Ali has been working with C, C++, and D at various networking companies in Silicon Valley since 1996. His experience includes a fun stint at WekaIO, a high performance storage company that bases its technology entirely on D. Ali is the author of the book Programming in D, the secretary and board member of The D Language Foundation, former acting president of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the ACCU, an organizer of the Silicon Valley DLang meet-up group, and a team member of the revolutionary Mill CPU.