Dr. Akbari has more than 17 years of strategic, sales & marketing, product development and operational experience across many critical high-technology industries including software applications, IT services, security systems for homeland defense, telematics and location-based services, and telecom. Dr. Akbari was most recently executive vice president of operations at TruePosition, a leading provider of wireless location technologies and solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, where she led product line management and development, customer support and services, and supply chain management, ensuring that the company delivered products and solutions that bring value to its customer base. Dr. Akbari has also held senior management positions in Microsoft, Thales, Cambridge Strategic Management Group (CSMG), and worked as a scientist at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research. She draws on her international experience including nine years in Paris, London, Beijing and Cape-Town. Dr. Akbari holds a Ph.D. with honors in particle physics from Tufts University and an MBA with distinction from Carnegie Mellon University. She is the author of more than 50 scientific articles in international journals and a frequent speaker in industry conferences and tradeshows. She serves as a judge at MIT $100K Business Plan Competition, and is a contributor to several non-profit organizations.