Shahram Tafazoli

CEO & President, Motion Metrics

Shahram Tafazoli is the Founding CEO of Motion Metrics International, a private Canadian corporation that develops intuitive, cutting-edge camera and sensor-based monitoring solutions. These solutions, which have been deployed in over 55 mines worldwide, aim at “extending machine senses” to enhance safety and effciency of mining and quarry operations. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Sharif University of Technology and a PhD from the University of British Columbia, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has invested in several Canadian startups, including Creative Destruction Lab alumni Push Strength, Whirlscape, Lumotune, and Perceptiv Labs.