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Ali Esfandyari

Strategic Product Manager | AI Systems Architect

Toronto, ON416-918-3411Alisfand@gmail.comAlisfand.comlinkedin.com/in/alisfandgithub.com/alisfand99
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Professional Summary

Strategic Product Manager & AI Systems Architect with 8+ years of experience bridging the gap between high-level business goals and complex technical execution. From building OffBon.ca as founding engineer on a B2B2C marketplace to engineering autonomous AI agents, I specialize in "0-to-1" product development and RAG-based architecture. A cross-functional orchestrator with a deep background in operational strategy and technical project control, dedicated to shipping high-impact, AI-native solutions.

Professional Experience

Founding Engineer

2025 - Present

OffBon.ca

  • Architected and launched a multi-platform B2B2C marketplace (Web, Android, iOS) supporting thousands of active users and SMB merchants.
  • Developed a Digital Wallet architecture with real-time synchronization and 100% financial data integrity.
  • Improved Merchant App performance by 40% for low-end devices through effective resource management and optimized API calls.

Product Manager (Smart Home IoT)

2023 - 2024

Luxin Co.

  • Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle for luxury IoT devices, defining technical requirements for firmware-to-app synchronization.
  • Handled complex connectivity edge cases and led cross-functional teams to deliver software implementations on tight deadlines.

Operations & Strategy Manager

2021 - 2023

Riva Co.

  • Restructured core service workflows and pipelines, achieving significant process optimization through technical restructuring.
  • Led production deployment of new internal tech stacks, ensuring 100% operational readiness and rapid user adoption.

Project Control Engineer

2020 - 2021

Negin Raga Towers

  • Established quantitative tracking metrics and designed real-time progress dashboards for executive stakeholders.
  • Utilized Primavera P6 and MSP to model complex dependencies and optimize resource allocation in high-ambiguity environments.

Technical Systems Developer

2018 - 2022

Independent Financial Consulting

  • Architected and deployed Expert Advisors (EA) and automated trading systems for high-net-worth clients.
  • Translated complex financial methodologies into technical specifications and BRDs, bridging the gap between finance and technical execution.

Digital Transformation Lead

2016 - 2018

National Foundation of Literature

  • Spearheaded a national initiative, processing unstructured data from 2,000+ organizations into a centralized SQL database.
  • Led the full SDLC for an automated monitoring platform, defining complex system requirements and automated data-validation workflows.

Projects / Active Ventures

AI Marketing Automation

HeroFrame AI

Engineered a high-speed digital marketing engine using Next.js and Gemini API to automate high-fidelity visual asset generation and ad copy.

Next.jsGemini APIReplicate (Flux/SD)TailwindVercel

Agentic Career Intelligence

CareerHub AI

Built an agentic RAG system for strategic career intelligence, implementing live semantic search to match complex JDs against master skill sets.

PythonLangChainOpenAI/GeminiChromaDBRAG Architecture

Autonomous Financial Systems

Hybrid AI Trading Engine

Developed an autonomous financial execution system integrating FastAPI and Gemini API with MetaTrader 5 to process unstructured market sentiment.

PythonFastAPIMetaTrader 5 (MQL5)WebSockets

AI Content Digitization

BookBinder

Built an offline-first digitization pipeline using sliding-window AI processing to transform unstructured PDFs into structured EPUBs.

PythonGemini 1.5 Pro (Long Context)AWS S3PDF-Parsing Engines

Intelligent Telemetry Analysis

LogSense

Engineered an intelligent telemetry tool via Gemini API that detected anomalies and reduced incident response time by 60% through automated log analysis.

PythonGemini APILogstashReal-time Telemetry