In 2017, an unexpected career shift prompted me to step outside my comfort zone, the familiar world of academia. This experience proved to be a valuable turning point, allowing me to broaden my horizons and gain a well-rounded perspective on both the engineering field and the broader business landscape. I took the entrepreneurial leap and launched a saffron business! For the first time, I found myself developing products, crafting marketing strategies, executing sales, managing finances and paperwork, and juggling a multitude of other responsibilities. While the venture ultimately closed after two years, it provided invaluable lessons in product development, marketing, and sales. These challenges ultimately strengthened my resilience and adaptability.

Since then, I have continued to expand my professional horizons by working in various technical and managerial positions across different companies. These experiences have allowed me to apply my engineering expertise in practical settings and gain valuable insights into the diverse applications of engineering principles. For example, I have had the opportunity to collaborate with international teams while working with a Portuguese company, and to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical teams during my time with an architectural firm in Tehran.

In the past seven years, I have worked on a variety of projects. For example, I planned the layout of a biofuel production factory, developed the full business plan for a robotic survey system, created a method for coding (part numbering) the parts of an industrial gas engine, and developed a small software program to design bridge bearings according to EU standards. You can see the details of my work on my Linkedin page.