Artabaz Shams
About Artabaz Shams
Artabaz Shams is the Director of Product Management at TomTom and a Freelance VP Product and Mentor in Paris, with extensive experience in product management and data roles at BlaBlaCar and other companies.
Title
Artabaz Shams holds the title of Director of Product Management.
Current Roles
Artabaz Shams is currently the Director of Product Management at TomTom, based in the Greater Paris Metropolitan Region. He also serves as a Freelance VP Product and Mentor in Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Previous Experience at BlaBlaCar
Artabaz Shams worked at BlaBlaCar in various roles, including VP Product & Data from 2020 to 2021, Head of Product from 2018 to 2020, Senior Product Manager from 2016 to 2018, and Monetization Project Manager from 2015 to 2016. During his tenure, he gained extensive experience in product management and strategy.
Additional Professional Experience
Artabaz Shams also worked at Le BIPE as a Manager in 2015 and as a Senior Consultant from 2013 to 2015. He gained experience as a Junior Project Manager at EDF from 2011 to 2013 and completed a Master's Thesis at EDF R&D from 2010 to 2011. His earlier roles include a research internship at Osaka University in 2009 and a blue-collar internship at Chao Jiang Nan Restaurant in 2008.
Education and Academic Background
Artabaz Shams holds an Engineer's degree in Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law from École Polytechnique, completed in 2009. He earned a Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2011. In 2018, he participated in the Leadership Journey program at INSEAD.
Project Coordination and Impact
Artabaz Shams has coordinated a team of over 100 product managers and engineers to successfully launch a new navigation SDK, reaching 1 million monthly active users. He accelerated the technical evaluation process of the SDK through fast-paced iterative user research and worked on clarifying product positioning with product marketing management and sales teams.