#85 – Shiva Bhardwaj | Pitstop – Predictive Maintenance & Unlocking the Power of Data

Shiva Bhardwaj is the Founder and CEO at Pitstop, who is disrupting the automotive industry by unlocking vehicle data to create a more efficient, safer, and cleaner future. Key topics in this conversation include The keys to effective predictive maintenance Examples of how effective use of data can help fleet owners Maximizing vehicle uptime Determining whether data can be trusted Links Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/shivabhardwaj Shiva’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivabhardwaj/?originalSubdomain=ca Pitstop website:  https://pitstopconnect.com/fleet/?utm_source=futurem Shiva’s Bio: Shiva Bhardwaj is the Founder and CEO at Pitstop. While earning a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from UWaterloo, Shiva spent time working at NVIDIA and Blackberry. Shiva started his entrepreneurship journey by inventing ShockLock which brought a safe, simple and cost-effective hardware solution to the automotive world. His largest and most recent accomplishment is Pitstop, a predictive maintenance platform for the automotive industry founded in 2015. It has since secured investments from Sensata, Verizon, Ripple Ventures & BDC to name a few and is partnered with some of the biggest players in the industry. Pitstop's proprietary algorithm - a unique blend of embedded automotive domain knowledge, time-series data, AI technology and machine learning - provides customers with the ability to gain insight from their data in order to save costs, reduce downtime and recalls and increase safety. Shiva has also been recognized as the Vaughan Entrepreneur of the Year & SEMA 35 Under 35. About Pitstop: Pitstop is disrupting the automotive industry by unlocking vehicle data to create a more efficient, safer, and cleaner future. Combining multiple data sources with leading AI and ML technology, Pitstop generates actionable insights for customers to improve overall operations by reducing costs, GHG emissions and increasing safety. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/ Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License