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Mohammad Kafaei

Mohammad Kafaei

Lead Data Consultant
Utrecht

Summary

I'm a Lead Data Consultant specializing in the design and implementation of knowledge graphs and data platform solutions. I'm passionate about developing innovative, data-driven solutions that unlock real value for organizations.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Lead Consultant

BIM-Connected
Eindhoven, Netherlands
10.2023 - Current
  • Lead consultant in developing BAM configuration management database (CMDB). Designing the CMDB platform architecture, data pipelines and interfaces as a middleware between BAM data sources and Schiphol airport target data platforms.
  • Lead consultant of asset object registration data platform for Public Space Management in Municipality of Utrecht. Developed the architecture for the Common Data Platform based on IMBOR linked data. Designed and developed the object history registration ontology. Designed and developed the change processing and data validation pipelines triggered from the API calls
  • Lead consultant of Tennet Conversion Engine. Designed and developed data pipeline architecture to convert data drops to Tennet asset data ontology instances and ingest them to the enterprise resource planning environment (SAP). Defined data validation workflow and technology (with SHACL shape graphs), in data conversion pipelines to validate project data before transferring to SAP.
  • Created an ontology editor product in the Wistor platform that can be easily customized according to preferred organizational information modeling practices
  • Created the Wistor rule engine interface to facilitate the creation and management of data pipelines by data consultants
  • Contributed to the Wistor platform product roadmap and development strategies

Knowledge Graphs and Data Engineer Consultant

BIM-Connected
Eindhoven, Netherlands
09.2022 - 11.2023
  • Developing the Amsterdam Data Validation Portal to automate data quality checks for geopackage data drops and validating data quality against the Municipality's Public Space Information Model (Gemeente Amsterdam Ontology) to improve data quality
  • Design and define data shape constraints for Amsterdam's public space management ontology, using SHACL based on the NEN2660 standard and IMBOR Linked Data
  • Contributed to ontology modeling of the Port of Rotterdam based on advance SHACL shapes
  • Contributed to the information exchange portal of Tennet using ICDD linked data containers

Postgraduate Design Engineer

De Twee Snoeken
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
09.2020 - 08.2022
  • Designed and developed a scalable data platform following the data mesh architecture framework to integrate multiple data sources with a large amount of data managed in different databases (MSSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j) using Property Graphs, GraphQL APIs, GraphQL mesh and Apollo Federation
  • Developed a web application for data integration and relationship management purposes (using React, Express, REST API, Neo4j)
  • Developed automated ETL processes for large-scale data collection from various data sources such as BAG, BKR, BGT using PDOK provided web feature services (WFS) endpoints (using C#)
  • Developed an algorithm to extract the boundary polygon's geometry from the aerial LiDAR point cloud to reconstruct digital building models (using Python, NumPy, scikit-learn)
  • Developed a C# library converting the Smart Twin digital building models to the CityJSON open standard in LoD3.2 format
  • Large scale building data acquisition | LiDAR analysis | AI group

Information Management Specialist

Sharif Modisa
Tehran, Iran
08.2019 - 05.2020
  • Developed project-specific information delivery manuals to facilitate information exchange based on clients' enterprise information architecture
  • Worked on developing national standards for information models in the built environment

Education

Engineering Doctorate (EngD) - Information Systems in the Built Environment

Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, North Brabant
09.2020 - 08.2022

Skills

Data platform architecture

Data integration

Information modeling and ontology engineering

Knowledge graphs and graph databases

Semantic web technologies, RDF, SKOS, OWL, SHACL, SPARQL, GeoSPARQL

Master data management

Certification

Systems thinking

Timeline

Lead Consultant

BIM-Connected
10.2023 - Current

Knowledge Graphs and Data Engineer Consultant

BIM-Connected
09.2022 - 11.2023

Postgraduate Design Engineer

De Twee Snoeken
09.2020 - 08.2022

Engineering Doctorate (EngD) - Information Systems in the Built Environment

Eindhoven University of Technology
09.2020 - 08.2022

Information Management Specialist

Sharif Modisa
08.2019 - 05.2020
Mohammad KafaeiLead Data Consultant