Priyank Garg has a varied executive experience across different businesses and cultures. As Joint Managing Director at Advance Valves, his thrust is on scaling up existing business and look at emerging businesses to diversify the group activities. At Advance Valves, he has implemented new systems and processes; and brought new skills and talent to the organization, along with introducing an innovative new patent-pending product to the market. Prior to this, he was the Director of Product Management at Yahoo!, as the lead Product Manager for the search engine that powered Yahoo! Search and was used by 100’s of millions of users worldwide. With Yahoo! in Silicon Valley for 4 years, he introduced many new products successfully to the market. Before that he worked at a technology startup, Ensim Corporation, providing high-tech solutions for software-as-a-service vendors, where he provided leadership in development and Product Management functions.
He started his career as a consultant with Deloitte Consulting in Chicago providing IT solutions to large corporations to solve their business needs. Priyank has a Masters in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Delhi where he graduated among the top 5 students of his class. He has published multiple papers and filed for more than 13 patents over his professional career. Priyank has been an active member of TiE SV and the IIT Delhi Alumni network during his stint in Silicon Valley, and continues to maintain strong ties with his alma mater. He is also a member of professional groups related to the products at Advance Valves (www.advancevalves.com), including ASHRAE and various CII forums.