Professional Experience
My journey through various roles in technology, from IT administration to autonomous chip design. If you want a PDF copy of my resume, you can get it here.
Consulting Software Engineer
Building a content engine for Atlas Network using Supabase, Vercel, and Anthropic/Grok APIs for automated content processing and delivery. Designing full-stack architecture with serverless functions, PostgreSQL schema design, and API integrations for an early-stage product.
Systems Engineer Co-op
Proposed company's AI strategy and built automated extraction pipeline that reverse-engineers proprietary binary formats into structured, queryable knowledge. Parsed and structured 85+ binary record types, reconstructing page hierarchy, wire connectivity, and block naming across projects with 1,200+ pages and 3,700+ blocks from formats with zero existing documentation. Turning undocumented industrial control data into natural-language-searchable documentation.
Research Engineer - Municipal Data Infrastructure
Building real-time data pipelines and dashboards for a City of Guelph municipal partnership (in collaboration with Flodraulic Systems), processing sensor data for winter road condition monitoring and salt truck route optimization. Designed and installed hardware prototypes and production units on field sites. Managing data collection infrastructure and stakeholder relationships across partner organizations in a government-funded research program.
AI Researcher - Knowledge Systems & RAG Integrations
Built three RAG ingestion pipelines parsing unstructured institutional documents (SharePoint, Teams, FootPrints) into searchable knowledge bases, deployed on Azure Container Instances with Docker. Developed custom MCP servers integrating LLMs with university systems using Azure Functions and Azure OpenAI Service. Evaluated 5+ agent architectures using DSPy, LangChain, LangGraph, and Azure Cognitive Search. Implemented Azure AD-integrated access control with SpiceDB for department-specific AI assistants. Architected Azure Machine Learning pipelines using Claude Code, contributing to the university's enterprise AI strategy.
Network Infrastructure Co-op
Maintained campus-wide Wi-Fi systems and contributed to migrating the device database to a new platform, improving accessibility for 100+ employees.
IT Admin/Developer
Set up company website, email hosting, and automated accounting workflows. Provided technical support and training across the organization.
I have also worked in the capacity of construction worker.
Projects & Experiments
Research, side projects, and explorations across chip design, AI infrastructure, and tooling.
p1p-observeractive
January 2026Reverse-engineered a proprietary binary file format with zero existing documentation. Parses 85+ binary record types, reconstructs page hierarchy, wire connectivity, and block naming across projects with 1,200+ pages and 3,700+ blocks. Turns opaque industrial control data into natural-language-searchable documentation.
analog-gradientsactive
December 2025Autonomous chip design exploration platform. LLM agents orchestrate commercial EDA tools (Cadence Genus/Innovus, Synopsys PrimeTime, GPDK045 PDK). PyTorch model in, silicon PPA metrics out, ~11 minutes end to end. Produced a working 4-lane SIMD GPU (320 params, int8 quantized, 25.8 kGE, 118 MHz, 0.6 mW). Ran the lowRISC Ibex RISC-V core through 12 configurations matching published references within 1–15%. Extended with analog neuromorphic research: coupled oscillator optimization over 24–52D parameter spaces using CMA-ES with 2,000+ Spectre simulations.
YouTube Semantic Search (yt-aperture)
August 2025Python tool for extracting YouTube subtitles and performing semantic search over video content using sentence transformer models. Features intelligent chunking, embedding cache, and AI-optimized workflows for Claude Code integration.
wispr
June 2025Production-grade voice-to-text system for macOS using Fn key as global trigger. Features native Cocoa integration, real-time AssemblyAI streaming, background service architecture, and robust error handling. Built as Wispr Flow alternative.
Sorya (Entangled LLM)
May 2025Novel AI architecture enabling LLMs to make irreversible internal commitments and maintain consistent identity. Implements variational latent commitment vectors, QLoRA training, and mathematical framework for AI consciousness research.
AEP (Attention Event Protocol)
May 2025Experimental framework for improving AI systems by tracking attention patterns. Built logging SDK, RAG integration, and evaluation tools showing attention-weighted re-ranking can improve Precision@5 from ~0.75 to ~0.87.
The Box
April 2025RFID-enhanced physical item tracker combining Arduino hardware with PWA frontend and backend API. Features Wi-Fi provisioning, real-time tag scanning, item presence tracking, and web-based item management interface.
Apple MCP (OSS Contribution)
December 2024Open source contribution to Apple-native tools for Model Context Protocol. Implemented comprehensive email functionality including multi-recipient support, attachments, scheduling, and search capabilities. Project has 3,000+ GitHub stars.
Arboro
November 2024Community event series (previously Crescentia) inspired by Socratica, hosting weekly work sessions where creatives, enthusiasts, and professionals gather for collaborative productivity and networking.
Calendar++
July 2024Experimental calendar system built with structured output and chain of thought reasoning for LMS integration. Early exploration of AI-native calendar interfaces before structured output became mainstream.
mnist-from-scratch
March 2024Educational neural network implementation from scratch in Python for MNIST handwritten digit classification. Built without high-level ML frameworks to demonstrate fundamentals of neural architecture, training, and evaluation.
typing-game
March 2024React web app to test typing speed with real-time accuracy tracking, visual feedback for keystrokes, and random sentence generation from dictionary.
cinefile
October 2020Movie archive assistant built with Python and Qt frontend. Uses IMDb API to automatically organize movie folders and manage your personal film collection with metadata.
Everything Else
Additional interests, activities, and miscellaneous projects worth mentioning.
Pitched analog-gradients at the Akatos Symposium Showcase 2026 - presenting the autonomous chip design exploration platform to an international maker collective audience.
Had a pull request accepted into Zed IDE :D
Volunteered at the Socratica Symposium 2025 in Waterloo, helping coordinate and manage an international maker collective event that brought together over 2,500 students from multiple disciplines to build, innovate, and collaborate on projects spanning art, engineering, business, and design.
Ranked 394th in Iran's national university entrance exam (Konkur) in mathematics and physics, earning admission to K. N. Toosi University of Technology (KNTU).