Mr. Amir Tofighi

Adjunct Faculty

School of Computer Information Systems

Amir Tofighi

Originally from Iran, have backgrounds in Telecom and IT industries. Have been in many different positions from server admin to support engineer to programmer/analyst. Love teaching and working with students.

PhD Student in Computational Data Science, George Mason University

Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security, George Mason University

Master of Information Systems, Heriot-Watt University, UK

BSc Electrical/Telecom Engineering, Azad University, Iran

Database Design and Development, Data Analysis, Programming Logic, Object Oriented Programming, Web Programming, Cyber Security (OS, Network, Web, Wireless, etc.), Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Science, Data Warehousing, etc.

IT Project Manager, Back Office Systems Engineer, Server and Database Admin, Programmer, Systems Analyst, Senior System Architect/Developer

Big Data, Data Science, Non-Relational Databases, NoSQL Databases, Data Processing Tools and Programming Libraries

Database Courses, Programming Courses, Cyber Security Related Courses

Translated many book from English to Farsi including Microwave Radio Links by Carlos Salema.

Senior Programmer/Systems Analyst for the ITS Department of George Mason University

Have been part of many hiring and planning committees at my different jobs

Participated in course/curriculum re-design effort at FXUA

Teacher of Distinction, GMU, 2018

Extraordinary Achievement Award, GMU, 2019 and 2021

Impact Award, 2018 and 2019

Employee of the Month in different job positions.

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