Omar Garriott

Omar Garriott leads one of the world's largest academic centers for Entrepreneurship. He is Executive Director of the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Prior to UVA, Omar had a successful 15-year career as a Tech executive. He was the Global Head of the $100M+ Education business for Qualtrics and led education product marketing for Salesforce, LinkedIn, Apple, and Adobe. In addition to his corporate bona fides as an "Intrapreneur for Good," he is a teacher and mentor, having taught 3rd grade through Teach for America and advised students ranging from high schoolers to Executive MBAs on college and career transitions. He also worked as a Career Coach at both the UC-Berkeley Haas and the University of Virginia career offices, was a reporter for Major League Soccer, and has been published in The New York Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post. LI: linkedin.com/in/ogarriott. TW: @socialchanger.