Saeid Ashouri
Currently leading Metsa Aluminum's digital transformation

SaeidAshouri

> Digital Transformation Consultant

Designed with creativity, delivered with expertise

I help manufacturers and service companies bring scattered departmental work into one integrated system, see accurate reports on time, and automate repetitive work with AI.

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Experience+0years across industry, technology and business
Scale0departments on one system
Tracking0project deliverables now visible in the system
Growth0×monthly customers in six months at my own shop
01 / Services

How I can help your business

Four kinds of work, each aimed at a problem I've seen in real companies.

01

Connect your departments

The problem
Departments chase each other by phone and the information lives in scattered Excel files.
The fix
One integrated system where every order's status is clear to every department at any moment.
02

Management reports and dashboards

The problem
Reports arrive late and are pieced together by hand.
The fix
Sales, production and finance figures, current and together on one screen.
03

Automation with AI

The problem
Skilled people spend hours on repetitive reports and checks.
The fix
AI assistants work on your own data, and a person reviews and approves the result.
04

Replace aging software

The problem
You pay for several separate licenses, or your data is stuck in an old program.
The fix
The features you need, rebuilt inside your own system, with your data moved across carefully.
  1. 1Intro callYou describe the problem and I ask questions.
  2. 2AssessmentI talk with your departments and map how work actually flows.
  3. 3Plan and estimateA clear proposal covering what gets built, in what order, and at what cost.
  4. 4Build in stagesEach stage is delivered, tested with your team and adjusted.

The first step is a short conversation. Describe the problem, and we'll see which part is worth building first.

Book an intro call

A promise is a promiseDeadlines included

02 / Selected work

Projects I've delivered

Metsa Aluminum's digital transformation

Pilot in production

Before

Metsa is a long-established aluminum window and door manufacturer. Departments coordinated by phone, and much of the staff's time went into chasing each other's work. Production had no clear view of upcoming orders, which made planning the line hard. Design work also relied on several separately licensed programs.

What we did

After interviewing about 12 people across every department, we chose not to buy an off-the-shelf ERP and designed a system around how this company actually works. Now every order’s status is clear to every department, the old design software has been rebuilt inside the system, the site crew records measurements on a phone, and each department has its own dashboard.

Aim and next step

The aim is fewer calls and less rework, more accurate production planning, and a company ready to sell in other provinces. Next, the same system can be offered to smaller workshops so they can produce as part of Metsa’s production network.

My role

Contractor and product lead. I design and build every part of the system, using AI tools to move faster. Mohammadreza Ashrafi works with me on the finance assistant.

Project parts

  • Integrated system for 9 departmentspilot
  • Window and door design, cutting and pricing software (MetsaWin)ready
  • Phone app for site measurementsready
  • A management dashboard for each departmentready
  • AI assistant for financial reportstesting
  • Smart camera monitoring of the workshopexploring

Cheshm.ai · an AI reference platform

cheshm.ai ↗

The idea

New AI tools appear every day, and finding the right one, comparing prices and keeping up with the news takes real time. Cheshm.ai set out to bring all of it together in one complete reference.

What we built

A directory that introduces and categorizes AI tools, with advanced search to find them. Around it we built a prompt marketplace, AI calculators, model sales, a marketplace for ready-made automations from around the world, and a news section that updates itself.

Why it matters

A business owner can see in one place which AI tools exist for their work, what they cost and how to use them.

My role

Co-founder and technical product lead. I designed the system's technical structure, its services and the automated data pipelines, and took the product to launch.

Inside the platform

  • AI tool directory
  • Advanced search
  • Prompt marketplace
  • AI calculators
  • Model sales
  • Automation marketplace
  • Automated news

Pixel 3D

Monthly customers doubled

An online shop for 3D-printed products, started on almost no capital by repairing broken printers. It sold across several social and messaging apps, and monthly customers grew from 170 to about 340 in six months.

E-commerceStarting a business

Backstory

drones · electronics · cars

Before software, I spent years on drones, electronics and vehicle systems. That road is told on the backstory page.

Open the backstory →
03 / Technical structure

How the Metsa system is built

For technical readers, an overview of the system's parts and how they connect. The dashed module is still being built.

requestdatadeployimportin progress
04 / Research

Trading research on 12.9M market records

A crypto trading signal that made money by hand was tested before automation, with dozens of trading bots, two exchanges and a full year of data.

Agenx · testing a trading method before investing

Jul 2026 · no real money

What I built

A precise market-data recorder and a live arena where dozens of trading bots competed with real fees and risk limits, without real money. AI could only veto a trade.

Findings

Above all, the signal predicts volatility, and flagged coins were 2.7–3× more likely to spike sharply. One rule held in all 12 walk-forward months, at +0.83% per trade. In part of the market execution costs outweigh that edge, and a simple filter on the bid-ask spread lifts net returns by about 20%.

The outcome

Two research papers, each replicated on two independent exchanges, a package in which every number is rebuilt by a script, and a clear, documented investment decision.

My role

Research lead. I owned the decisions and checked every result, and the programming was done with the AI tool Claude Code.

