Mahni Shayganfar
AI Product Lead at Maternal Health Foundation
California, United States
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Top SchoolMahni Shayganfar is a product-focused AI/ML leader and founder with 12+ years of hands-on experience and a PhD in Computer Science, combining deep technical chops with an MBA in innovation. He has built and scaled AI-first products across healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and robotics—shipping patented AV traffic-light solutions at Mercedes-Benz and deploying AI-powered ultrasound pilots in conflict-affected regions of Ethiopia aimed at drastic maternal mortality reduction. As a serial founder and product lead he repeatedly turns research-grade models into production systems, driving MVPs to early adoption (e.g., accelerating an MVP launch by five weeks and improving recommendation accuracy by 27%). He blends human-centered design with cross-functional execution, having coordinated large stakeholder ecosystems and led teams from R&D to field deployment. Notably, his work spans 34K+ influencer datasets and semantic analysis of 13M+ images, reflecting a rare mix of scale data engineering and clinical-impact ambitions. Based in California, he’s open to Director-level or founding PM roles that steer Generative AI and deep-tech products toward measurable social and commercial impact.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management at Santa Clara University Leavey School of BusinessDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMachine Learning Engineering Fellow, Machine Learning Engineering Fellow at Springboard
Github Skills (2)
always-on9
relational6
Github contributions (5)
mshayganfar/AffectiveMotivationalCollaborationFramework
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:3 PRs, 200 pushes, 3 branches in 2 months
mshayganfar/PhDThesis
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:98 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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