Guneet Bedi

A proven tech entrepreneur, growth-oriented executive with demonstrated successes in scaling businesses and revenue for Fortune 100 and early-stage venture-backed companies across various industries such as software, hardware, IoT, and online marketplaces. Active Investor and Venture partner with a micro VC, Board Member in pre-seed/seed stage companies. Currently, helping enhance Arduino’s mission to enable anyone to enhance their lives by making complex electronics and digital technologies open & simple. 
A thought leader in the digital technology space, Guneet is passionate about using servitization/“as-a-service” led approaches to challenge the status quo in traditional markets such as healthcare and manufacturing. He is a recognized expert in how enterprises can participate in the subscription economy through digital technologies and often shares his insights on topics such as IoT, “as-a-service”, and Artificial Intelligence as an active member and contributor in Forbes Business Council.
Previously held various leadership, advisory roles globally at relayr (acquired by Munich Re), Ella Paradis (Healthtech startup), Falkonry Inc, Cisco Systems (acquisition of JouleX), Oracle Corporation, and Telelogic AB (acquired by IBM). As a truly multicultural individual, Guneet has lived and worked in three continents, including in South Asia, the United States, and Europe. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Evanston. In addition to being the proud father of two children, Guneet likes to spend his free time outdoors, sailing, and studying ranching and golf.Specialization in General Management and leading large cross-functional teams – Sales, Business Development, Customer Success, Product Management, Engineering, Delivery, Value Creation, Technical Pre-Sales etc.; Growing early-stage Companies and Business Units; Strategy, Go-to-Market, Alliances and M&A; talent management and organization structure.