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Anoop Prakash
Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development
Anoop Prakash is the Associate Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In this capacity, he manages SBA’s technical assistance programs providing training and business counseling for over 1.4 million small business clients annually. An additional 1+ million clients each year benefit from information and tools available on SBA’s Website. With a budget of $106 million, his office provides these services through a variety of business development networks across the nation.
Small business education programs are offered at major state universities through more than 1,000 Small Business Development Centers (SBDC’s) and over 10,500 SCORE volunteers provide counseling and mentoring to new and in-business entrepreneurs. The small business owner can also receive training and counseling 24/7 through all of the programs including, online courses offered through the agency’s Small Business Training Network (www.sba.gov/training). In addition, the office of Women’s Business Ownership has 99 Women’s Business Centers in key communities nationally providing assistance to women business owners with a special emphasis on assisting economically disadvantaged woman clients.
Prior to joining the SBA, Mr. Prakash was vice president for strategy & business development at the Lexis Nexis Special Services Group, Inc. in Washington, DC. In this position, he was responsible for strategic planning, market development, marketing, strategic alliances and acquisitions.
Mr. Prakash, prior to Lexis Nexis held various senior positions in the private sector. These positions included director of business development for Siebel Systems, Inc. and management consultant for McKinsey & Company, where he focused on business-building and change management projects.
A former Marine, Mr. Prakash served as a captain, deploying to the Persian Gulf region as the Air Combat Element intelligence officer with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. He currently serves as chairman of the board for Brainfood, a non-profit youth development organization in Washington, DC.
Mr. Prakash earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA in economics and public policy from Stanford University. A native of St. Cloud, Minnesota, he currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with his wife Gita and daughter.
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