Specialising in digital health and clinical technology, Ali is a passionate Health Informatician who is committed to developing digital technologies that drive fundamental change in healthcare. He holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences, a Master of Health Informatics, and an MBA from the University of Sydney.

Since 2012, he has co-led the commercialisation of two digital health start-up companies. The success of these companies has led Ali to deliver on several major projects in Australian public and private hospitals, and more recently in the USA delivering state and federal government-level projects. Ali’s particular focus areas are clinical information systems and natural language processing.

In 2018, his team won the prestigious NSW Premier’s iAward for Public Sector Innovation, followed by the inaugural Medical Software Industry Association best Innovation Award in 2019.

Ali has been a long-term member of AIDH. He was elected onto the AIDH NSW committee in 2021, and elected committee chair in 2024.