He has an Electronics Engineering degree with a focus in telecommunication and software design. He has worked for companies such as Nortel and TalkSwitch and has been developing VoIP solutions since the start of the technology. He has developed software for Proxy Servers, Registrar Servers/Clients, User Agents, and other VoIP components in both SIP and H.323 protocols. Ali currently works for j2 Global (j2.com), a global company for Cloud Services and has successfully used Open Source telephony platforms such as Asterisk, FreeSWITCH and OpenSIPS to provide Global Telephony Cloud solutions for j2.