Bahar Wadia

About Bahar Wadia

Engineer turned entrepreneurial executive with a track record of scaling companies. I enjoy solving hard problems - building world-class teams to transform ideas into commercial success. I am a public speaker with proven fundraising and networking skills, building partnerships, and delivering multimillion-dollar top- and bottom-line growth.NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS—Semiconductors - Display Technologies - Utilities - TelecommGrowth | Scale-up - Grew Visionox’s North American pipeline from $1M to $150M in two years following four years of flat revenues.Disruptive Technology - Saved McDonald’s multimillion-dollars annually by selling a solution for McCafé machines that reduced training time from hours to minutes and beverage dispense time from three minutes to 45 seconds.Value Creation - Grew TouchSensor from $2M to $60M in ARR with two salespeople and a disruptive approach to custom engineering.Startup - Co-founded and scaled UICO to $18M in ARR with customers, including Garmin, Johnson Outdoors, Kohler, Whirlpool, and United Technologies.Capital Raise -$15M in Seed through Series B. SPECIALTIES: Entrepreneurial leadership, innovation, critical thinking, customer focus, finding product-market fit, strategy, long-range planning, digital transformation, marketing, growth, product development, sales, profitability, AI, IoT, SaaS, software, hardware, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, negotiations, contracting, financial modeling, financial analysis, P&L management, investor relations, VC, PE, and M&A.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Qwake Technologies

   Jan 2016 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Proof that companies with a noble mission can also be for-profit! Qwake\'s technology helps firefighters navigate fires 250% faster by reducing the cognitive load in high-stress environments - using neuroscience principles combined with augmented reality (AR).

Education

• DeVry University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Electronics Engineering

  1992 — 1995

• The Scindia School - Gwalior

  High School, General Sciences

  1984 — 1989

• DePaul University

  Master of Science - MS (NC), Software Engineering & Formal Methods

  1995 — 1998

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Economics, Behavioral Economics, Marketing, Strategy, and Finance

  2005 — 2007

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  Bachelor of Science - BS (NC), Polymer/Plastics Engineering

  1990 — 1991

• Stanford University

  Coursera, Machine Learning (Artificial Intelligence)

  2016 — 2017

Skills

• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Lean Manufacturing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Touch Screens
• Marketing Strategy
• New Business Development
• Engineering
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Process Improvement
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Electronics
• Business Strategy
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Development
• Semiconductors
• Leadership
• Fmea
• Venture Capital
• P&L Management
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Management Consulting
• Product Management
• Global Business Development
• Engineering Management
• Embedded Software
• Supply Chain
• Financial Modeling
• Acquisition Integration
• Management
• Angel Investing