Summary
Mohammad Sadoghi is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at UC Davis and a seasoned researcher-practitioner focused on distributed databases and secure, real-time analytics. He leads the ExpoDB vision: a decentralized, ledger-backed platform that unifies transactional and analytical processing to enable more democratic, creativity-centered computation. His career spans industry research at IBM T.J. Watson, academic appointments at Purdue and UC Davis, and entrepreneurship as Co-Founder and CTO of Moka Blox LLC, bridging foundational research with product delivery. Mohammad holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and brings a decade-plus track record of building systems that scale from prototypes to deployable platforms. Known for combining deep systems expertise with practical engineering, he often works at the intersection of databases, distributed ledgers, and realtime analytics. An underappreciated strength is his ability to translate academic innovations into startup-grade technology and teaching that shapes the next generation of systems builders.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of Toronto