Omar Garriott

Omar Garriott is the Global Head of Education for Qualtrics and formerly led education product marketing for Salesforce, LinkedIn, Apple, and Adobe. Despite his corporate bona fides, he is at his core a teacher and mentor, having taught third grade through Teach for America—an informative experience that has shaped everything he’s since done—and coached students, ranging from low-income high schoolers to MBAs, on college and career transitions. He also worked as a Career Coach for UC Berkeley Haas and the University of Virginia, was a reporter for Major League Soccer, and has been published in the New York Times,Forbes, and the Washington Post. Follow him on LinkedIn here.