Hadi Mahabadi

Hadi Mahabadi is vice president of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC) for Xerox Corporation. He was named to this position effective September 2004.

Mahabadi joined Xerox in 1981 and has held a variety of managerial positions at XRCC. He has been instrumental in creating an innovative environment and successfully commercializing many breakthrough material technologies at XRCC.

Hadi is also responsible for developing Xerox’s materials technology strategy and has led teams that have developed materials for many Xerox product platforms, including toner resins and carrier coating materials for iGen3/iGen4, Nuvera and DocuTech100-120, and solid ink for the Xerox Phaser platform and ColorQube. He has been instrumental in the development of Emulsion Aggregation (EA), the new generation of toner technology that was introduced into the market in 2001.

His R&D leadership efforts have been recognized through many awards including two of Xerox Corporation’s highest awards and the University of Waterloo’s 2008 Alumni Achievement Medal. Mahabadi was ranked #1 among PrintAction Magazine’s 50 most influential Canadians in Graphic Art Communications for 2008 and 2009 and in 2010, and he was voted one of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of the Year sponsored by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.

Mahabadi received his PhD in the field of polymer engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1976 and has held various academic positions, including Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department of Tehran University of Technology before joining Xerox. Mahabadi is a member of several scientific societies. He was selected as a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and recently serves as the chair of the Chemical Institute of Canada.

Mahabadi is also involved in shaping the science and technology strategy and direction in Canada and advancing its agenda nationally and internationally. He has served on a several national and regional committees, taskforces and boards such as Ontario Centre of Excellence, Canadian National Institute of Standards, Chemical Institute of Canada.