Mir Imran, Chairman and CEO

Mir is a world renowned expert in medical devices, successful medical device entrepreneur and venture capitalist. In addition to leading Modulus, Mir is also Chairman and CEO of InCube Labs, a life sciences research lab and Modulus innovation partner. Both Modulus and InCube allow Mir to focus on his passion: creating medical solutions that change the standard of care in critical healthcare markets. After attending medical school, Mir began his career as a healthcare entrepreneur in the late 1970's and has founded numerous game-changing companies since those early days.
Over the decades, he has become one of the leading inventors and entrepreneurs in the field. Mir now holds more than 200 issued patents and is perhaps most well known for his pioneering contributions to the first FDA-approved Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. As an entrepreneur, Mir has founded more than 20 life sciences companies; 15 of his companies have seen "liquidity events" (IPO/Acquisition). Mir's expertise spans a wide range of clinical areas from interventional cardiology to chronic pain, obesity and CNS disorders. Mir actively collaborates with the nation's top universities on research and development including Stanford, Rutgers, Johns Hopkins, UTSW, etc. Mir also founded InCube Ventures, a life sciences venture fund, where he has led investments in a range of promising ventures. Mir sits on Boards of several life sciences companies. He holds an M.S. in bioengineering and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rutgers. He also attended CMDNJ/Rutgers Medical School.
Marv Ackerman, Founder and Director

Marv founded Modulus in 1972 after nearly twenty years in the engineering field, where he held senior engineering roles at Hewlett Packard, Fairchild and Tri Data. With an original focus on engineering design development, rapid prototyping and small volume assembly, Marv expanded Modulus’ mission to help customers not only prototype their products, but also bring these products swiftly into the market with minimum risk. Marv has played a critical role in growing the company and extending its expertise from manufacturing microelectronic chip to medical products, and continues to help guide the company’s vision. Marv received an electrical engineering degree from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Syed Zaidi, Vice President of Accounting & Administration

Syed is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in management and accounting. He has been instrumental in launching and running operations for more than a dozen start-ups in the last 15 years, and currently manages day-to-day operations for Modulus including overseeing all accounting and HR functions. Syed received his MBA in General Accounting and Management from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India.
Abbas Khorsand, Vice President of Operations

Abbas is an industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience in electronic manufacturing and management. With Modulus for over 25 years, Abbas has been instrumental in helping Modulus exceed industry standards from manufacturing processes and purchasing to quality improvement. He leads the day-to-day strategic operations for Modulus, and plays a key role in ensuring complete customer satisfaction. Abbas received his electronic engineering degree from San Jose State University.
Stephanie McGrory, Vice President of Business Development

Stephanie brings more than 15 years of marketing, communications and business management experience. In her role at Modulus, Stephanie is responsible for marketing, strategic alliances, and customer acquisition. Prior to joining Modulus, Stephanie was a founding member and Executive Vice President of Greenough Communications, a national marketing services firm. There she handled business development, project execution and management, client satisfaction, and agency operations across a wide range of industries, including life sciences, business to business and business to consumer technology.
Yasser A. Sowb, PhD, Director of Human Factors Engineering

Yasser Sowb is a biomedical engineer with specialty in human factors design of medical instrumentation. Yasser has over 15 years experience working in the areas of user interface and display design, decision-support systems, task analysis and user requirements identification, and usability assessment. Yasser received his postdoctorate in human factors and user interface design from Stanford University, his PhD in biomedical engineering specializing in human factors from UC Davis, his MS in biomedical engineering with specialty in human factors from Sacramento State University, and his BS in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University.