Mr Engineer Abolfazl Ghayedzadeh Mokhbolandi

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder

Engineer Abolfazl Ghayedzadeh Mokhbolandi is recognised as one of the prominent and high-achieving academic figures in the field of marketing and business development in Iran and is a committed and innovation-oriented researcher whose principal professional focus lies in leading digital technology infrastructures through the design and governance of international trade and export systems, systems that structurally organise and direct the role of digital technology in shaping economic outcomes, organisational behaviour, and the dynamics of international markets. Drawing upon his professional experience, he has served as Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Strategic Marketing Studies Research Center, where he has led data-driven and innovation-oriented programmes in digital trade and export intelligence, with particular focus on empowering startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), developing intelligent regulatory compliance mechanisms, and integrating AgriFood and AgriTech technologies with international standards; these initiatives have been implemented through institutional collaboration with universities, innovation centres, and policy-making bodies, contributing to strengthening the country’s position within the digital economy and global value chains. His academic and professional activities have particularly concentrated on the impact of digital platforms on consumer decision-making processes, with emphasis on personalisation algorithms, data-driven marketing, and enhancement of brand perception in global markets. As a strategist and senior advisor, he has also played a significant role in the development of export-oriented industrial zones, contributing to the design and implementation of macro-level industrial and export strategies, with primary focus on developing technological infrastructures, strengthening regional and international supply chains, and transforming industrial zones into knowledge-based export hubs. Leveraging his advanced expertise in marketing and business development, he possesses specialised competence in the architecture of digital decision-making systems, knowledge governance, and the design of economic decision infrastructures for regulated trade environments and SMEs, with professional focus centred on translating research into executable decision logic, embedding regulatory constraints, audit and accountability mechanisms, and designing explicit human-authority layers within AI-supported decision systems; these activities have directly contributed to reducing systemic risk, improving the productivity of export decisions, and enhancing the industrial deployability of digital systems at ecosystem scale. Engineer Ghaedzadeh Mokhbelandi is the author of fifteen conference papers, many of which were co-authored with leading management scholars in Iran, including Dr Mokhtar Ranjbar, and his academic record includes serving as chair and secretary of several prestigious national and international conferences and seminars in the fields of marketing, branding, and international export pricing; he has also served as a member of scientific and peer-review committees for major national conferences, including the National Conference on Strategic Management in Knowledge-Based Businesses with a focus on sustainable development. Furthermore, according to the CIVILICA scientific index, his academic profile is recognised as the most viewed specialised profile in the field of marketing and business development in Iran, having recorded more than 500,000 verified views.