Rajen Sheth is an executive atGoogle, where he currently runs product management at cloud AI and machine learning team.[1] The idea of an enterprise version Google's email serviceGmail was pitched by Rajen in a meeting with CEO Eric Schmidt in 2004. Schmidt initially rejected the proposal, arguing that the division should focus on web search, but the suggestion was later accepted. Sheth is known as "father ofGoogle Apps",[2] and is responsible for development ofChrome andChromeOS for Business.[3][4]
Rajen studied Computer Engineering (1994-1999) inStanford University likeSergey Brin andLarry Page. He graduated with Electrical Engineering and got a master's degree in Computer Engineering from Stanford University[3] in 1999 and then joinedMicrosoft. At that time, Microsoft was reshaping their email service,Hotmail. After a year at Microsoft, he moved to a Silicon Valley startup known as Zaplet, where he built what he calls “future email technologies.”[2] In 2004, he joined Google.
