Dr. Heidari has over 20 years of research, development, IP analysis, and management experience. His expertise areas include wireless communication systems and standards, medical applications, consumer electronics, satellite communications, and embedded systems. Since 2007, he has been involved with IP/patent evaluations, reverse engineering, expert testimonies, as well as wireless network designs and development. Previously, he served as VP of Engineering at WiLinx Corp, where he developed short-range, high-speed wireless communication systems. Prior to WiLinx, he was the VP of engineering at Olympus Communication Technology of America (an R&D center for Olympus Corp.), developing high speed wireless communication solutions suitable for both digital cameras and medical endoscopy. He has also held various positions at Quicksilver Technologies (working on reconfigurable hardware architectures), Nokia (developing CDMA mobile handsets), Ameritech Cellular (now AT&T, deploying the first CDMA cellular network in Chicago), and LCC (designing cellular CDMA and GSM RF networks).
Dr. Heidari has a PhD from Purdue University, has over 30 granted patents, has taught various courses at University of California, and was the chairman of the San Diego chapter of IEEE Vehicular Society for two years. He has had extensive experiences with and contributions to various industry standards (3GPP2, IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, USB-IF, etc.). He is the author of WiMedia UWB for Wireless USB and Bluetooth, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

Dr. Masoud Vakili has two decades of experience in the field of IP development, management, patent valuation, acquisition, sales and licensing. Throughout his career, Dr. Vakili has been involved in many high profile IP transactions. He has led the valuation of tens of thousands of patents per year, dealing with hundreds of millions of dollars in patent sales and acquisition transactions. Among Dr. Vakili’s achievements is the crucial role he played in the sale of Eastman Kodak’s patent portfolios worth half a billion dollars. He has also participated in consortium building, rights division, and asset allocation in sophisticated IP transactions. Moreover, he has been an advisor to several startups, where he has helped develop their IP portfolios towards successful IP monetization programs, culminating in the profitability and the acquisition of the companies. Dr. Vakili is the cofounder of International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) and has been an invited speaker at USPTO. He has given many keynote speeches on subjects related to the IP market and IP valuation principles. He is a named inventor on a dozen filed patents and has published dozens of refereed articles in technical/scientific journals.  Dr Vakili’s technical areas of expertise include FinTech (financial technology), biotech (sequencing and genetics), and automotive technologies, among others. He holds a PhD in experimental physics.

Mr. Emami has over two decades of experience in the software industry, with extensive skills in the areas of engineering, quality assurance, and user experience management. He has held various positions with IBM, HP, Motorola, and Dell. He was actively involved with three high tech startups from ground up in the role of business development. Cyrus received his BS in Electrical Engineering from UT Austin and his MS in Computer Science from Texas State University. He was elected president of Association of Professionals of Austin and also served as a board member at OptoMed Inc. He is an integral member of GHB Intellect thanks to his ability to identify and pair unique client needs with our core intellectual property services.