Ava Naeini

​In the Name of God the Compassionate the Merciful​ ​Ava Naeini​ ​Los Angeles, CA •- •- ​Leader in CLOUD, Data & AI​ ​ xperienced cross-functional leader bridging data strategy, product design, and cloud infrastructure.​ E ​Proven ability to manage the full product lifecycle, optimize cloud-based architectures, and lead​ ​data-intensive digital initiatives in high-stakes environments. Certified Salesforce Admin with deep​ ​hands-on expertise in SaaS/PaaS, DevOps, distributed data ecosystems, secure data integrations, and data​ ​pipelines.​ ​CORE COMPETENCIES​ ​ roduct Strategy • Data Governance • Compliance & Risk • Financial Platforms • Data Pipelines • Cloud​ P ​Platforms (AWS/GCP) • API Integrations • SQL & JSON • Data Ingestion & ETL • DevOps • Stakeholder​ ​Communication • Agile/Scrum Leadership • Regulatory Alignment • Technical Writing • Cross-Functional​ ​Leadership​ ​PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE​ ​Snorkel AI (Contract)​​–​​Expert (Finance & Math), 2025​ ​Reviewed and validated data content for finance and math training datasets of LLM models. Ensured​ ​accuracy, compliance, and contextual relevance for enterprise AI applications. Collaborated with experts​ ​and reviewers on internal data generation projects in finance and math.​ ​Founder & Product Architect​​–​​Pulse Operations (Stealth) |-​ ​Led product strategy and POC development of an AI tool. Filed two patents for an AI bot.​ ​Senior Associate​​–​​Credit Suisse | 2022​ ​Administered Confluent/Kafka data platforms for security and performance. Conducted architecture​ ​reviews and system migrations, aligning data pipelines with compliance and business SLAs in a banking​ ​environment.​ ​Consulting Engineer​​–​​Confluent |-​ ​Delivered architecture designs, capacity planning, and hybrid-cloud deployments for 10+ customers,​ ​including FinTech and banking firms. Led integration of pipelines, microservices, and real-time analytics.​ ​In the Name of God the Compassionate the Merciful​ ​ reated reusable team assets, technical reports, platform monitoring content, and distributed data cloud​ C ​training materials.​ ​Senior Software Engineer​​–​​Nexstar Media Group |-​ ​Managed and developed a custom monitoring tool for news channels and CSM. Collaborated with​ ​offshore teams on various CSM-related features.​ ​Senior Software Engineer​​–​​Hallmark Labs |-​ ​Developed microservices and REST APIs for subscription billing, entitlement, and search systems using​ ​Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and Elixir. Enhanced backend performance and led DevOps practices to​ ​improve time-to-release.​ ​Senior Software Engineer​​–​​Salesforce |-​ ​Engineer for Salesforce’s Solr-based search platform, managing roadmap, user experience, and data​ ​quality improvements across Service Cloud. Spearheaded query optimization and dynamic reporting​ ​solutions adopted across internal pods. Led risk and performance testing for high-visibility feature rollouts.​ ​Served as product manager for mobile products.​ ​EDUCATION​ ​ .Sc. Applied Mathematics​​– University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2009​ M ​M.Sc. Computing Science​​– Simon Fraser University, 2007​ ​B.Sc. Computing Science​​– Sharif University of Technology, 2007​