Product / Projects / Applied AI

Turn ideas
into working
products.

I’m Mehrdad. I build AI-enabled products and bring hands-on experience coordinating work across production, quality and development teams.

Focused on Product & Project Coordinator opportunities in AI.

Experience / ConnectedMK · 2026

From pharmaceutical teams to AI products.

Currently ApotexProduction Compounding

Ontario, Canada / English & Persian

01 / Selected work

Built with AI.
Directed by a human.

Independent projects where I define the experience, guide AI-assisted development and refine what gets built.

01 / Product development
vazneWORKOUT
Your next
personal best.
Bench press3 × 8
Cable row3 × 12
Shoulder press3 × 10
ONE SET AT A TIME
Illustrative interface / iOS + Android

Vazne

In testing

A bilingual workout companion that brings plan import, set logging, rest timing and progress into one flow.

My contribution
Product direction, feature prioritization, user-flow design and iterative development with AI tools.
Delivery focus
Keep the core workout simple. Refine navigation, logging and plan import through repeated review and testing.
Explore Vazne
02 / Independent AI studioTransform / Reason / Automate

Trafactor

Live

One home for independent AI products, open-source tools and experiments.

My contribution
Project direction, product positioning and coordinating AI-assisted design, development and review.
Delivery focus
Turn broad ideas into specific projects with clear scope, usable interfaces and visible next steps.
Meet Trafactor
03 / Open-source experiment

Matrix Agent Room

Designed and ran a shared workspace for multiple AI assistants. Defined conversation rules, tested coordination workflows and documented failures, limitations and follow-up fixes.

Workflow designAI coordinationTesting & documentation

02 / How I work

Clear priorities.
Steady execution.

The skills I bring from regulated operations into product and project work.

01 / Scope

Make the work actionable.

Break an idea into concrete tasks. Prioritize the essential user flow and refine it in manageable iterations.

02 / Alignment

Connect the right people.

Translate between technical and operational teams, communicate issues clearly and help keep work moving.

03 / Follow-through

Close the loop.

Document decisions, review results, train others and turn recurring problems into practical improvements.

03 / Professional experience

Real operations.
Transferable experience.

Cross-functional coordination, training and problem-solving in pharmaceutical teams. Most recent role first.

Oct 2026 - Present Current

Apotex

Production Compounding

Richmond Hill, Ontario

  • Currently part of the Production Compounding team in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Dec 2023 - May 2026

Eurofins CDMO Alphora

API Production Technician

Mississauga, Ontario

  • Acted as co-lead when the supervisor was away; coordinated daily work with planning, warehouse, maintenance, Quality and Tech Transfer.
  • Trained new colleagues on procedures, equipment, safety and GMP expectations.
  • Maintained batch timing and reconciliation data to support cycle-time analysis and reporting.
  • Helped resolve production issues, contributed to root-cause reviews and proposed improvements to batch instructions.
Mar 2023 - Jul 2023

CinnaGen

Quality Assurance Specialist · Process Validation

Tehran, Iran

  • Coordinated with manufacturing, QC and engineering on deviations, corrective actions and controlled-document updates.
  • Supported process and cleaning validation; used risk assessment to prioritize validation activities.
Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

CinnaGen

Downstream Purification Specialist · R&D

Karaj, Iran

  • Connected R&D with Production, Quality, Tech Transfer and Warehouse to support process transfer and technical alignment.
  • Turned experimental work into reports and presentations; trained production staff on procedures and equipment.
  • Supported biosimilar process development and documented findings for protocol refinement.
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021

CinnaGen

Downstream Purification Technologist · Production

Karaj, Iran

  • Contributed to vaccine production and biopharmaceutical manufacturing in GMP environments.
  • Coordinated with QC, QA and Tech Transfer, trained new staff and documented manufacturing activities.

04 / Background & tools

Technical enough to understand.
Practical enough to deliver.

Selected expertise

Vaccine and API production · Bioprocess development · GMP documentation · Risk assessment · Root-cause analysis · CAPA · Process validation

Product & project work

Feature prioritization · Iterative development · Cross-functional coordination · Technical communication · Training · Testing and issue follow-up

Tools

AI-assisted development · GitHub · Supabase · Python · Excel · PowerPoint

Education & certification

BSc Biotechnology
Amol University of Special Modern Technologies
2015–2019

WESDegree evaluated by
World Education Services
BioReady · BioTalent Canada

05 / Let’s connect

Your next project.
Let’s move it forward.

I’m interested in Product and Project Coordinator roles where AI, clear communication and practical execution meet.