Mahdi Safarnejad-Boroujeni

AI and software engineering leader currently Head of AI & Data at Huma Therapeutics in London. PhD in Computer Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, where he also served as an Adjunct Professor. Prior engineering leadership at Mofid Securities (Iranian securities brokerage), Sepid and Parsian E-Commerce, and Advisor to the CEO at Bank Saderat Iran. Co-founder and CEO (formerly CTO) of Pardazesh Gostaresh Fajr. Silver medallist for Iran at IOI 2005; Iran team leader at IOI 2018.

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• Quant employment verification: NOT CONFIRMED. No quantitative-finance role or internship appears anywhere in his verified career: roles are software/data/AI engineering leadership at Huma (London health-tech), Mofid Securities (Iranian retail/online brokerage - engineering management, not quant research/trading), Sepid, Parsian E-Commerce, Bank Saderat Iran (advisor), plus adjunct teaching at Sharif and a founder role at Pardazesh Gostaresh Fajr. The one candidate employer that genuinely operates a quantitative/algorithmic trading function is Mofid Securities (it advertises Quantitative Trading Researcher and Quantitative Software Engineer roles), but the subject's own titles there are engineering leadership, and the Mofid roles rest on index/aggregator data rather than a primary source. Identity is supported on name + Sharif computer-engineering affiliation, not an explicit IOI-to-LinkedIn link. No quant internship, competition, insight day, camp, scholarship or incoming quant offer was found.Sep 17, 2026
• LinkedIn lead linkedin.com/in/mahd1 resolves to 'Mahdi Safarnejad', Head of AI & Data at Huma (London healthcare-tech), with a Sharif University PhD/MS/BS in Computer Engineering - name, field and Sharif affiliation all align with the Iranian IOI medallist, but no source yet explicitly ties the IOI identity to this LinkedIn account (index/aggregator-sourced, not primary confirmation).Sep 17, 2026
• Current role from a primary press bio: Head of AI & Data at Huma Therapeutics (London), leading teams building AI and data platforms behind regulated digital health products.Jan 1, 2025
• Huma role is index/aggregator-sourced as Head of Data Engineering and Generative AI from ~Apr 2024, later Head of AI & Data; the Mofid Securities engineering-management roles end where the Huma role begins, indicating a move from an Iranian brokerage into UK health-tech.Apr 1, 2024
• Mofid Securities (emofid.com) is 'Iran's largest full-service stock brokerage firm & leading private investment advisory' - an Iranian securities broker, not a hedge fund; but its own job boards advertise a 'Quantitative Trading Researcher' and a 'Quantitative Software Engineer' for quantitative/algorithmic trading, so the employer runs a quant-trading function even though the subject's titles there were engineering leadership (Tech Lead / Engineering Manager / Senior Engineering Manager).Jan 1, 2024
• Won a Silver Medal representing Iran at IOI 2005 (rank 31/276 overall, 89.13%); the IOI statistics database lists him under the identity 'Mahdi Safarnejad-Boroujeni', matching the caller's Olympiad identity.Aug 25, 2005
• Career is software/data-engineering and AI leadership (Head of AI & Data at Huma; earlier Senior Engineering Manager/Engineering Manager/Tech Lead at Mofid Securities; Engineering Manager at Sepid; Advisor to the CEO at Bank Saderat Iran; Adjunct Professor at Sharif; co-founder/CEO-CEO formerly CTO at Pardazesh Gostaresh Fajr). None of these titles is a quantitative-finance role.Sep 17, 2026
• Career trajectory is software/data/AI engineering and leadership (engineer -> tech lead -> engineering manager -> head of AI & data) with a founder stint and bank advisory, not a quantitative-finance track; his only finance-sector employers are Mofid Securities (brokerage, engineering management) and Bank Saderat Iran (advisor to CEO).Sep 17, 2026
• Mofid Securities roles (Tech Lead Nov 2022-Mar 2023, Engineering Manager Mar 2023-Aug 2023, Senior Engineering Manager Aug 2023-Jul 2024) come from an index/aggregator, not a primary source; Mofid Securities is an Iranian retail/online brokerage (securities), not established here as a quantitative-finance or systematic-trading employer.Jul 1, 2024
• Co-author on a 2026 cardiovascular risk-prediction paper (DiCAVA-lite) with Huma Therapeutics and Johns Hopkins collaborators, contributing software/methodology/review - consistent with data/AI leadership in regulated digital health, not finance.Apr 1, 2026
• Returned to the IOI as Iran's team Leader in 2018 and as an Invited guest in 2019, per the IOI participant record - a sustained association with Iranian competitive programming beyond his own contest years.Jan 1, 2018