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Mr. Rao has experience in various senior management positions within the technology industry. Mr. Rao has extensive experience with network system architectures and new product development. Prior to Ambient Mr. Rao was the Chief Information Officer at Mullen Inc. a large advertising agency based in New England. From November 1995 through February 2000 he was the President and Co-Founder of Gaialinks Inc. a company engaged in the development of network management software tools that also provided network analysis for large heterogeneous multi-vendor multi-protocol networks and systems.
Mr. Rao represents Ambient on the IEEE PHY/MAC Working Group formed to develop standard(s) for a common standard for BPL equipment to coexist and/or interoperate. He is also the Chairman of the United Powerline Association's (UPA) Access Working Group and the Co-Chairman of the United Power Line Council's (UPLC) Technical Action Committee. Mr. Rao has also presented at a variety of PLC industry events and has published articles on Power Line Communications.
Mr. Rao also was affiliated with Boston University's Office of Information Technology where he held a variety of positions including Associate Director Network Systems and Network Systems Manager. Mr. Rao received a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering (Cum Laude) from Boston University College of Engineering in 1988. | 