Rama Rao

Greater New York City Area United States

Founder & CEO at Excel Green Technology

Dr. Rao is a founding member of Excel Green Technology. Dr. Rao, in his young years, was also a Founder, Chairman and CEO of Excel Technology that he started in his garage. The Company developed laser systems for industrial and medical applications and was initially funded with SBIR grants from NSF, DARPA, NASA and NY State funding agencies. He was successful in taking the Company public in its initial stage with a few employees. The company subsequently became a highly successful and profitable public company with annual sales over $100 million and profit exceeding $10 million with hundreds of employees worldwide. The Company was eventually sold with 10X return to its original investors ...