Mehrdad Fatourechi is CTO of BroadbandTV Corp (BBTV), a media-technology company that builds tools to help content creators grow. He has an in-depth knowledge of digital signal processing, machine learning, and pattern recognition algorithms and has authored several journal and conference papers with the focus on pattern recognition, machine learning, and intelligent algorithms. He previously held positions in the tech/education industry including as a research associate and sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia as well as being the co-chair of the IEEE Signal Processing Chapter in Vancouver.