Bijan Tadayon is a Cornell-educated physicist and electrical engineer turned lawyer who is passionate about artificial intelligence, particularly in building Cognitive Explainable-AI (Cognitive XAI) tools as building blocks toward General-AI solutions. He is the CEO of Z Advanced Computing, Inc. (ZAC), where his team is doing groundbreaking research and development in machine learning (ML), video analysis, pattern/object/image recognition/search, and other related fields.

Aside from AI, Tadayon is also an expert in IP and patent law. He previously founded and was the principal at MaxValueIP LLC, where he advised start-ups and high-tech companies on technical and IP matters. He was also formerly Director of Intellectual Properties at ContentGuard, Inc. and a patent examiner trainer at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Tadayon's experience in various industries and fields, coupled with his strong educational background, makes him a sought-after technical advisor for multiple start-ups and high-tech companies.