Massih Tayebi, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board and Co-founder,
Wireless Facilities, Inc.

Massih Tayebi is Chairman and co-founder of Wireless Facilities Inc. and serves as an executive member of the board of directors. Prior to co-founding WFI, he served as Technical Manager for Computer Integrated Management Systems with responsibility for product life cycle management. Previously, he held a senior faculty position in the Engineering Department at the University of Paisley in Great Britain, lecturing in the areas of planning and control, concurrent engineering, system analysis and design, product development life cycle, plant management and quality function deployment, and total quality management. During his tenure he served as the director of computer integrated management research for the university and headed the development of world class learning centers throughout Europe.

Tayebi received his Ph.D. in the integration of design and process planning and his M.S. in computer integrated manufacturing, both at the University of Strathclyde in the UK. He also did post-doctorate work in the integration of design and inspection at the University of Brunel in London.