Bahar Wadia

Bahar Wadia has a diverse and extensive work experience in various companies and roles. Starting as a Software Engineer at ACT / Invensys Controls, Bahar worked on developing safety-critical software for appliances. Afterwards, Bahar joined TouchSensor Technologies, LLC. as a Principal Software Engineer and later became the Director of Product, leading the company's scale-up efforts.

Following this, Bahar joined UICO as a Co-Founder and CTO, where they invented and patented capacitive touchscreen technology, enabling the company to launch its first product and partner with McDonald's for McCafé machines. Bahar later became the CEO of UICO, tasked with turning around the company's growth trajectory and preventing bankruptcy.

After leaving UICO, Bahar worked as an Executive Business Advisor at Qwake, an exploration company. They were also the CEO of Visionox North America, tasked with solving growth problems for the OLED display maker. Bahar served as a Board Member at Qwake Technologies and then joined Intellectual Ventures as an Entrepreneur in Residence.

Recently, Bahar served as the President of Plenovo Inc. at Novinium Underground, leading the business unit in developing IIoT technology to detect and prevent manhole explosions. Currently, Bahar is serving as the Interim Chief Business Officer at Six15 Technologies.

Overall, Bahar Wadia's work experience showcases their expertise in leadership, technology development, business strategy, and turnaround operations.

Bahar Wadia has a diverse education history. Bahar obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2007, specializing in Economics, Behavioral Economics, Marketing, Strategy, and Finance. In 2017, they completed a Coursera program in Machine Learning (Artificial Intelligence) from Stanford University. Before that, they earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in Software Engineering & Formal Methods from DePaul University in 1998. In 1995, they completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electronics Engineering from DeVry University. Prior to that, in 1991, they studied Polymer/Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, earning a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. Bahar Wadia also completed their high school education at The Scindia School - Gwalior, specializing in General Sciences from 1984 to 1989. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications from Coursera Course Certificates, including topics like Serverless Machine Learning, Serverless Data Analysis, Leveraging Unstructured Data, Google Cloud Platform, Python Programming, and Machine Learning from Stanford University.