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Our Team
Dr Hamed Shahidipour
Managing Director
Dr Shahidipour has previously worked at Citigroup and Vodafone UK. He is the founder and CEO of Femto Ltd., a London based technology consultancy firm. He has also served as a consultant with the prestigious management consultancy firm L.E.K. Consulting. Doctor Shahidipour holds a PhD in nanoelectronic engineering from the University of Southampton.
Managing Director
Dr Shahidipour has previously worked at Citigroup and Vodafone UK. He is the founder and CEO of Femto Ltd., a London based technology consultancy firm. He has also served as a consultant with the prestigious management consultancy firm L.E.K. Consulting. Doctor Shahidipour holds a PhD in nanoelectronic engineering from the University of Southampton.
Hamed Jamalifar
Deputy Director
Mr. Jamalifar is a technology entrepreneur and has an extensive experience in the private sector. His research focuses on developing Blockchain-aware businesses and services.
MSc, Sharif University of Technology
h.jamalifar@seerio.ir
Mr. Jamalifar is a technology entrepreneur and has an extensive experience in the private sector. His research focuses on developing Blockchain-aware businesses and services.
MSc, Sharif University of Technology
h.jamalifar@seerio.ir
Dr Ali Kermanshah
Member of the Board
Dr Kermanshah is the current Vice President of Novel Technologies at the Central Bank of Iran. Previous to this post he was the chairman of Iran Industrial Management Institute (IMI) which is the oldest and largest Management Consultancy organisation in Iran. He has also been the Head of Education, Research and Technology Department at the Ministry of Commerce and two times Vice Minister at the Ministry of ICT.
PhD, University of Manchester
MSc, University of Manchester
BEng, Isfahan University of Technology
a.kermanshah@seerio.ir
Member of the Board
Dr Kermanshah is the current Vice President of Novel Technologies at the Central Bank of Iran. Previous to this post he was the chairman of Iran Industrial Management Institute (IMI) which is the oldest and largest Management Consultancy organisation in Iran. He has also been the Head of Education, Research and Technology Department at the Ministry of Commerce and two times Vice Minister at the Ministry of ICT.
PhD, University of Manchester
MSc, University of Manchester
BEng, Isfahan University of Technology
a.kermanshah@seerio.ir
Masoud Davarinejad
Member of the Board
Masoud Davarinejad is a freelance consultant advising government-related industries on strategy and policy issues in telecommunications, and in the design and implementation of e-government projects in Iran. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Shahab Co., a major electronic industry engaged in TV, audio, and video production. Until May 2005, Mr. Davarinejad served as the first head of the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Iran, which he established within a year of joining the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone in 2002 as the deputy of the Minister. He spent most of his 24-year career in the Iranian government in the Planning and Budget Organization where he directed many offices, including the Telecommunications and Post sector, and was responsible for the coordination and appropriation of the national budget. He was appointed deputy to the Vice-President in 1988 and he presided over the High Council of Informatics for eight years. He also chaired the Board of Directors of major government IT companies and directed Tehran’s SITTDEC office, an initiative of the G-15 countries headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Davarinejad has a degree in Computer Science from the Murray State University, USA.
BEng, Murray State University
Member of the Board
Masoud Davarinejad is a freelance consultant advising government-related industries on strategy and policy issues in telecommunications, and in the design and implementation of e-government projects in Iran. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Shahab Co., a major electronic industry engaged in TV, audio, and video production. Until May 2005, Mr. Davarinejad served as the first head of the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Iran, which he established within a year of joining the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone in 2002 as the deputy of the Minister. He spent most of his 24-year career in the Iranian government in the Planning and Budget Organization where he directed many offices, including the Telecommunications and Post sector, and was responsible for the coordination and appropriation of the national budget. He was appointed deputy to the Vice-President in 1988 and he presided over the High Council of Informatics for eight years. He also chaired the Board of Directors of major government IT companies and directed Tehran’s SITTDEC office, an initiative of the G-15 countries headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Davarinejad has a degree in Computer Science from the Murray State University, USA.
BEng, Murray State University
Dr Mohammad Davatgar
Member of the Board
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from one of Iran’s leading technical universities, Dr Davatgar has held a variety of positions in addition to his ongoing academic career and tertiary teaching, spanning twenty five years; ranging from Graduate Mechanical Engineer to Co-Founder and Company Director of an Australian firm specializing in physical rehabilitation products. His last position before the current one, was working as a business consultant in different VC companies with the main focus on start-ups and accelerators.
