Ehsan Mokhtari

Ehsan Mokhtari has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. Ehsan is currently serving as the CTO & Co-Founder of ChargeLab, where they have successfully raised $30M in VC funding and built a team of 60 people, including a 35-person engineering team. At ChargeLab, they have developed event-driven micro-service-based software to connect and manage thousands of EV chargers across North America.

Prior to ChargeLab, Ehsan worked at Nielsen as a Technical Lead from 2017 to 2019. Before that, they co-founded and served as the CEO of Sentrant Security. Under their leadership, they led business strategy, execution, fundraising, operations, and sales activities, ultimately selling Sentrant Security to Nielsen in 2017. Additionally, as the CTO of Sentrant Security, they were responsible for leading the engineering team and building digital ad-fraud and click-fraud detection systems in the cloud. Ehsan also played a significant role in recruiting and engineering management, co-authoring two US patents.

Ehsan's career began at the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, where they worked as a PhD Candidate, Cybersecurity Researcher, and Developer from 2010 to 2013. During this time, they published peer-reviewed scientific papers and led a team of 15 researchers across two universities in developing a botnet detection and mitigation system.

Prior to their cybersecurity research, Ehsan worked at AmaajSystem Corporation in various roles, including Chief Software Architect, Software Architect, and Software Developer. Ehsan was involved in software development and architecture from 2003 to 2009.

Overall, Ehsan's work experience showcases their expertise in technology, engineering management, business strategy, and cybersecurity research.

Ehsan Mokhtari pursued their education in the field of Software Engineering. Ehsan started their academic journey in 2001 at the Iran University of Science and Technology, where they completed their Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering in 2006. Ehsan furthered their studies by pursuing a Master's degree in Software Engineering at the University of Isfahan from 2006 to 2009. Ehsan's educational path then led him to the University of New Brunswick, where they began working towards a PhD in Cyber Security in 2010. However, they dropped out of the program in 2013.