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West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

• Business development, relationship management with clients from large manufacturers and retailers of agribusiness industry.• Program development, which includes client need assessment; issue identification and research design; communication and collaboration with multi-state faculty experts and industry partners; and research evaluation. • Help clients’ business decision-making by conducting applied research programs, which includes research design and development; collect… Show more • Business development, relationship management with clients from large manufacturers and retailers of agribusiness industry.• Program development, which includes client need assessment; issue identification and research design; communication and collaboration with multi-state faculty experts and industry partners; and research evaluation. • Help clients’ business decision-making by conducting applied research programs, which includes research design and development; collect data; execute analysis; assist faculty in transforming data and information to insights and implications; produce written reports with emphasis on infographics; write blogs and co-write publications. Show less

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

• Managed research projects which include research design and development, collect data, execute analysis, assist faculty in transforming data and information to insights and implications, and produce written reports.• Created graphs, dashboards, and reports and presented to project stakeholders. • Assisted in design, development, delivery, and logistics of professional development programs. • Organized conferences and managed all aspects of the event.• Managed project budgets… Show more • Managed research projects which include research design and development, collect data, execute analysis, assist faculty in transforming data and information to insights and implications, and produce written reports.• Created graphs, dashboards, and reports and presented to project stakeholders. • Assisted in design, development, delivery, and logistics of professional development programs. • Organized conferences and managed all aspects of the event.• Managed project budgets, invoices, contracts, and payments. Show less

Wayzata, Minnesota, United States

• Provided business insights to Cargill Global Strategic Sourcing teams and recommended opportunities for saving in different sourcing categories across business units. • Conducted market and industry research, retrieved, aggregated and analyzed data from various internal and external sources, developed cost models for different categories, designed and created spend dashboards and reports.• Analyzed the historical and forecast price for key commodities such as crude oil, metals… Show more • Provided business insights to Cargill Global Strategic Sourcing teams and recommended opportunities for saving in different sourcing categories across business units. • Conducted market and industry research, retrieved, aggregated and analyzed data from various internal and external sources, developed cost models for different categories, designed and created spend dashboards and reports.• Analyzed the historical and forecast price for key commodities such as crude oil, metals, chemicals and quantified their impact on Cargill future spending.• Collaborated with all levels of management across many business functions and presented reports to senior management for business decision-making. Show less

Tehran

• Collaborated with medical centers’ departments and units, retrieved and aggregated data from different internal sources, measured medical centers’ costs by executing financial and economic costs analysis, performed trending analysis, and forecasted future costs.• Conducted economic evaluation of medical centers using cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis methods.• Converted data into insights by creating tables and graphs and producing written reports.• Presented findings… Show more • Collaborated with medical centers’ departments and units, retrieved and aggregated data from different internal sources, measured medical centers’ costs by executing financial and economic costs analysis, performed trending analysis, and forecasted future costs.• Conducted economic evaluation of medical centers using cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis methods.• Converted data into insights by creating tables and graphs and producing written reports.• Presented findings to leaders clearly and effectively and suggested opportunities for saving strategies. Show less

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Involved in three research projects; 1. Canadian household demand for food away from home – handled a large panel dataset in Access, fitted econometrics models, interpreted the outcomes and wrote a research thesis. 2. Consumer spending decisions for ground beef packaged under a modified atmosphere – conducted on-site research, created dataset and assisted in analysis. 3. US exports and imports for seafood – collected and verified internet-based data, aggregated data and assisted… Show more • Involved in three research projects; 1. Canadian household demand for food away from home – handled a large panel dataset in Access, fitted econometrics models, interpreted the outcomes and wrote a research thesis. 2. Consumer spending decisions for ground beef packaged under a modified atmosphere – conducted on-site research, created dataset and assisted in analysis. 3. US exports and imports for seafood – collected and verified internet-based data, aggregated data and assisted in analysis. Show less

Tehran

• Retrieved, aggregated, and analyzed data from different sources to measure the cost of medical centers. • Performed trend analysis and forecasted short-term and long-term costs. • Prepared presentations and written reports including tables and graphs.• Presented outcome and recommendations to managers.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Agribusiness Economics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics