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Rich Rao, Facebook
VP, Small Business Group
Rich Rao leads the Small Business Group for Facebook. Prior to Facebook, Rich spent a decade helping businesses drive innovation by adopting and leveraging cloud computing technologies at Google.
Before Google, he held roles in engineering, product management, corporate strategy, and marketing at Dell and Trilogy, where he led in formulating growth strategies and in designing and launching multi-billion dollar products and services. Rich graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard University.
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