Omid Mahabadi is the president, CEO and a co-founder of Geomechanica. He holds a PhD degree in rock mechanics (civil engineering) from the University of Toronto. Omid specializes in development and application of advanced numerical simulation tools to solve rock engineering problems in civil, mining, and petroleum engineering. Omid was the lead developer of Y-Geo FDEM code and the sole developer of Y-GUI and GeoLab DAQ codes. He has authored or co-authored over 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and acts as reviewer for many technical international journals and funding agencies in Canada.