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Arka Prava D.

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Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Arka Prava D. is a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company with deep expertise in Generative AI. His career includes founding the field service automation platform Zinier and serving as Head of Human Data at OpenAI. He holds a Bachelor of Science from MIT and also studied Management Science at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

He is passionate about exploring how GenAI can amplify human potential and reshape industries. Arka has expressed a strong belief in leveraging collective human ingenuity to solve major challenges, a theme reflected in his professional journey of building technology-driven companies from the ground up to tackle complex problems in various sectors.

Unique fact: Arka co-founded his first company, 1000Photographers, while he was still a student at MIT.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Senior Advisor
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Generative AI
His current focus is on what it means to be "GenAI Native" and shaping a future through its responsible deployment.
AI Safety
As the former Head of Human Data at OpenAI, he focused on ensuring AI benefits all of humanity with safety at its core.
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Career

Work history

Senior Advisor
McKinsey & Company
Head of Human Data
OpenAI
Co - Founder & CEO
Zinier
7-2012 - 8-2014
Managing Partner
LIFT12
2-2012 - 7-2012
Venture Partner
Rocket Internet GmbH
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Education
2006 - 2010
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2006 - 2010
Management Science
MIT Sloan School of Management
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