Curriculum vitae

Identity and contact

Name

Oveys Sayad

Title

Quantitative Finance, AI & Product Strategy

Location

Tehran, Iran

Email

oveyssayad@gmail.com

Profile

Quantitative finance, AI, and product strategy practitioner. MBA Finance candidate at the University of Tehran; B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Control Systems) with an official Economics minor from Sharif University of Technology. Experience across financial engineering, derivatives, market data, investment products, and FinTech product management.

Research interests

• Financial Machine Learning
• Market Microstructure
• Quantitative Finance
• Artificial Intelligence for Finance
• Financial Econometrics
• Deep Learning
• Reinforcement Learning
• Time-Series Modeling
• Asset Pricing

Education

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  In progress

  University of Tehran · Finance

  2024 — Present

  GPA: 19.42/20

  Thesis: Thesis topic not yet selected; currently exploring quantitative finance, financial machine learning, and market microstructure.

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

  Sharif University of Technology · Control Systems

  2019 — 2024

  GPA: 17.25/20

  Official Minor in Economics · 33 credits · GPA 19.8/20

  Thesis: Health versus Wealth: Economic and Epidemiological Modeling of COVID-19 Mitigation Policies

• Diploma

  National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET / SAMPAD) · Mathematics and Physics

  2015 — 2018

  GPA: 19.77/20

  Graduated among the top students of a selective gifted-education high school program.

Experience

1. Executive Associate to the CEO | Head of Business Development

   Iranian Technology Development Fund · Tehran, Iran

   Executive strategy, business development, financial-product design, investment evaluation, and quantitative market analysis.

   • Advised the CEO on corporate strategy and executive investment decisions using quantitative and financial analysis.
   • Founded and led the Business Development department, establishing processes for product design, market evaluation, and cross-functional delivery.
   • Designed investment products and financial services evaluated through the Investment Committee.
   • Participated in investment-opportunity and strategic financial-decision evaluation.
   • Developed derivative-market products and a platform for managing option strategies, including Covered Call, Protective Put, Bull and Bear Spreads, and Collar structures.
   • Built Python-based tools for derivatives arbitrage, financial modeling, and market analysis using large financial datasets.
   • Developed data-driven decision frameworks supporting transformation initiatives across engineering, finance, and operations.
   • Applied quantitative finance, market microstructure, order-book analysis, and algorithmic-trading methods across equity, derivatives, and cryptocurrency markets.
   • Designed a multi-exchange Level-2 order-book and trade-data pipeline for Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex.

2. Product Manager

   Capital Hermes · Tehran, Iran

   Led the end-to-end development of a real estate crowdfunding platform from product strategy and roadmap through MVP launch.

   • Led product strategy, roadmap, and MVP delivery for a real estate crowdfunding platform.
   • Defined investment workflows and product analytics for investor and developer experiences.
   • Coordinated engineering, legal, and marketing teams.
   • Connected user research with regulatory and business constraints.

3. Business Development Specialist

   Capital Hermes · Tehran, Iran

   Evaluated investment opportunities and developed strategic partnerships through structured market and financial research.

   • Analyzed investment opportunities and venture-capital prospects.
   • Conducted structured market and financial research.
   • Developed strategic partnerships supporting deal flow and market presence.

Selected projects

• Cross-Exchange Cryptocurrency Arbitrage Analysis

  Quantitative researcher / data engineer · Research and technical project

  A multi-exchange analytical pipeline for evaluating whether apparent cryptocurrency arbitrage opportunities remained profitable after realistic market frictions.

• Put–Call Parity Arbitrage Detection in the Iranian Options Market

  Quantitative researcher · Research and technical project

  An empirical detection system for identifying economically attainable put–call parity violations in Iranian equity options.

• Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform

  Product Manager · Product case study

  End-to-end product leadership for a real estate crowdfunding platform, from strategy and roadmap development through MVP launch.

Teaching

• Venture Investing · Teaching Assistant

  Sharif University of Technology

  Instructor: Dr. Farrahi

  • Mentored graduate students on startup valuation, venture-capital contracting, and quantitative deal analysis.
  • Designed instructional material on shareholder agreements, ESOP structures, revenue models, and startup KPIs.
  • Guided students through venture-capital deal evaluation and financial communication.

• Finance for Startups · Teaching Assistant

  Sharif University of Technology

  Instructor: Dr. Haghpanah

  • Mentored students on startup valuation, capital budgeting, and financial decision-making.
  • Developed material on startup financing, exit strategies, and business planning.
  • Supported assignment development and office hours.

Skills

Awards

• 49th Nationwide Rank

  Iranian National University Entrance Examination — Mathematics & Physics

  2019

• 53rd Nationwide Rank

  Iranian National MBA Entrance Examination

  2024

• 34th Nationwide Rank

  Iranian National MBA Entrance Examination

  2025

  Did not participate in program selection.

• Kharazmi Student Competition Award

• NODET / SAMPAD Gifted Education Graduate

  National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents

Languages

• Persian — Native
• English — Upper-Intermediate to Advanced (B2/C1)

Coursework