Arun Rao is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience building analytics-driven and AI-powered platforms for startups and Fortune 200 companies. He founded GrandCanals in Los Gatos, an AI analytics platform for e-commerce fulfillment, which was acquired by C.H. Robinson, where he later drove tech innovation and new product introductions. He currently leads samvid.ai as Founder and CEO, focusing on building responsible AI for the enterprise, and he also co-founded Project Stanley, a nonprofit delivering real-time supply chain insights to humanitarian organizations and clinicians, including a PPE matching system that helped channel more than 10 million units to frontline workers and was featured in Nature. Earlier in his career he led product management at icon-scm and directed IT at Flex, contributing to multi-million-dollar data integration and supply chain solutions. An active open-source advocate with a Java-centric background, he blends hands-on development with strategic product leadership. He holds a B.S. in Electronics & Communications Engineering from the University of Mysore and an MBA from Penn State, and is based in Sunnyvale, California.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Administration Management and Operations, MBA Business Administration Management and Operations at Penn State University
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