Proven product leader with deep experience in technology and product innovation ☆ Transforms business, technical, and strategic constraints into scalable, high-impact solutions ☆ Thrives in dynamic, hands-on, high-stakes environments, delivering tangible results across the entire product lifecycle ☆

About Farshad →

Harvard XR 2025

HarvardXR invited me to speak about Data Cinematography. This made for a great opportunity to showcase the data cinematography app Perspective whose development I led at Pixxa.

Selected Work

Industry
financial healthcare retail consumer telecomm management
Technology
native apps web apps api design blockchain cloud services saas platform analytics visualization architecture product strategy
Ernst & Young
Platform Lead, Enterprise API Platform
Led international agile team to plan, define & develop EY Global Innovations enterprise blockchain platform based on a federated microservice architecture on top of Azure cloud.
financial blockchain api design product strategy saas platform cryptocurrency cloud services
Red Book Solutions
Platform Lead, Retail Management Platform & Apps
Led end-to-end design, development, and delivery of store management SaaS app platform on iOS, Android, Web capturing millions of images from 80,000 locations to the AWS cloud, atop a digital transformation workflow processing 1000s of PDFs month.
retail management native apps analytics web apps visualization api design saas platform cloud services
iOS AppStore
Product Lead, 100+ iOS Apps / 7 Million Downloads
Led conception, design, development, and release of more than 100 Apps.
consumer native apps product strategy architecture
Fidelity Investments
Technical Lead, Retirement Readiness Analytic App

Empowered Fidelity's institutional sales team to adapt app for 401k sales to Fortune-100 customers.
financial analytics visualization storytelling native apps api design cloud services
Clayton Christensen Institute
Product Lead, Disruptive Innovation Community
Worked directly with Clay Christensen (Harvard Business School) to productize his vision for collaborative business innovation, later reformulated into dx.MBA innovation platform.
management product strategy innovation research
Verizon Labs
System Architect, Real-Time QoS Monitoring System
Designed and developed real-time system to monitor and visualize network quality of service for the entire Verizon management network.
telecomm analytics visualization native apps api design architecture cloud services
Peoplefluent
Product Lead, Mobile Apps for Talent Management
Built a suite of talent management apps for iPad for augmenting clients HRM SaaS offering.
management native apps web app api design architecture
OG1.io
Product Lead, Proof of First Use on Blockchain
Led development of a Web3 service for minting commemorative First Use certificates. Developed system to generate unique art for First Use certificate based on token characteristics, and implemented protocols for saving certificates on the Ethereum blockchain.
Financial product design blockchain cryptocurrency
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
System Architect, Interactive Trade Clearing Platform
Developed trade clearing component for CME Future and Option Trades on Instant Messages.
financial web apps api design architecture
Baupost Group
Product Lead, New Investment Warning System
Led design & development of a system to track compliance constraints on hedge fund investments.
financial visualization community analytics visualization web apps
Symtrend
Platform Architect, Symptom Tracking Platform & App
Led team to develop pioneering platform for mobile tracking of patient symptoms.
healthcare visualization platform native apps web app automation cloud services saas platform
Channelfit
Product Lead, Fitness & Nutrition Platform & Apps
Led team to design and develop on-line system to create personalized diet and workout plans.
healthcare visualization web app community automation
Verizon Labs
Platform Architect, Interactive Circuit Diagnostic System
Led team to design & develop a unified platform for testing all Verizon Circuits.
telecomm api design product strategy platform native apps cloud services
Conifer Point Computational Medicine
System Architect, UX & Payment Frameworks
Created UX and commerce platforms for an early-stage drug discovery company.
healthcare web apps api design architecture cloud services e-commerce
Fidelity Investments
System Architect, Portfolio Management UI Framework
Developed SDK for a component framework to be used by Fidelitys portfolio management developers.
financial native apps visualization architecture api design

Enterprise API Platform

Enterprise API Platform

Ernst & Young →

Retail Management Platform & Apps

Retail Management Platform & Apps

Red Book Solutions→

100+ iOS Apps / 7 Million Downloads

100+ iOS Apps / 7 Million Downloads

iOS AppStore →

Retirement Readiness Analytic App

Retirement Readiness Analytic App

Fidelity Investments →

Disruptive Innovation Community

Disruptive Innovation Community

Clayton Christensen Institute→

Real-Time QoS Monitoring System

Real-Time QoS Monitoring System

Verizon Labs →

Mobile Apps for Talent Management

Mobile Apps for Talent Management

Peoplefluent →

Proof of First Use on Blockchain

Proof of First Use on Blockchain

OG1.io→

Interactive Trade Clearing Platform

Interactive Trade Clearing Platform

Chicago Mercantile Exchange →

New Investment Warning System

New Investment Warning System

Baupost Group →

Symptom Tracking Platform & App

Symptom Tracking Platform & App

Symtrend→

Fitness & Nutrition Platform & Apps

Fitness & Nutrition Platform & Apps

Channelfit →

Interactive Circuit Diagnostic System

Interactive Circuit Diagnostic System

Verizon Labs →

UX & Payment Frameworks

UX & Payment Frameworks

Conifer Point Computational Medicine →

Portfolio Management UI Framework

Portfolio Management UI Framework

Fidelity Investments →