Owner's Story

Vivek traveled to the US to pursue graduate studies in engineering at The Ohio State University and decided to move to Ann Arbor for opportunities in the automotive industry. For 25+ years, Vivek has worked in the corporate environment in roles covering engineering, marketing, and sales. He has led medium-size teams at various times in his career, which has given him the opportunity to hire, develop and train technical and managerial staff. Vivek loves to mentor others, growing their confidence and helping them achieve their full potential.

Maneesha Mankad, originally from New Delhi, India, Maneesha came to the U.S. for graduate studies. Maneesha has a Master's in Statistics from The Ohio State University and a Master’s in Secondary Mathematics Education from the University of Southern California. Maneesha chose to pursue a career change in teaching after discovering a passion of working with young children and youth while volunteering in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. Maneesha has been teaching mathematics at Community High School (Ann Arbor Public Schools) since 2014 and is now the Department Chair.

Maneesha’s classroom fosters a learner centered, inclusive, and safe environment where learners actively construct knowledge through inquiry, collaboration, and experimentation. Maneesha also has extensive experience in writing curriculum at the district level. Maneesha also collaborated with colleagues and led a team to write curriculum for online teaching when schools were closed for face-to-face learning during COVID.

Both Vivek and Maneesha bring experience in building and managing teams with diverse personalities, mentoring, and building bridges inside and outside our organizations. We are deeply passionate about giving back to our community and educating young children. Both of us volunteered many hours weekly as Science Olympiad coaches in elementary and middle school. Maneesha’s love for working with children grew from that volunteer experience