Raju Rao
Chennai, India
Raju Rao, PMP, SCPM,PMI Certified OPM3 Professional is Founder and Principal Consultant with Xtraplus Solutions, a PM consulting and training company based in India. Mr. Rao has a B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras, India; a Diploma in Management from the University of Bombay; an Advanced PM certificate from Stanford University; and a certificate from IIM Calcutta. Mr. Rao has over 30 years’ experience in engineering, process and project management and has been an active member of PMI for several years. He held leadership positions in both the 1st and 2nd edition projects of OPM3 and has been involved in development of several PMI standards. He has presented numerous papers in global congresses and is the co-author of two books – Project Management Circa 2025 published by PMI and Organizational Project Management published by Management Concepts, USA. He has been on Leadership Team for Awards for PMI India and President of South India section of AACE International. Raju Rao lives in Chennai, India and can be contacted at raju.rao@xtraplus.co.in.
