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Alir Navid

Executive CTO specializing in FinTech, Healthcare IT, and AI platforms

AphidUniversity of PhoenixIrvine, CA19 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Engineering/product leader who builds business-aligned technology roadmaps and scales pod-based orgs with strong delivery discipline (OKRs, CI/CD, QA automation). Led a SaaS supply-chain application adopted by Fortune 100 customers, citing ~$4M MRR and ~87% gross profit, and has hands-on experience standardizing LLM + cloud/MLOps architectures with security/compliance guardrails. Also created the PISEK methodology and used it to run distributed innovation sprints (e.g., an AI ETA predictor moved from pilot to production).

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Key Strengths

  • Built and executed tech roadmaps tied to measurable business outcomes (ICE/ROI, KPIs)
  • Delivered SaaS supply-chain product adopted by Fortune 100; generated $4M MRR and ~87% gross profit
  • Customer-discovery-driven product execution (focus groups, validated pain points, KPI-based epics)
  • Scaled engineering org using product-aligned pods with Agile/Jira, CI/CD, QA automation, and clear Definition of Done
  • Hiring and performance system design (scorecards, work samples, 30/60/90 MBO) to protect culture
  • Balanced hands-on architecture/code review with executive responsibilities (fundraising narrative, stakeholder dashboards/updates)
  • Led LLM + managed cloud platform selection with compliance/security focus; integrated into CI/CD with monitoring and RBAC
  • Improved velocity and reliability by addressing LLM hallucinations/latency via verifier layer, edge caching, and hybrid/private inference architecture
  • Remote/distributed innovation leadership; ran 6-week innovation sprint delivering AI ETA predictor to production using PISEK and KPI thresholds

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Experience

Chief Technology OfficerAphid Inc. · Jan 2025 – Present
Chief Technology OfficerZuum Transportation, Inc. · Jan 2019 – Jan 2025
Enterprise Architect (Contract)Nationwide Insurance · Jan 2018 – Jan 2019contract
Chief Technology OfficerElfintie Inc. · Jan 2014 – Jan 2018
Chief Technology OfficerASTPOWER LLC · Jan 2007 – Jan 2014
Chief Technology OfficerAPHID · Jan 2025 – Present
Enterprise ArchitectNationwide Insurance · Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
Senior Technology RolesCapital Group
Senior Technology RolesPeopleSupport
Senior Technology RolesMercury Insurance

Education

University of Phoenixmaster, Technology & Finance
Western Connecticut State Universitybachelor, Management Information Systems

Languages

English

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions ArchitectGoogle Cloud Professional Cloud ArchitectITIL 4 FoundationCISSP (in progress/eligible)Nvidia Graph Neural NetworksNvidia Deep LearningNvidia Deploying a Model for Inference at Production ScaleHighly Accurate Custom ASR for Speech AI

Publications

2 publications

Business and technology alignment frameworksAI fine-tuning and high-performance AI systems

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Alir NavidExecutive CTO specializing in FinTech, Healthcare IT, and AI platforms