Mahesh Saptharishi

Director

Mr. Saptharishi is currently the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Motorola Solutions, Inc., a public safety and enterprise security company, since January 2019. His responsibilities include technology strategy, incubating new public safety and enterprise security technologies, leading AI research and development, and leading software and IoT user experience and industrial design. Additionally, he is a member of Motorola Solutions’ corporate venture capital investment committee. Prior to joining Motorola, Dr. Saptharishi was the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Avigilon Corporation, an enterprise video security and access control company, from September 2014 to January 2019, where he was responsible for product strategy, product management, engineering, and advanced technology research and development. Prior to Avigilon, he founded two start-ups both focused on machine learning and computer vision. He earned his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in Machine Learning in 2005 and a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998 and 1999 respectively.