MAHYAR ASADI

During this period, I participated in a welding demo at Novarc Technologies and reconnected with Soroush Karimzadeh, a fellow Sharif alumnus and Novarc's CEO. Years later, I joined Novarc as Vice President of Innovation, helping shape its vision for intelligent welding automation. I was later promoted to Deputy CTO, where I led the development of integrated intelligent welding platforms, combining AI, vision, digital twins, and cloud systems to create adaptive, scalable automation. I also championed ecosystem-driven innovation, fostering collaboration between industry, academia, and startups, and advanced venture-backed welding tech, aligning startups, OEMs, and R&D under one innovation banner to accelerate commercialization. As part of the executive team, I played a key role in raising Novarc's Series A and Series B funding rounds, driving investor alignment and technology strategy to support rapid scaling.