As Senior Development Engineer at CCIT, Ali is responsible for traveler information systems and new traffic data collection technology assessment and deployment.  One of his projects includes the improvement and further implementation of travel times on Changeable Message Signs.  

Ali has spent the last four years as a graduate student reserach associate at the Center for Intelligent System Research at the George Washington University. He has a Doctorate degree in Transportation Engineering. His research was focused on vehicle active safety and driver drowsiness detection system. Ali spent several years as an engineer in the private sector.