Dr. Behzad Moslehi
Dr. Behzad Moslehi received a PhD and an MS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MS degree in Applied Physics, all from Stanford University. Behzad has been involved in pioneering work on advanced fiber and integrated optic devices and circuits, including the development of photonic signal processors and optical sensors at Stanford University, XEROX PARC and Litton Systems (now Northrop Grumman). He holds 22 patents (3 pending) and has written over 200 publications and official technical reports in this area. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, OSA, and SPIE, and a Member of SPE, SAMPE and AWEA. Dr. Moslehi helped to commercialize a number of pioneering fiber optic gyroscopes (FOG) and sensor arrays at Litton. He also contributed to the design of the first WDM products before the telecom boom (WDM multiplexers based on diffraction gratings) at Physical Optics Corporation (POC). He has experience in large (Xerox, Litton) and small companies (Quantex, POC, Optivision, IFOS). His work contributed to the founding of ONI Systems (which was spun off from Optivision, went through a successful IPO in 2000 and was later acquired by Ciena (NASDAQ GS: CIEN)). An entrepreneur, Dr. Moslehi is the founder/CEO/CTO of IFOS and has been instrumental in securing over 20 million dollars of research and product development funding for the company. He has led the successful commercialization of IFOS’s products in distributed and discrete optical sensing. He has guided the company’s growth through the ups and downs of the economy. He is highly experienced in assembling world-class teams, defining business strategies, creating strategic alliances and managing profit and loss. He has strong, worldwide connections in the photonic field, and a good mix of experience in commercial and government business. Dr. Moslehi is currently serving as the Chairman of IFOS’s Board of Directors.

Dr. Ferey Faridian, President
Ferey has enjoyed a distinguished career in technology management and financing. He is passionate about leading wealth-creating technology companies to success. He links resources between innovators and sophisticated investors to accelerate growth and to create wealth from promising technology ventures that bring value to our lives and to the economy of larger enterprises. He started his technology management career at Schlumberger, leading an accelerated products group. One of his team's major achievements is an advanced sensor system that flies on NATO's current Typhoon Eurofighter Aircraft. He then spent several years in Fortune 500 management consulting in corporate strategy and M&As spanning several industries relevant to FOS, following this by joining a boutique California investment bank as VP, engaged in venture consulting, middle market M&As and private placements of technology companies. Ferey then joined a $1 billion fund in Washington, DC to work on a portfolio investment, a $100 million venture capital fund in Denver, representing both funds on the West Coast as venture partner. Ferey has served as CEO and President of four entrepreneurial companies and member of several Boards before joining IFOS as President. Ferey has an MSc in Microwaves & Modern Optics and a PhD in EE both from University College, London and an MBA from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Dr. Richard Black, Chief Scientist
Dr. Richard J. Black received his PhD, Appl. Phys., Fiber Optics (1984), Inst. Advanced Studies, from the Australian Nat. University and has over 23 years experience in photonics, both in academia and industry. He has over 70 journal and conference publications, 6 patents and 50 government reports mostly in the field. He is a leading expert in the design of photonic devices, modules and systems. Dr. Black is foundation employee at Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems (IFOS ). He has acted as Principal Investigator for 8 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects (5 NASA, 2 NSF and 1 Department of Commerce) in fiber optic sensor systems and telecom components. He has been Invited Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and lectured at the Università di Padova on optical waveguide technology including grating and coupler fabrication and usage in sensor and communications systems. Prior to that he was at Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal where he had contracts and grants from Nortel and the Canadian government particularly on fused-tapered couplers and switches and co-directed a series of outstanding graduate students in photonics who went on to found or play leading roles in photonics companies. He has also held visiting positions at the world’s leading photonics labs including Stanford University, Centre National d’Etudes des Télécommunications (CNET), France, Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, and the Optical Sciences Centre, Australian National University as well as the Centre des Recherches en Mathématiques, Université de Montréal.

Dr. George Chen, Product Development - Distributed Sensing Systems
Dr. Chen received his PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Missouri. Dr. Chen is the inventor of the athermal wavelength locker and has a track record of product achievements at AMD/MMI, Perkin Elmer, Tracor X-Ray, Microgen, IMS, Optotech, Lepton, Trident, Dicon Fiber Optics, ETEK Dynamics, Fibera, Primamex and AC Photonics, where he has made key contributions in a range of hardware and software product development, marketing and managerial positions. Dr. Chen manages IFOS’s Distributed Temperature Sensor product development as well as new sensor and component developments and packaging.

Sargis Babakhanian, Controller
Mr. Sargis Babakhanian is the company controller and finance manger. He is responsible for all financial and contractual functions including contract negotiations, budget projections, payroll, auditing and financial related functions of all commercial and government contracts. He has set up GAAP based accounting system at IFOS with all necessary documentation for the company. Mr. Babakhanian has a BA degree in accounting and finance and has over 20 years of experience with more than 5 companies.

Mr. Joannes Costa, Director of Engineering
Joannes (Joey) Costa received the B.S. degree with Honors in Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, and the M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Applied Physics) from the University of California at San Diego. His expertise in successfully managing and executing experimental research and product development programs spans a wide range of topics, including fiber optic telecom devices, fiber optic oil field sensors, ruggedized packaging design, high accuracy high density flip chip bonding, nano-waveguide CMP processes, high power diode laser systems and beam coupling, novel processing on silicon, complex optomechanics design and implementation, and rotational multilayer optical memory systems. He has in depth experience with a wide range of related technologies and systems, including optical fiber production science, nano-machining of exotic materials, polymer waveguides, nanopositioning systems, optically pumped MQW lasers, gigawatt and femtosecond solid-state lasers, optical modulation and detection, and advanced test equipment. He holds an issued patent on using wafer level CMP for high volume fiber optic device fabrication. He has been a consultant in the experimental fields of silicon photonics, optical proximity communications, high power opto-microwave systems, optical sensors, and microlaser technologies. He has as held senior staff and engineering director positions at several technology startup companies.