Prerana is a seasoned business professional with over 25 years of strategic advisory, corporate finance, business development and strategic marketing experience. Prerana has worked for several years as an independent consultant for small technology companies and has extensive transaction experience in technology, media and telecom industries. She was an investment banker for 7 years at PaineWebber and UBS. Prior to that, she spent 4 years in the Business Development Group at Philips Electronics.

As an education entrepreneur she has founded a non-profit and a for-profit organization. For the past few years, she has been focused on the launch, growth and scaling of her small business, ‘Kidizens’ – a LEGO-based enrichment program that leverages a city- and community-building framework to experientially teach civic and economic concepts to children.

Prerana currently serves on the board of two Bay area non-profits as well as have been advising a couple of other non-profits helping them with fundraising and corporate outreach. She also chairs the Strong Schools Bond Citizens Oversight Committee for the Palo Alto Unified School District.

Prerana has a MBA from Stern, New York University in Finance and Marketing and MS in Computer Science from Iowa State University.