# Vishal Modi

> Vishal Modi is the founder and CEO of Spoonified, a Dallas-area startup building what it calls the world's first intelligent utensil - AI-enabled forks and spoons that identify food, measure portion sizes, and track how fast you eat to automate nutrition logging for chronic-care programs. He spent nearly two decades shipping consumer hardware before this: launching Google Nexus and Moto G phones at Motorola, running Chrome OS and tablet product operations at Lenovo, and building business development and partnerships at edge-device-management company Esper. A Kellogg MBA and computer engineer, he started Spoonified in 2021 after his own struggle with weight management convinced him that the hard part of nutrition tracking is the very first step - getting the data off the plate.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Spoonified
- **Organizations:** Spoonified, Esper, Lenovo, Motorola
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** MBA, Strategy and Marketing, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Graduate studies, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, MS, Computer Science (Information Systems), Illinois Institute of Technology, BS, Computer Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University
- **Known for:** Founded Spoonified, described as the world's first intelligent utensil - AI-enabled forks and spoons that identify food, measure portion size, and track eating speed, Led global product launches of the Google Nexus and Moto G device lines at Motorola, Managed consumer-device portfolios reported at $250M+ across Motorola and Lenovo

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Joined Motorola, holding technical account, program management, and product operations roles over a decade
- **2016** — Moved to Lenovo as Global Product Operations Manager for Chrome OS, later GTM Product Manager for tablets and smart devices
- **2021** — Became Director of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Esper, the edge device management company in Bellevue
- **2021** — Conceived Spoonified after his own health-management struggle exposed the friction in nutrition tracking
- **2022** — Founded Spoonified and became its CEO, building AI-enabled utensils
- **2025** — Spoonified named a Top 100 entry in the global 'Create the Future' / Future of Design contest

## Achievements

- Founded Spoonified, described as the world's first intelligent utensil - AI-enabled forks and spoons that identify food, measure portion size, and track eating speed
- Led global product launches of the Google Nexus and Moto G device lines at Motorola
- Managed consumer-device portfolios reported at $250M+ across Motorola and Lenovo
- Ran global product operations for Chrome OS at Lenovo
- Spoonified selected as a Top 100 entry in the 2025 global 'Create the Future' design contest
- Earned an MBA from Kellogg and a PMP certification early in his career

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Spoonified recognized as a Top 100 company in the global 'Create the Future' design contest for its AI utensil.
- **2024** — Appeared on the 'Startups Dil Se' podcast (Episode 23, 'Bite by Byte') to discuss reinventing how we eat.

## Links

- Website: https://www.spoonified.me
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalmodi/

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Last updated: 2026-07-07