Bahar Sateli
Director In AI & Advanced Analytics at PwC Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolBahar Sateli, Ph.D., is a Montreal-based AI leader with 14 years of experience who currently directs AI & Advanced Analytics at PwC Canada, blending research rigor with enterprise delivery. She progressed through technical and management roles at PwC from Senior Data Scientist to Director, helping translate advanced models into business impact across industries. A co-founder and long-time entrepreneur, she advises startups like Mely.ai and co-founded Knowlet Networks, demonstrating sustained hands-on product and technical strategy involvement. Her academic roots as a doctoral researcher and visiting scholar underpin expertise in semantic systems and applied machine learning. She began coding at age 12 and still pairs that developer mindset with executive leadership, uniquely bridging deep technical craft and people-first team building. Active in women's leadership through WNORTH, she brings both scholarly credibility and practical governance experience to AI initiatives.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Concordia University
English, persian (farsi), French
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Github contributions (5)
SemanticSoftwareLab/ScholarLens
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:49 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
baharsateli/Dissertation_Supplementary_Materials
Feb 2018 - Feb 2018
Contributions:38 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 19 days
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