Behzad Heravi is the co-founder of Vortex IoT and Chief Technology Officer of Smart Cities at Videalert and Vortex, both part of Marston Holdings. He leads the development of innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies for Smart Cities, specialising in camera-based traffic analytics, smart enforcement, and environmental monitoring.
With a background in Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Mesh Networks, Hyper-local Air Quality Monitoring, LiDAR Urban Scanning Systems, and 5G technologies, Behzad brings over 20 years of experience in pioneering innovation projects. His work includes published research in Information Theory, Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensor Fusion, and AI.
Behzad and his team were awarded for Innovations in Air Quality as recently as 2024
He holds a PhD in Communication Systems from Lancaster University and serves as an honorary research fellow at Swansea University.