ALI MASHAYEKHI

A consummate management consultant and educator, Ali is among the very few outstanding professionals who successfully apply integrative methods to the most complex organizational issues and create true synergy.  His practical solutions are actively implemented by Boards, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and top management teams who respect his carefully considered, thorough approach characteristic of his poised work ethic.  Both public and private sector clients are impressed by the immense impact he has generated over the last four decades.

Among the many clients Ali has served, a few include AT&T, Aventis, EDS, High Performance Systems, and McKinsey & Company.  He has advised government leaders in the departments of economics and finance, education, energy and power, heavy industries, housing, oil/gas and petrochemicals, planning, and water resources and sustainability.  His cutting-edge work in modeling the dynamics of global steel on a platform for industry-level decision making by governments and multinationals generates fresh perspectives and deliberated decisions.

Ali also has an outstanding academic career teaching management, industrial engineering, and system dynamics at MIT, Isfahan, Sharif, and SUNY.  He has a Bachelors in Engineering, and earned his Ph.D. from MIT Sloan School of Management.  His students serve multinationals like Boeing and Powersim; and are tenured at MIT, London Business School, Stanford, and U. Virginia.  Ali has received many awards including the cherished 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award of the International System Dynamics Society, where he was also elected a President.

A prolific innovator, Ali has published over a hundred futuristic articles, books, chapters, papers, and talks at various forums worldwide.  His work with the late, great Professor Jay Forrester is one of his many original accomplishments.  Ali has acquired multiple specialties over time and has been a member of several professional societies.  He is a citizen of the United States, is married, and his 4 sons are now serving various multinationals in U.S.A.

Why did you decide to work at ConfluCore?

I have worked with some of their partners over the years and have known the founder and his passion for over 30 years.

What is the biggest transformation you have been a part of?

There are three major advances that I derive great satisfaction from.  In my doctoral work, my venerated advisor lauded the authenticity of original details and outputs.  Second, the building of a global steel model is a fundamental contribution to industry-level dynamics.  Third is the success of our Covid-19 modeling and policy implementation.

What challenges do you most enjoy helping clients address?

I enjoy identifying inherent opportunities available to management in their interwoven issues – there is always a successful roadmap possible for organizations of all forms and sizes when they actually get into the dynamics.

What do you like doing in free/personal time?

I love to read and so be in the company of great authors.  I enjoy swimming when possible, and walk every day.

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