Today, we’re excited to announce the promotions of Amish Babu to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Hemant Banavar to Chief Product Officer (CPO). With over a decade of combined experience at Motive, both leaders are deeply embedded in our culture and share a strong commitment to innovation. They will play a key role in guiding the next chapter of our platform’s evolution and growth.
Leading with vision and deep Motive expertise
“We’re elevating leaders who’ve proven themselves over the years and care deeply about our customers,” said Shoaib Makani, Co-founder and CEO of Motive. “Amish has led our connected device organization since 2020, delivering exceptional products like the AI Dashcam, AI Omnicam, Asset Gateway Mini, and Motive Beacon — all foundational to our success. Hemant joined in 2019, launched the Motive Card business, and scaled it into a major growth engine; he’s a rare mix of strategist and relentless executor.”
Amish, who joined Motive in 2020 after holding senior engineering positions at Meta, Amazon, and Square, brings deep technical and leadership expertise to his new role as CTO. In addition to being a great technologist, Amish is an exceptional operations leader.
“We’ve scaled our systems to serve the world’s largest, most complex enterprises and built an AI-powered platform that solves an expanding set of problems for our customers,” said Amish. “I’m honored to take on this role, lead an exceptional engineering team, and keep driving innovation that meets the demands of our customers. We’ll continue to scale the platform and make big bets that allow us to power the next era of physical operations.”
Scaling a resilient, intelligent platform
Hemant, who joined Motive in 2019, brings over 20 years of experience building industry-defining products to his new role as Chief Product Officer. From helping Uber Eats deliver meals to virtually any address in the world to modernizing point-of-sale systems at Stripe, Hemant has a proven track record of turning big ideas into impactful solutions.
“My focus is on leading the development of AI-powered solutions that solve our customers’ most critical challenges, like improving safety, streamlining operations, or reducing costs,” said Hemant. “The value we are delivering is transformational: millions of hours saved, billions in costs avoided, and most importantly, lives saved.”
