Rohit Wad

CTO at Binance

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Rohit Wad is the current CTO at Binance. Prior to that, he worked as an Engineering Director at Facebook from May 2012 to October 2016. From there, Rohit helped grow Facebook's Seattle office from around 100 engineers to over 1000 in four years. At Google, he spearheaded a startup team of ten engineers to build a product that enabled people to compare and find the right home mortgages. As Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, his most recent role, he oversaw product and engineering for consumer communications: Skype, Groupme, and Microsoft Teams. Rohit Wad's educational career began when he completed his B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Rohit then went on to complete his MS in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.

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Binance

CTO

Microsoft

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Binance Blog Mar 31, 2022

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