Sarita Rao has had a successful career in the telecommunications industry. She was honored with the 2011 Women of Color STEM award for this achievement.
She received recognition for her contribution to the launch of the AT&T Wholesale Sales organization, where she led the National Wireless Segment and managed the global IBM Go-to-Market relationship.
Sarita is passionate about innovation and mentoring, and she coaches emerging leaders on "big thinking" and professional development.
She advises AT&T employee resource groups and participates in various leadership programs across the company.
Sarita is also actively involved in community leadership roles for philanthropies that support the arts and children's health and nutrition worldwide.
She has served on the Executive Board of Common Threads, a national organization educating kids about food.
Prior to her current role, Sarita led global sales and operations and her team developed Wi-Fi and data analytics solutions that delivered business insights to customers.
In 2019, Sarita received the Silver Stevie Award for Women in Business in the "Woman of the Year - Technology" category, for her innovation in integrating MarTech for data-driven marketing, leading marketing strategies to position AT&T as a technology leader in the market, and elevating the AT&T Business brand through the AT&T Business Summit.
She was also awarded the 2016 "Innovator of the Year" Stevie Award for delivering enterprise Wi-Fi in an emerging, dynamic market.
Additionally, her team achieved first place in the Cellular Telephone Industries Association (CTIA) in the 2015 Emerging Technology (E-Tech) category for AT&T Wi-Fi Small Site.
Sarita holds a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from DePaul University. She also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Management Program for Executives.
