Abhay Ghatpande

Bridges deep technical research and product engineering: Abhay completed a PhD at Waseda focused on distributed scheduling and divisible-load theory (multiple publications and a 2008 dissertation). He has translated that technical grounding into product and IoT engineering — co‑founding Vehicle Mind (an OBD-II/IoT telematics + booking platform) where he served as co‑founder and CTO and led technical/product strategy and IoT engineering. ac+2

Startup operator turned investor and ecosystem builder: after years building and scaling B2C/B2B products (Vehicle Mind, PartsAvatar involvement and other operator roles), he moved into early-stage investing and ecosystem roles in Vancouver — listed as Senior Investment Associate at Sprout Fund and active in mentorship, scouting and event panels. sproutfund+2

Teacher and mentor who leverages industry experience in the classroom: he teaches Strategic Management at University Canada West and is active in mentoring programs and startup competitions (New Ventures BC juries, Entrepreneurship@UBC, Futurpreneur), bringing practical founder/operator lessons to students. ucanwest+1