Veena Rao currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer of Beta Bionics and has over 20 years of experience in the diabetes space. Most recently, Veena led the external innovation team at Eli Lilly where she worked closely with the Lilly Diabetes team to establish key external relationships in automated insulin delivery, connected pens, glucose monitoring, and areas of digital health. Veena received an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia Darden School, an M.S. and a Ph.D., each in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.