Karan Vaish

Chief Product Officer at Mortgage Automator

Karan Vaish: Private Lending Insights (Canada)

Chief Product Officer at Mortgage Automator

Karan, known as Kay, is a product leader with a multidisciplinary background spanning industries from deep aero/space and aviation to consulting, and now fintech and legal. He has led cross-functional teams, secured major contracts, and delivered complex technical programs, learning early on what it means to build under pressure.

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He brought that same rigor to product management at Mortgage Automator. He joined the company in 2021 and has been scaling the product function ever since, understanding the market and customer needs, building key strategic partnerships, and driving product excellence to expand the platform across Canada and the US.

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Today, Kay leads Mortgage Automator's AI-first evolution and is building the product infrastructure to support the next stage of growth.

Years of Experience:

10+ Across product management, strategy, and technology in regulated industries

Education:

Schulich School of Business, MBA

Areas of Expertise:

Product strategy, AI transformation, GTM execution, Product-market fit, B2B SaaS, Organization design, Fintech, Customer lifecycle, Strategic partnerships

Topics

software

mortgage origination

business strategy

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