Project Manager - IT Consultant

Consulting functions in the Gulf region

Ivey Lawrence National Centre for Policy & Management, London, ON, Canada 2013-Present
Research Associate (3 months contract; a $100K research project)
„h Created multiple benchmarks from historic data and available financial reports to evaluate individual firms in each industry; considered factors such as cost cutting measures, sustainability initiatives, efficiency of supply chain, and levels of shareholders value creation; identified the best practices and industry leaders in each sector
„h Interviewed senior management of various Canadian auto manufacturing and agro-food industry (e.g. Magna, Linamar, McCain, & Maple Leaf Foods); studied their perspective of success factors and strategies; compared their Canadian operations along with that of their competitors and their foreign operations; drafted an outlook for the Canadian manufacturing and competitiveness
Bell Mobility ¡V Bell Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada 2012-2013
External Consultant ¡V Part of an Ivey Consulting Project Team
„h Evaluated the client¡¦s Wi-Fi market entry strategy; created market analysis report, market model, and financial model of threats and opportunities of proliferation of Wi-Fi-enabled devices; understood key differences across industry, geography, and products dimensions in various parts of Canada
„h Provided recommendations for short-term and long-term strategies; proposed a detail implementation tactics¡¦ plans and suggested a complete project schedule; tabled a budget with a Profit/Loss analysis on marketing and product R&D levels; boosted the potential revenue sources by 10%
Iranian National Broadcasting Corporation ¡V National Internet Services Company, Tehran, Iran 2001-2004
Network Engineer
„h Reduced the extra overhead by 10%; introduced a process-driven trouble shooting guideline and created a new installation procedure; decreased the required technician man-hours while increased the customer satisfaction
„h Improved the web hosting service uptime to 99.6%; automated the monitoring system on all Cisco, Sun Microsystems, and Microsoft Servers; boosted external hosting sales by 15% through customer referrals
„h Created an internal chat application using ¡§Java¡¨ and ¡§C¡¨ languages; allowed seamless contact among firm¡¦s various offices

Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada 2012-2013
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2007-2011
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Economics
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Ranked 1st in the Middle East) 2004-2007
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

President of the West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast Conservative Association; represented by MP John Weston
Senate Representative, Elected at-Large (49,000 UBC students), the first foreign transfer student to be elected to UBC Senate
Memberships: Ivey Management Consulting Club, Energy & Resource Club, Public Policy Club (co-founded & recruited speakers)
McKinsey MBA Case Competition, June 2012, best individual presentation skill; Languages: Fluent Farsi & English, Basic Arabic