John Helal Zahir

John Helal Zahir has over 20 years of experience in engineering and design roles. John Helal worked at Continental Controls Corporation from 2000 to 2009, where they started as a Senior ElectroMechanical Design Engineer and was later promoted to VP of Engineering/Senior Principal Engineer. Their responsibilities included leading and managing a team of engineers and creating project plans to ensure project goals were met. John Helal designed and developed various products such as fuel control valves, fuel metering Venturi, air-to-fuel ratio controllers, and electronic voiced actuator gas carburetors. Prior to this, they had worked at San Diego State University as an FEA/FEM Analyst/Designer, where they analyzed and resolved structural analysis engineering challenges using Pro-Engineer.

John Helal Zahir attended San Diego State University from 1996 to 2001, earning a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering as well as an Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering. John Helal also obtained a Six Sigma Green Belt from Progressive Edge at an unknown time.