Padma Rao

Padma Rao has a diverse work experience spanning over a decade. In 2013, they served as the CEO of Markkit, Inc. and held this position until 2016. Padma then joined Jamberry as the CMO in 2016 and stayed until 2017. In 2017, Padma became a board member at Shinesty and a reading partner volunteer at Reading Partners. Padma also started working as the CMO at Tapingo in the same year, and their role lasted until 2021. In 2018, Padma joined Grubhub as the VP of Special Projects and remained in this position until 2021. Padma also volunteered as a tax-aid volunteer at Tax-Aid from 2018 to 2019. From 2010 onwards, Padma took on various consulting, advisory, and interim roles at different startups. Currently, in 2022, they are working as an Innovation Partner at EMERGING.

Padma Rao completed their education with a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998. Prior to that, they also obtained a Master of Science in Chemistry from the same institute in 1996. Their undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Economics, was earned from the University of Arizona in 1994.