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Maryam Najafian, PhD

MIT CSAIL/IDSS Faculty • 2x-CEO, Founder • Tech Lead • Principal SWE Agentic AI, GenAI, RAI

San Diego, California, United States

Career path.

  1. NVIDIA

    Principal GenAI Agentic AI Scientist

    Nov 2025 - Present
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Faculty Research Scientist

    Oct 2016 - Present
  3. Citi

    SVP, Head of Generative AI | Technical Lead

    Aug 2023 - Nov 2025
  4. Disney Streaming

    Senior Applied AI Scientist | Technical Lead

    Aug 2021 - Aug 2023
  5. Bose Corporation

    Director, Head of AI and Machine Learning | Technical Lead

    Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
  6. EY

    Sr. Director, Applied AI and Machine Learning Tech Lead

    Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
  7. RETTERA

    CEO and Founder

    Jan 2018 - Feb 2022
  8. University of Texas at Dallas

    Faculty Research Scientist

    Dec 2015 - Nov 2016
  9. Apple

    Applied AI Scientist (Research Partnership)

    Apr 2013 - Nov 2015
  10. CCLS - Computerized Child Literacy Support

    CEO and founder

    Jan 2013 - Nov 2015
  11. CogWatch

    Applied AI Scientist

    Sep 2011 - Nov 2015