Pooyan Arab
Software, Product, Process, and People
Early Passion
From Oric-1 Programming to Iran’s First PC Game
Pooyan – Persian for seeker – might be an apt name: Hands-on carpentry, chemistry, and electronics shaped my curiosity, but it was an unexpected Oric-1 at age 9 that launched my coding journey. I would go wherever a computer was available, or someone to teach me about it. By 15, I wrote a VGA game rendering engine in Microsoft Assembler for the first PC video game released in Iran — proof of my early commitment to high-performance software.
Formal Training
Industrial Engineering & Technology
Studying Industrial Engineering – Technology Management broadened my view beyond code to end-to-end product lifecycles, lean processes, and continuous improvement — skills I apply to every project, personal or professional.
Entrepreneurship
And Corporate Impact
- Organizational Diagnostics Specialist – Yekan Consultant Group (Tehran)
Worked with organizations of various sizes, to identify opportunities and expand possibilities. - Founder / CEO — Paradise Software Group (Tehran)
Shipped antivirus, disk-duplication tools, installer makers, screen savers, and an educational toddler game pack. - Program Manager & Head of Software Engineering — Samsung Electronics Subsidiary
Led Smart-TV content localization and agile product delivery. - Director of Technology & Innovation — TinyEYE Therapy Technologies (Canada)
Progressed from game developer to executive leadership, managing product and engineering teams and scaling cloud infrastructure for global telehealth.
Skills
And Values
- Software Engineering Leadership & cloud architecture
- Process & Code Optimization (LEAN, DevOps, performance tuning)
- Product Development & Strategy (B2B SaaS, ed-tech, health-tech)
- Game Development & interactive learning tools
- Innovation Management & cross-functional teamwork
- Philosophy & Psychology (human-centric approach)
- Infinite Curiosity, as the core principle to justify existence
- Absolute Integrity, to lighten the internal burden of being
Philosophy
Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
“An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.“
— Confucius
Whether I’m refactoring legacy code, re-architecting cloud pipelines, or mentoring teams, I chase the opportunity hidden in every constraint.