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Manjunath MS Rao

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Founder & CEO @WhtNext: Al Powered Employability & Career Intelligence Platform at WhtNext
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Manjunath MS Rao is the Founder and CEO of WhtNext, an AI-powered employability intelligence platform. With over 20 years of experience at companies like Siemens, he is a transformation catalyst at the intersection of AI, career science, and organizational psychology. His peers describe him as meticulous, approachable, and passionate.

Beyond his professional life, Manjunath enjoys writing poetry in both Kannada and English. He is passionate about mentoring students and working with government schools to build community initiatives, viewing these activities as essential for meaningful transformation and lifelong learning.

Unique fact: He made an unconventional career shift from being a Systems Engineer to studying the science of human potential, which led him from a Kannada-medium school to a TEDx stage.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO @WhtNext: Al Powered Employability & Career Intelligence Platform
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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AI in Employability
As the founder of WhtNext, he is building an AI-powered platform to provide career intelligence and democratize career foresight for students and professionals.
Enterprise Transformation
His career includes leading large-scale Lean-Agile enterprise transformations at Siemens and advising organizations on aligning systems, leadership, and culture for sustainable change.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Founder & CEO @WhtNext: Al Powered Employability & Career Intelligence Platform
WhtNext
1-2024
Advisor - People, Culture and Business Strategy
HigherEdBPO Inc.
8-2021
CXO Advisor, Management Consultant, Key Note Speaker(TEDx), Trainer and Mentor
Transformative Lab
10-2019 - 8-2021
Global Lean-Agile Transformation Leader | Head of Business Excellence – DPI Business Unit
Siemens Technology India
4-2018 - 10-2019
Transformation Program Office Lead | Lean-Agile Enterprise Transformation
Siemens Technology India
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Education
2020 - 9-2025
Masters in Science
Jain (Deemed-to-be University)
2015 - 2015
Executive MBA
NIBM Institute
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