Executive Director
Vikram Rao is the executive director of RTEC, and assumed this position on September 1, 2008. Rao spent more than 30 years with Halliburton, most recently serving as senior vice president and chief technology officer, responsible for the company’s technology effort as well as intellectual asset management. He joined the company in 1974 as a senior research engineer. Rao is the author of more than 40 publications and has been awarded 24 patents in fields that include non-ferrous metal refining, alloy formulations, and oil and gas technology. Rao earned a doctorate degree and a master’s in engineering from Stanford University, and holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India.
