Mehrzad Saeedi
Founder, Metrico · Construction operator · GIS & urban planning specialist
Email: mehrzad.saeedi@gmail.com
Company: hello@metrico.app
Mobile: +98 918 668 8850
Tel: +98 87 3426 0935
Nationality: Iranian · Born 12 September 1985
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Professional summary
Geologist (MSc petrology) and municipal GIS / urban specialist who later built and managed commercial property operations, then moved fully into construction as investor, supervising engineer, project manager, and site superintendent. Approximately ten years across residential and commercial projects inform Metrico — a live bilingual SaaS / PWA for unit sales, installments, site finance, and owner updates. Combines field domain depth with product ownership; currently founding Metrico toward an Estonian / EU company base.
Construction & founder experience
Founder — Metrico (construction operations SaaS / PWA)
- Owns product direction, domain model, and go-to-market for mid-size developers and contractors.
- Active daily user of the product on a live construction project; iterates from real site pain.
- Building toward Estonian / EU company registration after Startup Committee recognition; English-first, then German / DACH localization on the roadmap.
Construction project manager & site superintendent; builder / investor
- Day-to-day workshop and site supervision as project manager, and as builder/investor on own projects.
- Hands-on ownership of unit status, buyer installments, progress reporting, and multi-project coordination — the workflows Metrico digitizes.
Investor · Supervising engineer · Project superintendent
- Investor on construction projects; supervising engineer (formal build-quality oversight); superintendent for delivery across sites.
- Estimated that Metrico already addresses roughly 70% of prior fragmentation, paper process, and multi-project control gaps on his own work.
Selected professional roles
Manager — Baneh Aftab Derakhshan Shopping Center
- Operational management of a commercial shopping center — tenant, facilities, and day-to-day business oversight.
GIS and Urban Expert — Baneh Municipality
- Urban / GIS specialist inside municipal administration; spatial analysis and urban planning support.
Mining Exploration Supervisor — Baneh Municipality
- Supervised municipal mining exploration activities; applied geological and field methods in a public-sector setting.
Surveyor & Aerial-Photo Interpreter — Mabna Naghshe Iranian Bakhtar
- Surveying, mapping, and aerial-photo interpretation services through a firm co-owned / operated by the founder.
GIS Expert — Baneh Governorate
Surveyor & Arena Expert
Specialized Geological Software Teacher — University of Birjand
- Taught specialized geological and GIS software; later recognized by the Scientific Society of Geology.
Field Expert — Geology Map Making · Mashhad Abyaft Consulting Engineers
Computer Lab Supervisor — Zanjan University, Faculty of Science
Education
Master of Geological Sciences (Petrology)
- Master’s thesis: Petrology of the Romenjan sub-volcanic mass (2010).
Bachelor of Geology
Pre-university — Natural Sciences
High-school diploma — Natural Sciences
Skills
- Geological survey, field geology, laboratory geology
- Geological map making; aerial-photo interpretation
- GIS expert; online / web map preparation
- Mine supervision; geoelectrical / RES testing & outputs
- Mapping & measurement: total station, multi-frequency GPS
- Software: ArcGIS (basic → advanced), AutoCAD, Global Mapper, RockWorks, Surfer, GCDkit, ioGAS
- ICDL computer skills (Office, Photoshop, internet, hardware, network)
- Construction project oversight; unit / finance / progress operations
- Languages: Persian (native); English — general and specialized (per source CV)
Selected training courses
- Basic ArcGIS (10 h), Introductory ArcGIS (30 h), Advanced ArcGIS (30 h) — Birjand University, Office of Entrepreneurship and Leading Talent · 2008
- Industrial waste disposal management (4 h) — Kurdistan Province Industrial Township Company · 2013
- Management of civil projects in the municipality (20 h) — Deputy Governor of Kurdistan · 2014
- Familiarity with Urban Development Plans in Iran (20 h) — Deputy Governor of Kurdistan · 2014
- Urban identity (20 h) — Deputy Governor of Kurdistan · 2014
- Application of GIS in crisis management (20 h) — Deputy Governor of Kurdistan · 2014
- Areas of Implementation of Urban Design Programs in Iran (20 h) — Deputy Governor of Kurdistan · 2014
- Job Planning and Management (20 h) — Iran Geopolitics Association · 2015
- Principles and technical measures of the city (16 h) — Sharif University of Technology · 2015
- Municipal Commissions (20 h) — Kurdistan Academic Center for Education · 2016
- Introduction to Value Engineering (20 h) — Kurdistan Academic Center for Education · 2016
- Familiarity with urban areas (20 h) — Kurdistan Academic Center for Education · 2016
- Role of Information Technology in Urban Development Management (20 h) — Kurdistan Academic Center for Education · 2016
- Management of Urban Services (20 h) — Kurdistan Academic Center for Education · 2016
Publications & research / consulting projects
- Poster — “Petrography and mineralogy of the sub-volcanic mass of Romenjan” — 1st National Conference on Mining and Related Sciences · 2010
- Poster — “Petrography and mineralogy of the volcanic mass of Shadan” — 1st National Conference on Mining and Related Sciences · 2010
- Poster — “Petrography and geochemistry of volcanic rocks in the Pokht region, southeast of Birjand” — 27th Earth Science Forum · 2010
- Master’s thesis — Petrology of Romenjan sub-volcanic mass · 2010
- “Identifying and organizing areas at risk during wartime located around military sites with the help of GIS” — Kurdistan Province Crisis Management Conference · 1391 (Iranian calendar)
- “The use of GIS in identifying accident-prone points of vital arteries — case study: Baneh gas network, Rashid Qala T.B.S. station” — Kurdistan Province Crisis Management Conference · 1391
- Master Plan of Dekanan Baneh Tourism Sample Area — foreign investment project — Kohen Dej Consulting Engineers · Spring 2014
- Environmental plan of Dekanan Baneh tourism sample area — foreign investment project — Kohen Dej Consulting Engineers · Autumn 2014
Honors & awards
- Brilliant-talent student in Master’s degree
- Certificate of appreciation — Scientific Society of Human Literature Department, Zanjan University (cooperation)
- Certificate of appreciation — Baneh Association for the Protection of Special Patients (cooperation)
- Certificate of appreciation — Kurdistan head office of Komiteh Emdad for talent as Master’s student
- Certificate of appreciation — Scientific Society of Geology, Birjand University (taught specialized geological software)
- Certificate of appreciation — Scientific Society of Geology, Birjand University (taught GIS software)
- Certificate of appreciation — Baneh Mayor for Engineer’s Day
- Letter of credit as vice chairman and treasurer of the labor council — Department of Labor
- 1st place — archery tournament, South Khorasan Province · 2009
Personal details omitted for committee distribution: parents’ names and full residential street address. Source CV PDF facts retained for education, employment, training, publications, honors, and skills. Construction superintendent / builder-investor years and Metrico founder role are founder-provided additions beyond the older printed CV. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehrzad-saeedi-a8aa3714a