Rajeev Agarwal holds a B. Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, a Master"s in Engineering from Iowa State University, Iowa, United States, and an Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Business School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
Prior to founding MAQ Software in 2000, he worked at Microsoft Corporation, Redmond for seven years in various product marketing groups. He was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) award. He also serves on the board of the Indian Institute of Technology, United States of America Alumni Association.
Random House in India has published "What I Did Not Learn at IIT" book authored by him.
Technology After graduating with an engineering degree from IIT, he migrated to Iowa State University to earn a Master"s in Engineering. After working for three years for Frigidaire (A division of Sweden based Bachelor of Arts Electrolux), he left his full-time job to do Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor.
He then joined Microsoft Corporation, where he held various product management responsibilities for several products including Visual C++, Windows and Exchange Server. At Microsoft Corporation, his responsibilities included product planning, marketing strategy and advertising for products ranging in annual revenue from $50 million to $5 billion.
Their efforts over the years have helped over five thousand low income girls (living on less than $1 a day) get access to better educational facilities.
Rajeev Agarwal is an active member of the Seattle entrepreneur community. He is a Charter member of the Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE-Seattleorg) and a member of the Entrepreneur Organization.
