PhD in Computer Engineering and Science with specialization in image processing and computer vision. Winner of the Hearst Analytics Challenge ($25,000). Research intensive product development expert for consumer, military, and medical markets.

PhD in Electrical Engineering with specialization in new computer vision technologies. He has successfully managed two engineering teams in the two startup companies he has worked in. In the first company, his work enabled a new round of financing to a troubled startup. In the second company, he led a team of scientists and engineers to develop the prototype of the company's core product which led to the successful acquisition.