Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show Diogo Rau - Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer - Eli Lilly & Company
Diogo Rau is Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer of Eli Lilly and Company ( https://www.lilly.com/leadership/executive-committee/diogo-rau ) where he leads Lilly’s information technology, cybersecurity, digital health, and advanced analytics and data science functions. Mr. Rau also serves as Chair of PrescriberPoint ( https://prescriberpoint.com/ ), a digital marketplace, which Lilly was a seed investor in, where healthcare providers can find all of the resources and support they need in one place to get their patients on therapy, for any medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or approved for over-the-counter use. Mr. Rau joined Lilly in May 2021. Prior to joining Lilly, he led information technology for retail and online stores at Apple, Inc. During his 10 years at Apple, he led the development and implementation of the technology supporting the Apple Online Store and Apple retail stores, including the e-commerce platform, mobile point of sale, the Apple Store App and systems used by store team members. Prior to joining Apple, Mr. Rau was a partner with McKinsey & Company, where he led the North America IT organization and governance practice. Mr. Rau began his career as a consultant at A.T. Kearney and later founded GiftGateway, a software company that brought rewards and recognition online. Mr. Rau graduated from Stanford University with a bachelors degree in computer science and a masters degree in industrial engineering and engineering management.