Meet the Task One LLC team

Kourosh Soroushian

Managing Partner

Kourosh Soroushian is an inventor and software architect with more than 25 years of experience leading the design and delivery of software solutions. He holds more than 86 granted patents in the United States and numerous patents internationally.

Kourosh has a passion for intellectual property creation and licensing. He is well versed in patent generation and prosecution and provides consulting services related to intellectual property rights. He helps companies evaluate patent quality and viability and investigate potential infringement using specialized software-development and system-monitoring tools.

His expertise spans video streaming technologies, multimedia standards, embedded systems, and cloud architectures, with experience from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises.

Dr. Congcong Zheng

Managing Partner

Dr. Congcong Zheng is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management at San Diego State University. She researches decision-making processes, learning, and related firm behaviors among entrepreneurial firms. Her work extends the behavioral theory of the firm in organizational theory and entrepreneurship.

She studies high-technology industries—including consumer electronics, biotechnology, and technical services—as well as cultural industries such as independent motion pictures and music. Her work has appeared in Management International Review, Journal of Small Business Management, Group & Organization Management, and Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth.

Before academia, she was a consultant at BDA China Ltd., advising clients on market entry and investment decisions in China’s internet and telecom sectors. She holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of International Business and Economics and a PhD from London Business School.