Dr. Anand Rao
InvestorVenture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Greater Pittsburgh Region
About
Anand previously led PwC's global AI practice and is now a professor of AI at Carnegie Mellon. He has advised enterprises and founders across the AI ecosystem, sits on several AI organization boards, and has published over 130 papers. He is an LP in Golden Sparrow.
Experience
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityDistinguished Service Professor of Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligencecurrent2023 — presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Golden SparrowVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentUnited States
- PwCGlobal Artificial Intelligence Lead | AI-Emtech Lead in Labs | Partner in Analytics Insights2017 — 2023Greater Boston
- PwCInnovation Lead, Data & Analytics2014 — 2016Greater Boston
- PwCPartner at PwC's U.S. Insurance Advisory Services2010 — 2013Greater Boston
- Diamond Management & Technology ConsultantsPartner2005 — 2010Greater Boston
- Diamond Management & Technology ConsultantsPrincipal2001 — 2005London Area, United Kingdom
- Diamond Management & Technology ConsultantsManager2001London Area, United Kingdom
- Agent Oriented SoftwareNon-Executive Director1997 — 2005
- marchFIRSTAssociate2000London Area, United Kingdom
- Mitchell Madison GroupAssociate1998 — 2000Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Australian Artificial Intelligence InstituteChief Research Scientist1988 — 1997
Education
- University of SydneyPhD, Artificial Intelligence1985 — 1988
- Melbourne Business SchoolMBA, Finance1995 — 1997
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniMSc (Tech), Computer Science1980 — 1984
Skills & more
Analytics99Management Consulting99Business Transformation90Business Strategy85Strategic Consulting64Financial Services49Program Management41Business Analysis40Business Intelligence30Financial Modeling25Competitive Analysis19Business Analytics20
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InsuranceProduct ManagementEntrepreneurshipArtificial IntelligenceThought LeadershipIT StrategyMarketing StrategyCustomer ExperienceStrategyAnalysisStrategic PlanningAnalytical SkillsLanguages English
- Data Science Specialization — Coursera
- Systems Thinking in Public Health — Coursera
- How Google does Machine Learning — Coursera
- Launching into Machine Learning — Coursera
- Intro to TensorFlow — Coursera
- Practical Machine Learning — Coursera
- Practical Machine Learning — Coursera
- AI for Medical Diagnosis — Coursera
- Data Science Capstone — Coursera
- Neural Networks for Machine Learning — Coursera Course Certificates
From Dr.'s professional profile.
Colleagues at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Dr. Amritendu Mukherjee
Venture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Michael Marmor
Operating Partner-AI at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Quentin Staes-Polet
Venture Partner - Gaming at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Rishaad Currimjee
General Partner at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Ritik Singh
Principal at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Venkat Raju
Operating Partner-Deep Tech at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Dr. Anand Rao work?
- Dr. Anand Rao is Venture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc.
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Shared employers
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