Nikhil Vadhavkar is the CEO and co-founder of Raptor Maps, the leading provider of solar lifecycle management software. Under his leadership, the company has delivered critical data analytics to over 50 GW of solar PV plants in 40 countries. Nikhil is an MIT engineer, and his graduate research was thermal control systems for next-generation spacesuits in the Aeronautics and Astronautics program. He met his co-founder in graduate school, and took Raptor Maps through Y Combinator in 2016. Nikhil holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering and MS in Engineering Management from the Johns Hopkins University.