Nandan Rao
Chief Executive Officer at Virtual Lab
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNandan Rao is a CEO and technical founder with 11 years of experience building data-driven products at the intersection of machine learning, economics, and healthcare. Trained as a Bayesian and an applied economist (PhD-level studies), he combines rigorous causal thinking with hands-on engineering across Javascript, Python, Go, Scala, Clojure, R, and Julia to deliver scalable platforms and impact evaluations. He’s led engineering and product teams from CTO/COO roles to founding Virtual Lab and now running Starlight, focused on proactive virtual care and improving patient outcomes. Nandan teaches data science and software best practices—advocating functional purity, testability, and composability—and has applied those principles to production systems at institutions like the World Bank and IOM. Beyond code, he brings a creative background in film-making to product storytelling and user experience, a rare blend that informs both technical leadership and communication.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Fulltime Immersive Javascript, Fulltime Immersive Javascript at Fullstack AcademyBFA Film and Television Production, BFA Film and Television Production at New York UniversityMaster of Science Data Science, Master of Science Data Science at Barcelona School of EconomicsDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Applied Economics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Applied Economics at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaMaster of Research Economics, Master of Research Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Danish, Greek, Spanish, Catalan, English
Github Skills (200)
data-analytics10
visualization10
notebook10
python10
ipython10
mining10
text-mining10
jupyterlab10
binder10
flask10
snap10
data-visualization10
analytics10
survey10
react10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
vlab-research/vlab
May 2021 - Feb 2025
The Virtual Lab platform!
Contributions:107 reviews, 27 PRs, 179 pushes in 3 years 9 months
virtual-lablab
vlab-research/translate-typeform
Aug 2019 - Jan 2025
Contributions:3 reviews, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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