# Prof. Shahram Yousefi, PhD, PEng (Mesh AI) > Founded Mesh AI to help physicians and residents live better lives through fair and transparent schedules Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/prof Shahram Yousefi is the co-founder and CEO of Mesh AI, a powerful cloud-based platform that enables flawless and hassle-free shift scheduling for clinics and hospitals. With over 20 years of experience as a professional engineer and a PhD in electrical engineering, he is an expert in communications, cloud systems, big data, networks, information theory, signal processing, control, and algorithms. He holds multiple patents and publications in these fields and has co-founded two other tech companies, Canarmony Corp., and OPTT Inc. He is also a tenured full professor and former associate dean and acting department head at Queen's University, where he teaches and mentors students and faculty in engineering, entrepreneurship, and innovation. He has held academic positions at prestigious institutions such as the University of Toronto, EPFL, Jilin University, and UC Santa Cruz. He is a senior member of IEEE, a director elect of the Canadian Society of Information Theory, and a corporate partner and reviewer of C100, a network of Canadian leaders in Silicon Valley. He is passionate about finding harmony and synergy among team members and creating game-changing solutions that improve the lives of people and organizations. ## Work Experience ### Artificial Intelligence (AI) MASc Coordinator, ECE @ Queen's University Jan 2024 – Present ### Professor @ Queen's University Jan 2015 – Present | Kingston, ON Promoted to full professor in 2015. ### Associate Dean, Corporate Relations @ Queen's University Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Canada Growth and student success via professional experience. 78% increase in the number of placed internships in 3 years "during" a global pandemic where most competitors reported significant reductions in their coop/internship/PE numbers. Creating credit for PE/Internships as a first in the engineering program ### Acting Department Head @ Queen's University Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Kingston, Canada Managing the Queen's ECE department of 23 professors, 30 emeritus/adjunct professors, post-docs, and teaching fellows, 8 staff, 400+ undergraduate students, and 200+ graduate students and visiting researchers. ### Senator @ Queen's University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Kingston -Faculty senator -Subcommittee for awards, scholarships and student aid ### Chair @ Queen's University Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Subcommittee on Non-Academic Discipline (SONAD) To review regularly and to recommend changes to Senate policies addressing non-academic discipline. SONAD shall report annually to the Senate regarding the work of the committee. To review the annual report of the AMS Judicial Affairs Office, the SGPS, the Residence Discipline Report, the Athletics and Recreation annual report, and the Provost’s Office annual report on disciplinary cases as referred to the Committee by the Senate, and to report to the Senate on these matters as required. To conduct a review of individual cases of non-academic discipline in which no appeal has been brought to the University Student Appeal Board, according to the procedure set out in the Senate Policy on Student Appeals, Rights and Discipline (PDF*, 475 KB) at section 9. SONAD shall report (in summary form) annually to the Senate on the number and types of cases it has reviewed. To address any other matter referred to the committee by the Senate. Composition 6 Ex-Officio Members Provost, or designate Director of Residence Life, or designate President of the AMS, or designate President of the SGPS, or designate Rector Associate Director, Athletics and Recreation 3 Elected Members 1 faculty senator 1 member of the Alma Mater Society 1 faculty, student, or staff member 1 Observer University Ombudsman ### Associate Head, ECE @ Queen's University Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Kingston, Ontario, Canada The position includes all departmental issues related to research, teaching, and administration, e.g.: -teaching assignments and course planning -staffing and hiring -budget and and financial planning -curriculum planning -faculty and university interactions -advancement and support -funding and projects -infrastructure and renovations ### Associate Professor @ Queen's University Jan 2009 – Jan 2015 | Kingston -Telecom research -PHY layer research -Coding -Modulation -Signal design and analysis ### Chair, Undergraduate EE @ Queen's University Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Kingston Chair of undergraduate studies. ### Assistant Professor @ Queen's University Jan 2003 – Jan 2009 | Kingston Tenure-track professor of telecom ### Co-founder, President, and CEO (MESH Scheduling Inc.) @ Mesh AI (to end clinician burnout) Jan 2018 – Present | Kingston, Ontario, Canada Flawless medical resident and physician call scheduling with zero hassle! MESH AI is A POWERFUL CLOUD-BASED SHIFT SCHEDULER AND SWITCHBOARD PLATFORM WITH THE SIMPLEST USER INTERFACE FOR CLINICS AND HOSPITALS AS WELL AS RESIDENT AND PHYSICIAN TEAMS. ### Member @ Communitech Jan 2023 – Present | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ### Advisor and mentor @ Futurpreneur Canada Jan 2021 – Present | Toronto, Ontario, Canada ### Advisor and mentor @ Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Advisor and mentor @ Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Corporate Partner Rep and Reviewer @ C100 Jan 2015 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Advisor @ inQUbate Jan 2020 – Present Top students accelerating growth for students in AI. ### Co-founder, president, and CEO @ Canarmony Holdings Corp. Jan 2014 – Present | Kingston, Canada Canarmony Corp. is a Kingston-based Canadian Company with a focus on developing and enhancing harmony at home and in the office for all one step at a time. The company creates applications that simplify work and enhance quality of life everywhere. ### Research Adjunct Professor, China-Israel Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation @ Jilin University Jan 2016 – Present ### Director elect @ Canadian Society of Information Theory Jan 2014 – Present ### Senior member @ IEEE Jan 2011 – Present | IEEE Research in telecom, promote engineering, market telecom products. ### Editor, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials @ IEEE Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 http://www.comsoc.org/cst ### IEEE Kingston Section Chair and Vice Chair @ IEEE Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Kingston, ON Overall operations of the section: budget, talks, meeting, sponsorships, regional meetings, world congress, etc. ### Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) @ PEO Jan 2007 – Present Passed all the requirements including Law and Ethics ### Research Associate @ UC Santa Cruz Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Santa Cruz, California Research in communications, algorithms, Internet of Things (IoT), and machine intelligence ### Editor-in-Chief, CJECE @ IEEE Canada Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 -EiC: review operations -CholarOne ManuscriptCentral ### co-Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Eng. @ IEEE Canada Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Canada -Managing all the review operations of the Journal -Scholarone Manuscriptcentral portal ### Investor @ Investors Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 ### Editor, Communications Letters @ IEEE Communications Society Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 | Canana Journal Editor. ### Invited professor @ EPFL Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Research in telecom: coding ### Research fellow @ University of Toronto Jan 2002 – Jan 2002 -Research on graph codes ### Instructor and researcher @ University of Waterloo Jan 1998 – Jan 2002 Communication theory research and sessional instruction of undergraduate courses. ## Education ### PhD in Electrical Engineering, Communications University of Waterloo ### BSc in ECE University of Tehran ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shahramy - Portfolio: https://Meshai.io - Portfolio: https://twitter.com/profyousefi --- Source: https://flows.cv/prof JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/prof/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-10