PhD, University of New South Wales
MSc, University of New South Wales
BEng, Sharif University of Technology
m.davatgar@seerio.ir
Member of the Board
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from one of Iran’s leading technical universities, Dr Davatgar has held a variety of positions in addition to his ongoing academic career and tertiary teaching, spanning twenty five years; ranging from Graduate Mechanical Engineer to Co-Founder and Company Director of an Australian firm specializing in physical rehabilitation products. His last position before the current one, was working as a business consultant in different VC companies with the main focus on start-ups and accelerators.
PhD, University of New South Wales
MSc, University of New South Wales
BEng, Sharif University of Technology
m.davatgar@seerio.ir
Dr Ali Naghieh
Member of the Board
Dr Naghieh is a Research Associate at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. He is an expert in Change Management and his research focuses on examining the social and psychosocial processes of change to address challenges in systems and organisations. Ali has provided consultancy to transformation programmes focusing on multi-stakeholder system-level change for the UK private and public sectors including the NHS. Further, he has provided teaching and mentoring to executives of major companies in the field of Scenario Planning, including for Standard Chartered Bank, EY (Ernst & Young), and Scottish Water. Ali is currently collaborating with colleagues at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute to extend his participative change approach to tackling a multi-faceted environmental disaster in Iran with vast socio-economic consequences.
PhD, University of Oxford
MA, University of Wales-Bangor
MBA, University of Salford
MPharm, University of Sunderland
a.naghieh@seerio.ir
Dr Naghieh is a Research Associate at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. He is an expert in Change Management and his research focuses on examining the social and psychosocial processes of change to address challenges in systems and organisations. Ali has provided consultancy to transformation programmes focusing on multi-stakeholder system-level change for the UK private and public sectors including the NHS. Further, he has provided teaching and mentoring to executives of major companies in the field of Scenario Planning, including for Standard Chartered Bank, EY (Ernst & Young), and Scottish Water. Ali is currently collaborating with colleagues at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute to extend his participative change approach to tackling a multi-faceted environmental disaster in Iran with vast socio-economic consequences.
PhD, University of Oxford
MA, University of Wales-Bangor
MBA, University of Salford
MPharm, University of Sunderland
a.naghieh@seerio.ir
Dr Fardad Zand
Member of the Board
Dr Zand is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Technology, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delft. He is currently a Senior Advisor with Arthur D. Little and prior to this he was an Engagement Manager and Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company.
Post-Doc, MIT Center for Digital Business
PhD, Delft University
MSc, Delft University
BEng, Amir Kabir University
f.zand@seerio.ir
Dr Zand is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Technology, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delft. He is currently a Senior Advisor with Arthur D. Little and prior to this he was an Engagement Manager and Senior Associate at McKinsey & Company.
Post-Doc, MIT Center for Digital Business
PhD, Delft University
MSc, Delft University
BEng, Amir Kabir University
f.zand@seerio.ir
Dr Mehrdad Sepahvand
Member of the Board
Dr Sepahvand has more than two decades of experience in the financial services and banking industry spanning investment strategy, corporate governance and risk management at senior management level. He serves major governmental and private Iranian banks as a senior advisor. Dr Sepahvand was director of foreign investment department of the NDFI, Iranian sovereign wealth fund with over $60 billion in assets. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Nottingham. His career began in England lecturing at both Nottingham Business School and Leeds Business School for several years. He occasionally lectures on Asset and Liability Management and Liquidity Management for bankers and financial managers.
PhD, The University of Nottingham
MA, Allameh University
Dr Sepahvand has more than two decades of experience in the financial services and banking industry spanning investment strategy, corporate governance and risk management at senior management level. He serves major governmental and private Iranian banks as a senior advisor. Dr Sepahvand was director of foreign investment department of the NDFI, Iranian sovereign wealth fund with over $60 billion in assets. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Nottingham. His career began in England lecturing at both Nottingham Business School and Leeds Business School for several years. He occasionally lectures on Asset and Liability Management and Liquidity Management for bankers and financial managers.
PhD, The University of Nottingham
MA, Allameh University
Dr Hossein Sharif
Chairman of the Board
Dr Sharif is an academic member at GSME (aka Sharif Business School) and a member of Centre for Development Informatics at the University of Manchester. Prior to joining Sharif University of Technology, he had been a Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth. Dr Sharif has extensive experience in Technology Sector in Iran and Europe.
PhD, University of Manchester
BEng, University of Liverpool
h.sharif@seerio.ir
Chairman of the Board
Dr Sharif is an academic member at GSME (aka Sharif Business School) and a member of Centre for Development Informatics at the University of Manchester. Prior to joining Sharif University of Technology, he had been a Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth. Dr Sharif has extensive experience in Technology Sector in Iran and Europe.
PhD, University of Manchester
BEng, University of Liverpool
h.sharif@seerio.ir