Mahesh Saptharishi is executive vice president and chief technology officer. He is responsible for the company’s public safety software and video security & access control solutions. He also leads the chief technology office. Saptharishi joined Motorola Solutions in 2018 through the acquisition of Avigilon, a video security solutions company, where he served as senior vice president and chief technology officer. Prior to Avigilon, he founded VideoIQ, a video analytics company that was acquired by Avigilon, as well as Broad Reach Security, which was later acquired by GE. Saptharishi earned a doctoral degree in artificial intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University.