, ROAS and LTV:CAC computed from actual revenue, then used to right-size budgets with leadership.

    Across four accounts, spend was cut while ROAS rose, once true unit economics were visible.

  5. Business Automation

    How do I get this answer every day without manual work?

    Scripts and API pipelines that join ad cost to real revenue and publish dashboards the team actually uses.

    Built a daily KPI tracker and a campaign-level revenue-vs-cost system, both used for daily budget and bid decisions.

  6. Prioritized Action Plan

    What do we fix first, and in what order?

    Findings ranked by profit impact, rolled out in phases with checkpoints, so a bad call is caught early and reversed cleanly.

    Led a phase-wise turnaround on Alidrop, taking it from losing money to profitable while spending far less.

Most accounts are optimized from pillar 2. Most profit is lost in pillars 1 and 4.

Case studies

Each one shows which pillars did the work.

Alidrop: from losing money to profitable, at lower spend

  • 1 Measurement
  • 2 Campaign
  • 4 Economics
  • 6 Action plan
Problem
Joined at 0.56x revenue-to-spend, with no campaign-level view of revenue.
What I did
Worked with engineering on a UTM schema down to keyword, placement and device. Tied Stripe revenue to campaign, keyword and country, then made budget calls from that.
Result
Revenue-to-spend rose to a 2.48x peak while monthly spend came down by roughly two-thirds, a joint decision with the CEO based on true profitability.

Spocket Google Ads: halving spend while ROAS improved

  • 2 Campaign
  • 4 Economics
  • 5 Automation
Problem
About 60% of revenue was branded, which flattered overall ROAS and hid weak non-branded performance.
What I did
Split branded from non-branded and cut non-branded spend by about 70%, guided by the daily revenue-vs-cost dashboards.
Result
Non-branded ROAS went from about 0.20x to a sustained 2.3x to 2.5x.

Dropshiptool: scale on purpose, cut on evidence

  • 2 Campaign
  • 3 Conversion
  • 4 Economics
Problem
Needed to know whether higher spend would turn into paying customers.
What I did
Ran a planned scale test, checked the trial cohort’s conversion to paid, and cut the inefficient spend when it fell short.
Result
Google ROAS climbed from 0.37x to a 3.91x peak. Bing reached 2.4x cumulative on a lean budget.

Geny Medium: when Google and the CRM disagreed

  • 1 Measurement
  • 2 Campaign
  • 6 Action plan
Problem
On a Rs. 50L/month account, Google reported more leads than the CRM confirmed.
What I did
Made the CRM the source of truth, implemented Enhanced Conversions, and built a creative evaluation framework linking CTR and CPC to MQL, SQL and sales.
Result
15 to 20% better cost per lead across a 20 to 25 brand portfolio, with a team of 15+.

Spocket: owning a bad call and recovering from it

  • 3 Conversion
  • 6 Action plan
Problem
A large location-exclusion change cut trials and revenue across three accounts.
What I did
Ran a pre/post analysis by country, persuaded leadership to reverse it, then proposed phased rollouts and a recoup plan with checkpoints.
Result
Revenue recovered gradually, and future changes now ship in phases.

Systems I’ve built

Tools that keep the numbers honest every day.

Daily KPI Tracker

  • 1 Measurement
  • 5 Automation

A Google Apps Script system that pulls Stripe and Google Ads data for three accounts into one sheet, with automated KPI calculations, deduplication and source bucketing. When Stripe reports moved to Slack, I migrated the ingestion without breaking anything downstream.

Revenue vs Cost Automation

  • 2 Campaign
  • 4 Economics
  • 5 Automation

Joins daily Stripe revenue with Google Ads cost by campaign and country through the Google Ads API. It produces Pareto-tiered dashboards (top 80%, next 15%, bottom 5%), monthly archives and data-integrity checks, and I use it daily to decide where budget goes.

Experience

  • Jun 2025 to Sep 2026
    Spocket Inc

    Senior Manager, Performance Marketing. Google and Bing across Spocket, Alidrop and Dropshiptool, plus affiliate. CAC, ROAS and profitability owner.

  • Feb 2023 to Feb 2025
    Geny Medium

    Performance Marketing Director. Led 15+ people across Google, Meta, GA4, GTM and DV360 for 20 to 25 brands in real estate, education and healthcare, directing about Rs. 4 crore a month.

  • Oct 2020 to Jan 2023
    Ethinos Digital Marketing

    Senior Manager. Large-budget accounts for Decathlon, Country Delight and ICICI Direct. Managed a team of 5 and ran Google and Meta training.

  • Apr 2019 to Oct 2020
    Seagull Advertising

    Digital Marketing Manager. Real estate and education across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, YouTube and display.

  • Jul 2018 to Apr 2019
    Ting Digital

    Digital Marketing Manager. Australian e-commerce campaigns, with ROAS taken from 2x to 4x through Merchant Center feed optimization and segmentation.

  • May 2013 to May 2018
    Genpact and Teleperformance

    Agency Development Manager at Genpact, managing 40+ ad agencies and running QBRs with senior stakeholders. Team Lead at Teleperformance.

Tools

Google Ads, Bing Ads, Meta, LinkedIn Ads, GA4, Google Tag Manager, DV360, Looker-style reporting, Google Apps Script, Google Ads API, Stripe, LeadSquared, AppsFlyer, Firebase, PartnerStack, Impact.

Education and credentials

PGDM in Marketing Management, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. Google Ads, Google Analytics, Tag Manager and Display and Video 360 certified.

Recognition and languages

Dependable Excellence Award (Spocket), Best Employee of the Month (Ethinos), Silver and five Bronze awards (Genpact). Fluent in English, Telugu and Hindi, plus Bengali.

Let’s talk

If your paid spend is growing faster than your confidence in the numbers, I can help.