Arian Shahnazari is a techno-economic consultant and founder of Oimiz Innovations, working at the intersection of deep technology, commercialization and investment readiness. With a background in chemical engineering and more than 11 years of experience working with science-based technologies, he works with deep-tech ventures to translate technical performance into economic and commercial understanding.

His work focuses on techno-economic assessment, commercialization strategy and technical due diligence across climate tech, energy, advanced materials, resource technologies and other hard-science sectors. Arian is also a Lead Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Foresight Canada's Earth Tech 2050 program, where he works with emerging climate-tech ventures as they move from technical development toward commercialization.