Leadership

The Imantics team has extensive experience in technology development of M2M, software platforms and analytics.

Ali Taheri, President and Chief Executive Officer

Ali is Imantics CEO. Prior to Imantics, Ali was General Manager at Cymer Corporation which was acquired by ASML in 2013. Ali has held executive positions at Applied Materials where he was responsible for leading a global engineering organization and SAP oriented Business Transformation, Novellus Systems where he led New Product Development and entire company’s software division. Ali started his career in IBM’s Applied Research where he worked in various leadership capacities leading key technology development exclusively for IBM.

Ali graduated from University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and also holds Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jim Mahlbacher, Vice President, Technology Development

Prior to Imantics, Jim was at IBM where he gained extensive experience in Advanced Industrial Automation, Computer Security, and Information Management Technologies. Jim has been a successful architect, inventor and developmental leader in award winning complex machines and systems including High Speed Fine Positioning and Atomic Force Microscopy. His latest work included Applied Cryptography, Computer Security Strategies, and Systems for Digital Rights Management Products for both Consumer and Business Applications including Model Driven Design.