Dariush teaches and conducts research on sustainable product development and manufacturing, and has co-authored a number of case studies and papers in the sustainability field. In 2007, he published a book on Innovation, Product Development and Commercialization. He is also a faculty member at Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco and an adjunct professor at Haas Business School at UC Berkeley. Dariush has over 30 years of product innovation and senior executive experience in the semiconductor and solar energy industries and was a corporate vice president at Applied Materials and Lam Research Corporations. Dariush has served on the boards or invested in several startup companies in solar, semiconductor and medical fields. He is also the founding principle of Blue Dome Consulting Company which partners with high-tech executives for product and business leadership