Vishwanath Madhugiri

Executive Entrepreneur in Residence

Vish Madhugiri is the Chief Strategy Officer at Saaz Micro, Inc., a turnkey provider for the design, consultancy and production of specialized electro-optical & infrared imaging sensors and camera systems for space, aerospace and defense applications. A seasoned technology professional having lived and worked in 3 continents, he was earlier the Chief Innovation Officer at Lycamobile, the world’s largest MVNO.

Vish has 3 plus decades of experience in the Automotive, IT Services, Telco and Semiconductor industries, with the TATA Group, Infosys, Lycamobile and Saaz Micro; in research/IP commercialization at The University of Birmingham, UK, and in incubating start-ups in the UK, USA and India.

Vish was an invited member of the International Business Forum at UK Trade & Investment, a government department that facilitates foreign investment and export trade. He is a member, India Council on Competitiveness, on the Economic Development Advisory Committee, as well as the Research & Innovation Council at UT Dallas.

Vish was honored to receive an invitation from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in May 2014, in recognition of his decade-plus public service and contributions to UK Trade & Investment, now renamed the Department for International Trade.