Ramana Rao, Inxight Software
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Ramana Rao is advisor to several startups in the information intelligence space and Founder of iCurrent, an early-stage company in personalized information delivery. Previously, Ramana was Founder and CTO of Inxight Software, a spinout from Xerox PARC that became the leader in text analytics technologies and was acquired by Business Objects in 2007.
At PARC for ten years, Ramana performed pioneering work in intelligent information access, digital libraries, information visualization, and user interfaces. His work includes 25 patent filings and many highly-cited research papers. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.