Nandan Rao
Chief Executive Officer at Kannact
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 (190)
python10
flask10
data-visualization10
survey10
react10
r9
data-engineering9
data-exploration9
data-analytics9
ionic9
data-viz9
kubernetes-cluster9
snap9
superset9
kubernetes-deployment9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
bgsedatascience/module-internet
Oct 2018 - Dec 2019
Contributions:17 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
vlab-research/trans
Nov 2020 - Oct 2025
Contributions:11 pushes, 13 tags in 4 years 11 months
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