Parastoo Samiei Ph.D.

Parastoo Samiei, PhD, PMP, currently serves as the IS & Analytics Project Manager for the City of Kingston, focusing on digital transformation and CRM implementation, and leading process improvements for citizen service request handling. In addition to this role, Parastoo is a member of the Advisory Board for the Master of Science in Business Analytics program at Loyola Marymount University and has served as an adjunct professor at Queen's University. Previous experience includes positions as Market Research Manager/Business Analyst at Canarmony Corp, an instructor at Brock University, and various academic and IT roles during a tenure at the University of Auckland, culminating in a PhD in Information Systems. Educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology.