# Karthik Rao

> Senior TLM @ Rubrik, Inc.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/karthikrao1

Staff software engineer at Rubrik, I currently lead the SaaS-based Azure AD protection, a solution that enables customers to backup and restore their cloud identities and configurations.

## Work Experience
### Senior TLM @ Rubrik
Jan 2026 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ Rubrik
Jan 2021 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
Lead for saas based Azure AD protection.

### Software Engineer @ VMware
Jan 2013 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
At VMware, I was part of backend teams in products related Disaster Recovery and data protection of VMware Virtual Infrastructure. Led multiple projects and mentored several engineers.

### MTS Intern Site Recovery Manager @ VMware
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Worked on development of a standalone solution to assist protecting a multi VM application using VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager and VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator.

https://labs.vmware.com/flings/application-view-for-vcenter-site-recovery-manager

### Student Research Programmer @ Information Sciences Institute
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Developed front end using Adobe Flex for KEfED+OoEVV project that provides a concrete general computational approach to modeling, capturing and publishing research findings based on observations.

http://www.isi.edu/projects/kefed_ooevv/kefed_ooevv_technology

### Systems/Software Engineer HP Storage Works @ Hewlett-Packard
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Bangalore
Developed management software for HP`s Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) suite of mid range storage arrays.


## Education
### Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science
University of Southern California

### B TECH in ISE
PES Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/karthikrao49

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Last updated: 2026-04-12