Vahid Ashrafimoghari
Behavioral Economist
WEEHAWKEN,NJ
Summary
Well-qualified Behavioral Economist experienced working with behavioral data sets and NLP tools to break down information, extract insights,and solve advanced design problems. Skilled in predictive modeling, data mining and statistical analysis. Offering more than 10 years of proven record in managing large-scale projects and conducting research.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Research Assistant
Stevens Institute Of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
08.2020 - Current
- Developed text mining tools (such as Named Entity Recognizer and PoS tagger) to detect and highlight cognitive biases in text materials.
- Conducted research on new pricing schemes to increase transparency and consumer's participation in pricing practices leveraging behavioral economics.
- Conducted research on the role of transparency in online content moderation.
- Planned, modified and executed research techniques, procedures and tests.
- Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
Founder & CEO
HumanX
Hoboken, NJ
10.2017 - Current
- Combined behavioral economics and design thinking to develop a six stage framework to uncover hidden drivers behind design problems
- Leveraged behavioral economics to improve products, services and policy designs.
General Manager of Investments and Partnerships
VISTA Ventures
Tehran, Iran
08.2019 - 03.2021
- Oversaw activities to manage limited partner's investments on various start-ups.
- Drove year-on-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision and long-range planning.
- Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency
- Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.
Chief Project Officer
MABNA ICT Company
Tehran, Iran
06.2018 - 07.2019
- Provided leadership, direction, and oversight of corporate programs and projects under development and execution
- Provided executive oversight for divisional projects and maintains responsibility for data integration and reporting for projects and programs within the organization
- Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.
- Worked closely with organizations and individual businesses to foster welcoming climate for business.
Research Associate
Duke University
Durham, NC
08.2016 - 06.2018
- Conducted research on applying behavioral economics concepts to design/redesign financial and healthcare products and services.
- Advised five Fintech and Health-tech startups to improve their value proposition design by incorporating behavioral economics findings.
- Helped members to transition from using cash to disbursement cards in a joint project between Center for Advanced Hindsight and GRAMEEN America.
- Advised ACCION to increase the percentage of small business owners who complete their loan applications in a timely manner.
- Helped to Increase the Uptake of Drop-off Tax Services with Decision Aids for clients of United Way of Tuscan.
- Helped Kenyans to use a mobile platform for increasing savings and remittances for health in a joint project between the Center for Advanced Hindsight, the Joep Lange Institute and the PharmAccess Foundation.
- Assisted in holding events to teach corporate clients how to implement behavioral economics to redesign their products, services and policies.
Senior Marketing Manager
MTN Irancell, Telecommunication
Tehran, Iran
05.2014 - 03.2016
- Led a team of 14 marketing professionals to achieve more than 25 million data users and USD 500 million data revenue over one year.
- Collaborated with technical and legal teams to launch nationwide 3G service in more than 800 cities and LTE service in more than 200 cities over an 18-month period.
- Identified potential markets to capitalize on facilitating the roll-out of nationwide 3G/LTE networks.
- Managed to revise data packages led to 220% data revenue growth besides a 300% increase in data usage over 12 months.
- Oversaw Go-To-Market plans from concept through completion. for the launch and monetization of broadband-related products and services.
- Oversaw commercial activities required before the launch of IPTV service (such as business planning, Developing GTM plan, branding and UX/UI design, negotiation with content owners/aggregators, etc.).
Market Development Manager
MTN Irancell
Tehran, Iran
07.2012 - 05.2014
- Managed to find new markets and customer segments for internet services through defining regional campaigns led to average 200% sales growth across regional markets
- Managed the timely preparation of regular customer insight reports and management dashboards to measure and monitor key marketing metrics
- Successfully launched churn management campaign reduced total subscriber churn rate by 30% over a 6 month period.
- Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data and budget factors.
Financial and Market Sizing Specialist
MTN Irancell
Tehran, Iran
08.2009 - 06.2012
- Developed and maintained overall business plan for offering fixed broadband internet services in Iran.
- Assisted development of a pricing strategy to define commercial/retail tariffs for data packages.
- Supported product development efforts from inception to launch for fixed broadband propositions.
- Developed predictive models to forecast the trends in the data market in Iran.
Market Research Analyst
Teyf Research and Consulting Group
Tehran, Iran
04.2008 - 03.2009
- Helped telecom and IT investors to excel in CAPEX and OPEX management as a pre-requisite for higher EBITDA level.
- Prepared RFP for offering the first WiMAX Service in Iranian market.
- Analyzed technological and business opportunities of M-payments and NFC in Iranian market.
- Evaluated the business plan of a national internet service Company (M&A).
Education
Ph.D. - Business Administration (Information Systems)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 08.2020 - Current
Master of Science - Business Administration (Strategic Management)
University of Tehran
Tehran, Iran 02.2008 - 02.2011
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
Isfahan, Iran 09.2002 - 09.2007
Skills
Statistical Analysis
Natural Language Processing (using SpaCy and NLTK packages)
Python Programming
Experiment Development
Data Analytics
Project Management
Behavioral Economics
Marketing Management
Financial Analysis
R Programming
Timeline
Research Assistant
Stevens Institute Of Technology
08.2020 - Current
Ph.D. - Business Administration (Information Systems)
Stevens Institute of Technology
08.2020 - Current
General Manager of Investments and Partnerships
VISTA Ventures
08.2019 - 03.2021
Chief Project Officer
MABNA ICT Company
06.2018 - 07.2019
Founder & CEO
HumanX
10.2017 - Current
Research Associate
Duke University
08.2016 - 06.2018
Senior Marketing Manager
MTN Irancell, Telecommunication
05.2014 - 03.2016
Market Development Manager
MTN Irancell
07.2012 - 05.2014
Financial and Market Sizing Specialist
MTN Irancell
08.2009 - 06.2012
Market Research Analyst
Teyf Research and Consulting Group
04.2008 - 03.2009
Master of Science - Business Administration (Strategic Management)
University of Tehran
02.2008 - 02.2011
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
09.2002 - 09.2007