Where it begins.
I was born in Iran — the beginning of the story, and the part of it I carry everywhere else.
Aref
A path that runs through technology, business and the real world — still being written.
I was born in Iran — the beginning of the story, and the part of it I carry everywhere else.
I moved to Germany and began studying Computer Science in Marburg. A new language and environment, university, and the room to start building things of my own.
For a while I owned and ran Rumi Restaurant in Marburg. Not theory and not software — real customers, daily operations, a team, hospitality, and the responsibility that comes with all of it. I later sold the restaurant. It showed me how a business actually behaves when people, money and time are on the line.
Hospitality and software aren't as far apart as they look. Running a place full of real customers changed how I think about products — about problems worth solving, operations, systems, and getting things done rather than getting them perfect.
Computer Science gave me the tools; the businesses gave me the reasons. Most of what I build now sits at the intersection of software, AI and small companies — web and mobile products like Tebinno, built end to end.
See the projects→Alongside the products I keep a set of open questions — AI systems, digital health, algorithmic trading, and the mechanics of products and startups. These are experiments and self-directed research, not published academic work: a way of learning by building and testing.
See the research→The direction is simple to say and hard to do: build technology companies and products that matter beyond one city. The rest of the story isn't written yet.