Cove and Cooper

The team

The people behind the numbers

A small team that combines offshore engineering, vessel-side experience, software and AI, and commercial judgement. You talk directly to the people who do the work.

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Offshore deck triptych: a heavy shackle and wire rope, two engineers in orange coveralls working at a lift rigging, and hand-written lift calculations
Dr Reza Cove

Founder

Dr Reza Cove

PhD · MBA · CEng

  • PhDMarine Structures Technology, NTNU (Norway)
  • MBAINSEAD (France)
  • MScMechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
  • CEngChartered Engineer

Dr. Cove has over 18 years of experience delivering engineering projects related to marine operations and engineering construction. He has an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif Uni of Tech in Iran, a PhD in Marine Structures Technology from NTNU in Norway and an MBA from INSEAD in France. Reza has worked in shipyards as well as marine equipment production. He is familiar with review and acceptance testing of such equipment. He is also proficient with engineering standards and numerical methods and has developed many efficient solutions related to solving complex, time-consuming problems.

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The team

Engineering, vessels, software and business

Hessam Salehi

Hessam Salehi

Senior Consultant

  • AI engineering
  • Cloud architecture
  • Generative AI and agents

Hessam is a specialist in AI Engineering and Cloud Architecture, with deep mastery in Generative AI, LLM integration, agentic systems, and multi-agent architectures. He designs and deploys production-grade solutions on Azure AI Foundry, turning complex engineering workflows into scalable, intelligent applications. With proven experience in oil & gas and energy, he bridges business needs with cutting-edge AI — delivering real impact, efficiency, and innovation at scale.

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Iman Abdi

Iman Abdi

Project Engineer

  • Vessel-side experience
  • Ship systems
  • Cranes and transfer equipment

Iman has been working for years onboard ships and has good experience of ship systems including transfer equipment, engines, and cranes.

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Milad Taghipour

Milad Taghipour

Co-founder

  • Strategy
  • Deal structuring
  • Operations

Our success would not have been possible without Milad's partnership. From early on, he has been offering solutions and networks and made the firm what it is today. He has a good approach to deal structuring and strategy development. When it comes to operations, he knows how to run it lean and mean.

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