Behrad Azimi Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Carlsbad, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

> Led the strategic and tactical planning for the development of Vala's technologies. Recruited and led the engineering teams responsible for the rapid R&D, launch, and support of Vala’s products.> Contributed instrumentally to raising ~$30M, with >90% from non-dilutive sources (revenue and grants) to fund the company since 2010. > Engaged in and led.

Greater San Diego Area

> As the hands-on Lead Engineer for Vala’s integrated hardware-software products:- Planned and led product development- Created early concepts and functional prototypes- Coordinated efforts of multidisciplinary teams and vendors- Architected, created, and globally launched robotic products> Mechanical Engineering: System-level architecture and.

Greater San Diego Area

> Developed a wearable device and mobile app for measurement and tracking of training in sports. Built a working prototype for real-time embedded calculation and reporting of acceleration and trajectories utilizing a microcontroller, accelerometers, and Bluetooth module.

Conrad Prebys Center For Chemical Genomics

> Worked closely with biomedical research groups to create and improve biological prep, imaging, and analysis protocols and developed and optimized cell-based imaging assays for high-throughput chemical library screens.> Developed and deployed an image cytometry analysis software platform in Matlab and C++ to routinely analyze large scale (many TBs).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering

Devised novel statistical and machine learning methods for the prediction of cytotoxicity of compounds using high-dimensional image.

Master'S Degree, Bioengineering

Created and optimized deep learning models to classify circulating cancer cells in blood using image-based nuclear morphology. | Developed.

Bachelor'S Degree, Bioengineering - Biotechnology, Cum Laude