Farhad Fozdar
B.Eng (Hons 1), M.Eng.Sc, MIEEE, MACS
Senior Consultant, Perth

With over 20 years professional experience in the ICT industry, Farhad's background covers electronics, software, telecommunications, and more recently technology commercialisation. He has consulted to local firms and tertiary institutions including UWA and ECU, as well as national clients including Telstra and CSIRO, and relocated to Germany for 5 years as a consultant to industrial giant Siemens AG.

Farhad was a co-founder of QPSX, an early technology spin-out from the University of WA, and was involved in the development and standardisation of it's Metropolitan Area Network technology by the IEEE. He managed the company's network management group, supervising 10 software developers.

Recently Farhad returned to QPSX as Technology Manager where he was responsible for the technical review of commercialisation opportunities for QPSX and its clients, and briefed its legal and business advisors in the US, UK, and Germany on technology issues.

In addition to purely technical work, Farhad is actively engaged in the associated business processes including product and project management, IP protection, and capital raising. His recent work includes reviewing the IP portfolios of private and public research organisations to extract commercial value through product development, ventures and assertion.