About Abhi
Abhi has a long heritage with CW having previously founded the CW Handset Special Interest Group (SIG) in 2008, now called Future Devices. Prior to CW, Abhi studied Electronics and Electrical Engineering, has a MBA in International Marketing and, interestingly, was approached by Cambridge University Press (alongside a colleague at the time) to write a book on Mobile Handset Design which was successfully launched in New Delhi.
Abhi was the CEO and Founder of Zone V a Cambridge start up backed by Qualcomm and ARM focused on empowering people with aging eyes and visually impaired through inclusively designed smartphones. He held senior management roles at Powermat and Silicon Valley mobile touchscreen technology provider, Synaptics and advisory roles for Goldman Sachs and Silver Lake in the area of mobile user interface technologies. Abhi is a mentor to GiveVision – smart eye wear part of Wayra (Telefonica) and Smartbell an Agri-Tech animal welfare IoT start up from Cambridge Judge Business School. Abhi created and is leading the CW Unplugged programmes in alignment with the UN SDG’s goals of creating Impact Innovators and the ‘Hive’ programmes a new form of co creating and co innovation over 3 months in digital connectivity with some largest global brands in the world.
Abhi is a senior advisor to an autonomous vehicle mobility and smart city infrastructure start up Conigital and Industry Partner for Arjun Infrastructure Partners AIP with 2 Billion Euros of assets under management for Infrastructure Investment.
Abhi, pronounced ‘Obi’ is a big Star Wars fan and occasionally uses his Jedi mind skills when negotiating sponsorship deals!