Shashanka Rao

Shashanka Rao is an experienced professional in business operations and strategy. Currently serving as a BizOps Manager at Apollo.io since August 2023, Shashanka previously held roles at GSV Ventures as a Scout and Summer Associate from June to December 2022. Prior experience includes a position in Growth & Strategy at Toddle - Your Teaching Partner, where a deferred MBA admission allowed for a tenure in the CEO's office from August 2020 to July 2021. Earlier roles encompass Chief of Staff and Special Projects Manager at African Leadership Academy from June 2018 to July 2020, and Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company from July 2016 to June 2018. Shashanka holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, along with a high school education in Science from Little Rock Indian School.