Prasad Rao — Co-Founder
Experienced Principal Solutions Architect with 18+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles, specializing in digital and GenAI transformation, cloud native architectures, and AI/ ML adoption. Currently in the AWS Worldwide Specialist Organisation (WWSO), working directly with enterprise customers to migrate and modernize their workloads on AWS and design and deliver production-grade AI/ ML solutions — from RAG-based knowledge systems to LLM evaluation frameworks. Proven track record in building relationships with c-level executives, pre-sales technical discovery, prototyping complex GenAI PoCs, coaching technical teams, and managing multi-million dollar enterprise relationships. Published thought leader (100K+ blog views), international conference speaker, and co-founder of BeSA, a community that has upskilled 20,000+ people in cloud and AI In my free time I love to mentor people who are new to cloud and would like to get started on AWS and achieve AWS certification. I help people to progress in their cloud and AI journey and give them career advice to move into cloud specific roles. I have started a free mentoring initiative - BeSA (Become a Solutions Archtiect) along with colleagues at AWS. Check the details here - https://besaprogram.com/ I have also co-authored 'Cloud Career Journeys' book - https://cloudcareerjourneys.com/ All opinions expressed are my own and not of my employer
Stackforce AI infers this person is a cloud and AI solutions architect with extensive enterprise experience.
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Experience: 18 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Solution Architecture
- Aws
- Mentoring
Career Highlights
- 18+ years in customer-facing technical roles
- Proven track record with C-level executives
- Co-founder of a community upskilling 20,000+ in cloud and AI
Work Experience
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Principal Solutions Architect (4 yrs 2 mos)
Sr. Partner Solutions Architect (2 yrs 5 mos)
Become a Solutions Architect (BeSA)
Co-Founder (4 yrs 4 mos)
Publicis Sapient
Principal Architect and Digital Transformation Leader (7 yrs 5 mos)
Initto Technologies India Pvt Ltd
Senior Techincal Consultant (10 mos)
VVDN Technologies
Technical Leader (2 yrs 3 mos)
Aricent Group
Software Engineer (1 yr 5 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) at HBTI Kanpur
Charted Financial Analyst at CFA from ICFAI, India