picture of Zoher Zoher Z. Karu <zzkaru@alum.mit.edu>

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1997
    Thesis: Fast Subpixel Registration of 3-D Images
    Minor: Finance and Marketing, Sloan School of Management

  • S.M. in Electrical Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1992
    Thesis: Optimization of Force and Fatigue Characteristics of Electrically Stimulated Human Skeletal Muscle

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering
    Carnegie Mellon University, May 1990

EXPERIENCE
  • Vice President, Behavioral Analytics, eLoyalty Corporation, Lake Forest, IL (2007-present)
  • Vice President of Consulting Operations (acting), Zyman Group, Atlanta, GA (2004-present)
  • Director of Product Management, Brickstream Corp., Atlanta, GA (2001-2004)
  • Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company, Atlanta, GA (1998-2001)
  • Head Teaching Assistant, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA (Fall 1992)
  • Research Fellow, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA (Summers 1992-1993)
  • Systems Engineer, Applied Research, Inc., Huntsville, AL (Summers 1986-1990)

HONORS
  • IEEE Student Paper competition winner, New England Region, IEEE EMBS Conference
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
  • Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship
  • Andrew Carnegie Scholarship
  • Graduated 1st in Elec. Eng. class, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Valedictorian of Virgil I. Grissom High School, Huntsville, AL

ACADEMIC INTERESTS
  • Corporate Strategy/Marketing, Neuroscience, Signal and Image processing

PERSONAL INTERESTS
  • Landscape photography, Traveling