At a glance

12.9Mprice records captured
1,431symbols on two exchanges
196automated checks
14ideas ruled out with evidence

The error I caught

A rule that showed +120.6% over 8 days came to about zero over a full year.

Hardware taught me to measureSoftware didn’t change that

05 / Experience

Work experience

Product Lead & Digital Transformation Consultant (contractor)

Metsa Aluminum · Qom, Iran

Jun 2026 — Present
  • Leading Metsa Aluminum's digital transformation as a contractor, together with Mohammadreza Ashrafi.
  • Assessed the processes of 9 departments and designed a system that tracks project workflow through 52 defined deliverables.
  • Rebuilt the factory's window and door design software inside the system and moved old data across, with users checking and approving it.
  • Designed an AI assistant for financial reports, now in testing.
Digital transformationProduct managementAIEnterprise systems

Website Designer & Builder (freelance)

Self-employed · Remote

Ongoing
  • I design and build online shops, company and personal websites, product pages and 3D websites for clients.
  • Projects come through platforms such as Karlancer and referrals from past clients.
Web design3D websitesOnline shops

Researcher (independent project)

Agenx · algorithmic trading research

Jul 2026
  • Evaluated a crypto trading method before any capital went in, comparing dozens of trading bots on live data.
  • The result was a rule that held through a one-year test, a documented investment decision and 2 research papers.
ResearchData analysisAI

Co-Founder & Technical Product Lead

Cheshm.ai · Tehran

Jan 2026 — Aug 2026
  • Designed the technical structure of Cheshm.ai and led the product through to launch.
  • Built a complete AI reference with a categorized tool directory, advanced search, prompt and automation marketplaces, and automated news.
Product managementAI

R&D Designer & Lead

Setare Penhan Pars Co. · Tehran

Aug 2024 — Jun 2025
  • Led research and prototyping of civilian drone parts, including radio boards and a collision-avoidance system.
  • Analyzed test-flight data and tuned flight performance from it.
R&DElectronicsData analysis

Founder

Pixel 3D · E-Commerce

Feb 2023 — Jul 2025
  • Started an online shop for 3D-printed products on a very small budget.
  • Doubled monthly customers in six months, from 170 to about 340.
  • Ran production, sourcing, sales and customer relations.
E-commerceStarting a businessSales

Head of Training

Civil Aviation Technology College

Sep 2020 — Sep 2024
  • Designed and ran drone technology courses for more than 50 students.
  • Wrote and maintained 15 training packages.
TrainingCourse designDrone technology
06 / How I work

Understand first, then build

Before proposing anything, I talk with managers and staff across departments to learn how the company really works. A system built on that understanding gets used instead of shelved.

I build with the help of AI tools. Design, technical decisions and quality control stay with me, and AI speeds up the building. For the client that means a usable version sooner.

Before software I was an avionics engineer and spent years on drones and vehicle systems, so production floors and workshops are familiar ground.

Every organization has its own problem. My job is to understand it properly and build something its people actually use. Saeid Ashouri

Mapping the process

Conversations with managers and staff in every department, recording how work actually happens, before any design.

Building fast with AI

Design and quality control stay with me, and AI tools speed up the building.

Replacing legacy software

The features of old specialist software rebuilt inside your own system, without separate licenses.

Moving your data

Scattered Excel files and old systems moved into one database, with users checking and approving.

AI assistants

Assistants that work on your own data, like Metsa's financial report assistant, now in testing.

Industry background

An engineering background in drones, electronics and vehicles, and at home on production floors.

07 / Stack

Tools and technologies

For technical readers. Most of the work is in TypeScript and Python, with AI tools part of every step.

Frontend

TypeScriptNext.jsReactResponsive UI

Backend & Data

NestJSNode.jsTypeORMPostgreSQLSQLitePythonSQL

Delivery & Architecture

MonorepoCI/CDCustom ERP DesignEnterprise ArchitectureProcess Optimization

AI & Intelligence

LLM IntegrationAgentic WorkflowsKnowledge GraphsMCPPrompt & Token Optimization
AI pair-programmers

The AI tools and models I use every day.

CursorAI IDE
CodexOpenAI coding agent
Claude CodeAnthropic CLI agent
Gemini CLIGoogle CLI agent
OpenCodeopen-source agent
Kilo CodeVS Code agent
Hermes AgentNous Research agent
Z CodeZ.ai · GLM models
KimiMoonshot AI models
MiMoXiaomi models
n8nagent automation
Makeworkflow automation
08 / Education

Where I studied

UT

University of Tehran

Master's Degree, Entrepreneurship / New Venture

2024 — 2026GPA 19 / 20
CATC

Civil Aviation Technology College

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Aviation Electronics

2019 — 2023GPA 16 / 20
ILI

English · Iran Language Institute

Advanced Course Certificate. Proficient in reading, upper-intermediate in writing, speaking and listening.

I once built from scrapNow I build for factories

09 / Contact

Let's talk about your business

If you want your departments working in one system, reports you can trust on time, or repetitive work handed to AI, get in touch for an intro call.

+98 910 484 4127 Iran · Open to remote
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