Z Advanced Computing, Inc.
Team
(Executive Team)
Bijan Tadayon, Ph.D., J.D.
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Entrepreneur & AI Scientist
CEO & Co-Founder
BS, Appl. Physics, Cornell U., ranked 2nd
PhD, Electrical Eng, Cornell U.
JD, Georgetown Law
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Prolific innovator and entrepreneur in multiple startups, e.g., Contentguard (an encryption/DRM startup), a Xerox PARC spin-off, invested by Microsoft, Time Warner, and Thomson, with about $1B valuation at the time
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Cofounded multi-media software game company
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Patent expert, former USPTO Primary Patent Examiner & Patent Examiner Trainer
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More than 90 technical journal publications and presentations and more than 100 pending or issued patents worldwide
Saied Tadayon, Ph.D., J.D.
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Entrepreneur & AI Scientist
CTO & Co-Founder
BS, Appl. Physics, Cornell U., ranked 1st
PhD, Electrical Eng, Cornell U. (at age 23)
JD, Georgetown Law
Prolific innovator and entrepreneur in multiple startups
Cofounded multi-media software game company
Designed & fabricated the fastest transistor in the world in its class (GaAs HBT) at Comsat Lab
Software/system design and development in multiple technologies (game, AI, semiconductor, electronics, VoIP) and multiple industries (telecom, government, energy)
Consulting IT Architect at IBM
Senior Software Developer at Nextone Communications
Senior Member of Technical Staff at Comsat Laboratories
Mahnaz Dean, Ph.D.
M.Eng. in Robotics Vision, Cornell U.;
Ph.D. in Public Admin., IT Admin & Mgmt, USC;
Sr. Exec. Fellow, Harvard U.;
fmr. IBM Executive
Co-Founder
Rob Sobhani, Ph.D.
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Entrepreneur
Adjunct Prof., Georgetown Univ.
Marketing & Business Advisor
Marv Langston, Ph.D.
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fmr. SVP of SAIC
first CIO of US Dept. of Navy
Business Advisor
Academic & Technical Advisors
Howard Univ. & Morgan State & Cornell
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Fmr. Dean of Engineering, Morgan State U.; and
Fmr. Associate Dean for Research, Cornell Engineering
Univ. of Texas, San Antonio
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Fmr. Founding Director of NASA Center for Autonomous Control Engineering; and
US Army Science Board
University of Arizona
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Inventor of LASIK; and
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (awarded by US President)
Father of Fuzzy Logic.
Artificial Intelligence Hall of Fame.
Member of Academy of Sciences in 7 countries.
Inventor of Computation-with-Words, Soft Computing, and Z-number.
Co-inventor of Z-Transform.
More than 50 international awards, e.g.:
- Honda Prize
- IEEE Medal of Honor
- ACM Award for seminal contributions to AI
- Golden Goose Award, by AAAS & US Congress
About us in 100 seconds...
Introduced by Major General Duane Jones, US Air Force (retired)