Where did Dr. Anand Rao go to school?

Dr. Anand Rao studied at University of Sydney (PhD, Artificial Intelligence); Melbourne Business School (MBA, Finance); Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (MSc (Tech), Computer Science).

Dr. Anand Rao

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Venture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc · Distinguished Service Professor of Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Carnegie Mellon University

Greater Pittsburgh Region

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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

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 Skills

Languages 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

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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

Who is Dr. Anand Rao?: 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.
Where does Dr. Anand Rao work?: Dr. Anand Rao is Venture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc.
Where did Dr. Anand Rao go to school?: Dr. Anand Rao studied at University of Sydney (PhD, Artificial Intelligence); Melbourne Business School (MBA, Finance); Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (MSc (Tech), Computer Science).

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Also attended Melbourne Business School47

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Also attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani234

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Also worked at Golden Sparrow6

Rishaad CurrimjeeGeneral Partner at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc Afreed FaizanInvestment Analyst at Exfinity Ventures Ritik SinghPrincipal at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc Michael MarmorOperating Partner-AI at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc Venkat RajuOperating Partner-Deep Tech at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc Dr. Amritendu MukherjeeVenture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc

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Also worked at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants21

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Also worked at Mitchell Madison Group29

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