Amit Garg

Current

• Chief Operating Officer at iShoe, Inc (startup)
• MBA Class of 2010 at Harvard Business School

Past

• Intern at Medtronic
• Business Analyst at Google, Inc
• Associate Product Manager at Google

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Education

• Harvard Business School
• Stanford University School of Medicine
• Stanford University

• Escola Americana de Brasília

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Google, Inc
• BookBox, Inc
• Hospital for Hope

Amit Garg’s Summary

Building a career at the intersection of technology, medicine and business. Deeply committed towards service.

[professional] Google, Online Operations Business Analyst, Apr 06 - today
· Trusted advisor to key teams at Google. I help managers understand the business and my work directly impacts ~50% of core revenue (currently at ~$11 billion).
· Leading various reporting initiatives in our business intelligence platform, which is used by ~1,000 people.
· Supported a major reorganization of North American unit which affected ~600 people. My role was wide-encompassing and went from defining scope to actually executing.
· Received a Gold Award twice recognizing my contributions.

[professional] Google, Associate Product Manager, Jun 04 - Apr 06
· Led a team of engineers to launch a new index for Google Images with over a billion entries, making it the largest free online repository of images.
· Worked with a cross-functional team to take various of our products to international markets. One highlight is taking our photo-sharing software from 1 language to 39 in less than a year.
· In my spare time made Google into a registrar so we could improve search results. This made headlines in the news and was recognized in front of the company.

[leadership]
· Co-founded BookBox, whose mission is “a book for every child in every language”, after winning a social entrepreneurship challenge at Stanford.
· Worked in orphanages in Brazil, taught in rural India, trained volunteers in subsequent years, raised funds to build a library and a laboratory in a village.
· Worked for over 2 years in residential staff teams for college and high school students. Recipient of the James Lyons Award for leadership and service to the Stanford community.
· Co-founded a program to teach computer skills to disadvantaged high-schoolers. We graduated ~30 students.
· As a Claude Buss Fellow hosted ~60 East Asian students at Stanford, being their residential and academic mentor.

Amit Garg’s Experience

• Chief Operating Officer

  iShoe, Inc (startup)

  (Privately Held; Medical Devices industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  http://www.ishoeinsole.com

• MBA Class of 2010

  Harvard Business School

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• Intern

  Medtronic

  (Public Company; MDT; Medical Devices industry)

  June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)

  Intern in Endovascular Clinical (stents and grafts) in Santa Rosa, CA

• Business Analyst

  Google, Inc

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  April 2006 — June 2008 (2 years 3 months)

• Associate Product Manager

  Google

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

  June 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 11 months)

Amit Garg’s Education

• Harvard Business School

  MBA , 2008 — 2010 (expected)

• Stanford University School of Medicine

  MS , Biomedical Informatics , 2002 — 2004

• Stanford University

  BS , Computer Science, Biology , 1999 — 2003

• Escola Americana de Brasília

  High School , 1994 — 1999

Additional Information

Amit Garg’s Websites:

• Google, Inc
• BookBox, Inc
• Hospital for Hope

Amit Garg’s Groups:

1) http://dosti.stanford.edu -- taught in village in rural India, led group for 5 years
2) http://excell.stanford.edu -- co-founder, taught high-schoolers basic computer skills
3) http://daily.stanford.edu -- senior writer and editor of the science and technology section
4) http://bookbox.com -- co-founder, "one book for every child in every language"

•    Harvard Jobs
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Harvard Business School Association of Northern California Careers
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    Harvard Business School Alumni Network
•    Googlers & Xooglers
•    The Indus Entrepreneur
•    Stanford University Alumni
•    Brazilians Abroad Network Group (Brasileiros no Exterior)
•    Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs
•    Stanford University Alumni Association
•    Stanford Engineering Alumni, Faculty and Staff
•    Stanford School of Medicine Alumni, Faculty & Staff
•    Ivy Referral Network (IRN)
•    MBA Highway | MBA & Recruiter Network
•    World's Top MBA Programs
•    Lead India : Entrepreneurship Unplugged
•    HBS Section D Class of 2010
•    Harvard Business School Class of 2010

Amit Garg’s Honors:

1) Google OSO Gold Award (twice) for going above and beyond at work
2) James W. Lyons Awards for service and leadership at Stanford
3) Was accepted into Yale Medical School