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Mansour Fahimi
Executive Vice President & Chief Data Scientist at Marketing Systems Group
Mansour Fahimi is an accomplished professional serving as the Executive Vice President & Chief Data Scientist at Marketing Systems Group (MSG).12 He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Statistics from the University of New Mexico.1
Professional Background
Dr. Fahimi is an internationally recognized research statistician and data scientist with over three decades of experience in survey research methods and applications.3 He joined MSG in January 2020, where he oversees the Advanced Analytics and Methods department.12
Responsibilities and Expertise
At MSG, Dr. Fahimi's role involves:
- Supporting business development initiatives
- Investigating innovative refinements for market and survey research methods
- Improving the inferential integrity of online sampling products
- Creating high-efficiency project solutions
- Transitioning government survey projects from traditional to online protocols
- Strengthening analytical services
- Enhancing sampling and weighting/calibration offerings13
Skills and Specializations
Dr. Fahimi is skilled in:
- Designing and administering complex surveys for public and private sector clients
- Data enhancement methods
- Process optimization procedures
- Program evaluation tasks
- Advanced data analysis techniques, including multivariate methods, time series, and nonparametric methods
- Online data collection methods
- Developing innovative calibration techniques for data with unspecified representational properties1
Previous Experience
Before rejoining MSG in 2020, Dr. Fahimi held positions at:
- Ipsos as Senior Vice President & Chief Statistician
- Westat and RTI as a senior statistician
- MSG from 2008 to 2013 as a Vice President leading the statistical services group3
Personal Interests
Outside of his professional life, Dr. Fahimi has deep interests in social sciences, including history, psychology, and literature.2
