Prasad Rao is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS. He leverages his experience to enable AWS customers build scalable architectures on AWS.

He is a co-founder of BeSA (Become a Solutions Architect), a free mentoring initiative that helps people excel in their cloud careers by upskilling them in both technical and behavioral skills.

He is also a co-author of the book 'Cloud Career Journeys' that shares the life journeys of 16 individuals from diverse backgrounds who have been successful in their cloud careers.

He is the author of a weekly newsletter 'Behavioral OS for Techies' where he shares his insights on developing behavioral skills that enables people elevate their tech careers.

He has helped 100+ candidates secure jobs at big tech companies.