Education

  • Dr.-Ing. Informatics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Thesis: An Adaptive Index Recommendation System (AIRs) on Document-Based Databases
    DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000078779
    Karlsruhe, Germany [2013 – 2017]
  • Master in Information Technology at University of Information Technology and Management
    Thesis: Opportunities and Risks of Cloud Computing in E-Government Applications
    Rzeszów, Poland [2009 – 2011]
  • Bachelor in Physics at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
    Kerman, Iran [2001 – 2005]

Work Experience

Accenture GmbH (2022 – Present)

Data Science Manager (in Karlsruhe, Germany)

Key Responsibilities

  • Fostering high-impact client relationships, defining and driving valued project for clients
  • Enhancing collaboration by cultivating a thriving community and establishing tactful networks
  • Driving business development initiatives in Data Science and Generative AI
  • Leading change management processes necessary for integrating the Data Science team of Trivadis into Accenture

Key Achievements

  • Achieved multiple strategic successes by maintaining strong client relationships and delivering value for their organizations
  • Managed talent development initiatives and organic growth to improve performance of a community with about 120 members
  • Won multiple innovative and strategic projects by developing comprehensive project plans
  • Led seamless integration of 20+ team members through strategic planning and support

Significant Project Highlights

Trivadis GmbH (2019 – 2022)

Data Science Lead & Senior Consultant (in Karlsruhe, Germany)

Key Responsibilities

  • Leading and shaping the Data Science team
  • Conducting client consultations in presales and PoC phases
  • Leading teams and managing implementation of Big Data & Data Science projects

Key Achievements

  • Successfully completed approximately 10 projects and acquired multiple new clients
  • Unified the community of experts to accelerate market-driven growth through active
  • engagement and strategic contributions
  • Designed and contributed to the development of 3 strategic assets

Significant Project Highlights

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2017 – 2018)

Team/Project Lead (in Karlsruhe, Germany)

Key Responsibilities

  • Management of the Smart Data Innovation Lab – one of three nominated Big Data Competence Centers by BMBF in Germany – and the Smart Data Solution Center projects with an overall budget of about two million Euros
  • Leading a cross-functional team of data scientists and experts for platform operations
  • Managing client relationship by strategic reporting, and collaboration with the Board of Directors

Key Achievements

  • Secured project funding from BMBF and the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • Established a harmonized cross-functional team that streamlined client and user support while effectively leveraging inter-department and inter-institutional capabilities
  • Finalized five successful client projects while ensuring the SDIL platform availability with an uptime of 99.5%

Significant Project Highlights

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2013 – 2017)

Scientific Associate (in Karlsruhe, Germany)

Key Responsibilities

  • Data modeling and platform architecture design
  • Management and analysis of the data collected by GLORIA – a unique atmospheric remote sensing instrument
  • Conducted joint R&D on data collected by remote sensing techniques implemented on various international satellite platforms
  • Supervising Master’s thesis research projects

Key Achievements

  • Improved efficiency of long-running analysis processes by an order of magnitude
  • Designed a robust data model for 5PB of data distributed across various locations
  • Oversaw to successful completion of a master thsis on “Systematic Evaluation of MongoDB Shard Keys Using Containers”

Significant Project Highlights

University of Information Technology and Management (2010-2012)

Teaching Assistant (in Rzeszow, Poland)

Key Responsibilities

  • Teaching Cisco CCNA certificates and Basic Physics courses
  • Management of firewalls and VPNs
  • Configuation fo routers and switches

Key Achievements

  • Delivered two certificate courses preparing students for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) examination
  • Taught two foundational Physics courses

Publication

Conference and Workshop Peer-Reviewed Papers
Books and Chapters
  • “Database Techniques for Big Data“ Chapter of “Big Data: Principles and Paradigms“, ISBN: 978-0-12-805394-2

Language

  • English – Fluent
  • German – Proficient
  • Farsi – Native
  • Arabic & Polish – Beginner