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Mohammad Haft

Irvine, CA, United States0

Fractional Head of AI for MedTech & Healthcare | Haft Advisors | Took an AI medical device through multiple FDA 510(k) clearances to national sales | Ex-Head of ML, Iterative Health | Cornell, Harvard, MIT

Medtech and healthcare ML leader who took SKOUT, an AI colonoscopy device, through multiple FDA 510(k) clearances and national commercial sales. Built and ran a 28-person ML organization and led technical delivery of pharma AI contracts with Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Altrubio, and Vedanta.

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Haft Advisors
Managing Member
Haft Advisors
Mar 2026 — Present · Irvine, California, United States
Fractional Head of AI consultancy offering C-suite strategy partnership, 4-week enterprise AI roadmaps, and 8-week proof-of-concept builds. Delivered $1.4M in bottom-line impact for an 8-figure US manufacturer with a quality-assurance prediction model. Grew enrollment 18.5% and revenue 22% as fractional Chief Strategy Officer for an education institute. Built a multi-agent legal AI system with human review for a pre-seed legal-tech startup and a health-robotics prototype from control software through voice AI.
Iterative Health (formerly Iterative Scopes)
Manager of Machine Learning R&D | Senior Machine Learning Scientist
Iterative Health (formerly Iterative Scopes)
Apr 2021 — Mar 2026 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Led a team of researchers and engineers building ML technology to optimize clinical trials. Built an end-to-end production pipeline covering training, inference, orchestration, model registry, experiment tracking, CI/CD, and MLOps for cloud and edge products, doubling development speed.
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Researcher Fellow
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
May 2019 — Apr 2021 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Developed a deep learning method for cardiovascular OCT images using CNNs with a Wasserstein-based critic and a novel topological loss, cutting error 77% (30 to 7 microns). Built a CNN pipeline for 3D intracoronary PS-OCT images and developed image denoising models using statistical and generative methods.
Cornell University
Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant
Cornell University
Aug 2015 — May 2019 · Ithaca, New York Area
I studied brain vasculature using computational fluid dynamics and mechanics. ✦ Decreased analysis time from 20 hours to just a few minutes by developing ML models (CNN and RNN); highly cited and adopted by several labs worldwide. ✦ Attracted 57K+ users with automated crowdsourcing pipelines developed for Alzheimer's research.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computer Science, Dermatology
May 2019 — Apr 2021
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MGH, Harvard Medical School, and Computer Science and AI Lab (SCAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Cornell University
Cornell University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biomedical Engineering
Sep 2013 — Jun 2019
Built CNN and RNN models that cut vascular image analysis from 20 hours to minutes; adopted by labs worldwide.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Min. Construction Management
Sep 2010 — Jun 2012
Generate synthetic images of material samples whose automated finite element simulations in Abaqus match lab results from physical samples to optimize the design space for pavement R&D.
University of Tehran
University of Tehran
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Civil Engineering
Sep 2005 — Jun 2009
Credentials
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Advanced Leaders Program
Eager Labs
Issued Jan 2023
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Management Training
LifeLabs Learning
Issued Jan 2023
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Connect for Developing Leaders
Eager Labs
Issued Aug 2022
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Colman Leadership Program
Cornell University
Issued Jan 2017
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Technology ManagementBusiness StrategyManaging the Learning FunctionMulti-agent SystemsRegulatory SubmissionsLeadershipC-Level CommunicationsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Strategic VisionCross-functional CollaborationsMachine LearningInfluencing Without AuthorityComputer VisionTranslating StrategyTechnological InnovationAdaptive Leadership
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