Proton Data Security Welcomes New Chief Technology Officer
October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment
MIAMI — Dr. Ali Ebadian, Ph.D has joined Proton Data Security, LLC as the Chief Technology Officer.
Dr. Ebadian has more than 25 years experience in working with academia, private industry, and government at all levels. During his career as a researcher and administrator, he has secured and managed more than $ 100 million in work for the military, federal government, and commercial sectors, both in the U.S. and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. From January 2005 to the present he has worked with the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and other major private sector corporations in pursuing several ongoing major initiatives as well as initiating several new ones dealing with building multidisciplinary teams composed of academic institutions from different states, small businesses and major companies to respond to several announcements from Federal agencies. Those included a Center of Excellence from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an Energy Research Center from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and others. He is also a Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering in the College of Engineering at Florida International University (FIU) and has taught various courses, among them one dealing with entrepreneurial leadership, especially emphasizing the positive and negative impacts of Technology on Society.
Dr. Ebadian currently is a member of 14 professional societies and serves on several governmental committees including the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee. He has also been a member of panels and advisory boards of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dr. Ebadian holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University. He obtained his M.S. degree in Engineering Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
Dr. Ebadian has published extensively, with 104 journal publications and 174 meeting and proceedings papers to his credit. He is an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and has authored chapters in two reference texts, and a third textbook on forced convection is currently in press. A vigorous supporter of higher education, Dr. Ebadian was given the Distinguished Service Medallion by FIU and the Service Award by the Governor of the State of Florida.
Proton Data Security, LLC offers products and services for secure data destruction and IT asset disposal compliance mandated by Sarbanes-Oxley, GLB, FACTA, HIPAA and WEEE. Proton Data Security, LLC is the exclusive manufacturer for Proton Engineering, Inc. All Proton declassification products are manufactured to the requirements of, and meet or exceed DOD standards for, CD or magnetic data destruction devices.
Proton’s dedication to data management and erasure techniques have earned it an international reputation for supplying rugged, high quality media security products.
