Pouria Ghods, PhD, P.Eng.
Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Ghods has more than 15 years of experience in civil engineering projects. He has extensive knowledge of the concrete industry and has developed a strong network with leaders in construction. Dr. Ghods’ unique expertise on the corrosion of steel is at the heart of Giatec’s technologies. He is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards including being named Forty Under 40 in 2018 by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Ottawa Business Journal and has more than 50 peer-reviewed publications.
Aali R. Alizadeh, PhD, P.Eng.
Co-Founder, President and CTO
Dr. Alizadeh has over 15 years of experience in the development and commercialization of technologies related to concrete materials. He brings unique expertise on the durability of concrete at the nano-level, particularly when it relates to infrastructure exposed to harsh environmental conditions. Most recently, Dr. Alizadeh was honored with the National Capital Region’s Forty Under 40 award, which recognizes accomplished business leaders who are under the age of 40 and give back to their community.
Dobrila Moogk , MSEE, MBA
VP, Marketing
Dobrila has over 25 years of experience in the tech industry, encompassing marketing, product management, and R&D across enterprise, SMB, and SaaS companies in North America and Europe. Her innovative marketing techniques for starting conversations and generating leads are powering Giatec’s growth. Dobrila began her career at Bell-Northern Research and LSI Logic before moving into ventures in IoT and cybersecurity. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Invest Ottawa.
Peter MacKie
VP, North American Sales
Peter has 30+ years of experience building SMB and SaaS-based companies. While his executive management experiences are broad, he thrives on building sales teams and implementing sales processes. Notable successes include Protus IP where he increased the closing ratio of the inbound SaaS sales team from 45% to 80% in 15 months and Fusebill where, in 2019, he grew annual recurring revenues (ARR) 110% year-over-year and customer count 155%.
Kimberly Stone, CPA, CA
VP, Finance & Operations
Mustafa Salehi, M.Sc., P.Eng., MBA
Director, Product Development
Mustafa has more than ten years of experience in the design and development of electronic systems, devices, and sensors for concrete testing. His previous industry experience includes analog and digital circuits design. He has an extensive background in micro-controller/processor programming as well as CPLD/FPGA-based system design. He has designed and developed several electronic instruments for testing and measuring corrosion in reinforced concrete structures.
Sarah McGuire
Senior Director, Enterprise Sales
Sarah has been with Giatec since 2015 and leads the revenue efforts across North & South America as the Senior Director of Enterprise Sales. She completed her BCom at the University of Ottawa and the University of Hong Kong and will be completing her MBA at the Smith’s School of Business. Sarah helped built the foundation of Giatec’s International partner network to drive demand within emerging markets while developing programs to help her clients succeed.
Andrew Fahim, M.Sc.E.
Director, Research & Development
Andrew is Director of Research and Development at Giatec. He has carried out various research projects on the evaluation of supplementary cementing materials and other concrete degradation mechanisms. His graduate studies helped to advance corrosion-monitoring techniques and provided guidelines for their use in laboratory and field applications. Among numerous scholarships, he was awarded the Ketchum Memorial Medal by the University of New Brunswick in 2016 for graduating with the highest standing in Civil Engineering.
Eugenia Kondratova, MCS
Director, Software Development
