Chief Information Officer G. Nagesh Rao works as the CIO of the Bureau of Industry and Service within the US Department of Commerce. He has also served as the Director of Business Technology Solutions at the US Small Business Administration and the Chief Technologist & Entrepreneur in Residence at the SBA as well. He has been a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman & Hind Rattan awards from the NRI Welfare Society, and the Fed 100, and the 2019 Gears of Government accolades as well.

Nagesh has worked in but the public, private, and nonprofit sector centering around intellectual property, technology R&D, and entrepreneurial ventures. He has led numemrous policy and technology driven initiatives, and oversaw technical direction for SBA’s Covid-19 response.

Government Leaders List Government Leaders List 100% K12 Nagesh has degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Albany Law School, and University of Maryland-College Park. He is a 2004 Mirzayan Fellow of the National Academies and a 2016 USA Eisenhower Fellow. Screen reader support enabled. Nagesh has degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Albany Law School, and University of Maryland-College Park. He is a 2004 Mirzayan Fellow of the National Academies and a 2016 USA Eisenhower Fellow. Turn on screen reader support