Dr. Masood Tayebi

Dr. Masood Tayebi is a Founding Partner and CEO of Bridgewest Group, a global investment firm with over $3 billion in private capital. With expertise in international business strategy and global operations, Masood is instrumental in leading start-up firms in Biotech and Hitech through market development to outsized success. His passion for developing sound strategy and agile operations fuels the success of portfolio companies.

Prior to Bridgewest Group, Masood and his brother founded Wireless Facilities, Inc., which helped to enhance the lives of billions of people in over 60 countries through pioneering advancements in wireless connectivity infrastructure. In 2000, WFI had a market capitalization of over $7 billion. Dr. Tayebi and his brother, Massih Tayebi, received the Ernst and Young 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year award in San Diego. Prior to co-founding WFI, Dr. Tayebi enjoyed a successful engineering career with several multinational corporations including British Telecom and LCC International.

Education

Dr. Tayebi received his PhD in mobile radio propagation from the University of Liverpool, and his M.S. in electronics engineering from the University of Southampton.

Career History

• Founding Partner and CEO, Bridgewest Group
• Chairman and investor in BioDuro LLC, a preclinical CRO acquired by Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (PPD) in November 2009
• Co-founder and advisor, BioAtla, LLC, a biotechnology company focused on novel monoclonal antibody and cell-based therapeutics
• Co-founder, Wireless Facilities, Inc. (WFI), which grew to over 2,700 employees and operations in over 60 countries before rebranding to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in 2007
• Senior engineer at British Telecom and LCC International

Masood is active in several philanthropic activities. Together with his wife Surinder, the couple founded the Lotus Children Foundation, and they support local first responders, education, housing, and service member families.

What Masood Tayebi could bring to Bridgewest Group as CEO:

As CEO of Bridgewest Group, Dr. Tayebi brings deep expertise in building transformational companies from concept through scaling and exit. His proven ability to create billion-dollar enterprises in telecommunications, combined with his hands-on involvement in emerging biotech ventures, positions him to guide Bridgewest's portfolio companies through market development, operational excellence, and commercialization of cutting-edge technologies. His track record of recognizing emerging markets and pivoting business models—exemplified by WFI's evolution—enables Bridgewest to identify and capitalize on deep tech opportunities across biotech, semiconductors, and AI-driven solutions at scale.