Dr. Sean Bozorgzad operates at the nexus of computer science and Healthcare. He is a practicing emergency room physician with a passion for software and information technology.  Sean is currently the Chief of Medicine and the Emergency Department Medical Director at Peace Health United General Medical Center in Sedro Woolley, Washington, as well as, an adjunct faculty at the University of Southern Illinois Department of Computer Science.

For over ten years, Sean has helped create some of the most innovative software solutions to optimize emergency medicine staffing and logistics.  He is also passionate about education and routinely participates in international educational trips as a way of giving back to the world community.  He received a Bachelor of Science in Genetics from the University of South Florida and a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Berardino Baratta has been involved with Potentia Analytics since 2015 working initially as a consultant before joining in 2017 as CEO. Previously, he was General Manager of the Multimedia Applications Division for Freescale Semiconductor where he turned the business around, achieving profitability and sustained growth with major design wins at Microsoft, Ford, Amazon, Sony, and Logitech.

Prior to this, he led Strategy, Marketing and Business Development for the $2B Wireless Mobile and Systems Group at Freescale. He began his career with Metrowerks Corporation, a leading provider of Software Development tools, where he led engineering through its growth from startup to public corporation through acquisition by Motorola Corporation. Mr. Baratta co-founded Specialized Equine Services, a 501(c)3 corporation focused on using horses to help children, adults and veterans with disabilities. He received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Dr. Shahram Rahimi is Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. Shahram is a recognized leader in artificial intelligence research with over 190 publications and 2 patents.  He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computational Intelligence and sits on the editorial board of many other journals.  He is also an integral part of the IEEE’s Committee for New Standards.

Shahram has organized over 15 conferences on Artificial Intelligence and multi-agent systems over the past decade and has served as Principal Investigator for several federally funded and industry-funded research projects.  Shahram received his Ph.D. in Computational Sciences from University of Southern Mississippi/Stennis Space Center (NASA) and has been contributing to advancements in science and technology over the past 20 years.