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Praveen Rao

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Member Board of Directors at OPC Foundation
📍 Atlanta Metropolitan Area, United States

Praveen Rao is the Global Head of Manufacturing at Google Cloud, driving strategy and go-to-market initiatives to shape the future of the industry with AI and cloud technologies. A seasoned technology executive with an MBA from the University of Chicago, he is described by peers as innovative, collaborative, and customer-centric.

He has a passion for leveraging technology to solve complex challenges and make a positive impact on the world. As a self-described early adopter of technology, his curiosity has driven a career spanning roles at AWS and IBM, focusing on business transformation.

Unique fact: Praveen serves on the Board of Directors for the OPC Foundation, an organization focused on creating industrial interoperability standards.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Member Board of Directors
Location
Atlanta Metropolitan Area, United States
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Future of Manufacturing
Leads the manufacturing vertical at Google Cloud, focusing on empowering customers by harnessing Cloud, Gen AI, and Industry 4. 0 technologies to revolutionize their operations.
Physical AI
A recent focus and key topic from his speaking engagement at CES 2026, where he discussed multimodal AI capabilities moving from virtual applications into the real world.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Member Board of Directors
OPC Foundation
9-2024
Industry Head - Manufacturing
Google
4-2024 - 9-2024
Managing Director - Manufacturing Industry
Google
2021 - 3-2024
Global Head – Industrial Cloud, IoT & Analytics
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
8-2018 - 2021
Managing Director - Analytics, Blockchain and Partnerships
IBM
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Media appearances

The OPC Foundation elects three new members to its Board of Directors and names Shinji Oda as chairman. Featured in OPC Foundation Press Release
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Praveen Rao - OPC Foundation. Featured in OPC Foundation
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Education
MBA
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
MS
Michigan Technological University
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