Zaheer Ali
Zaheer Ali
Professor of PracticeProfessor of Practice
Zaheer Ali is a respected expert on space technology and policy, an agilist, leader, and technologist. He is now a Managing Partner at New Space Finance, Professor of Practice at Thunderbird School of Global Management, which is part of ASU, and Director of High-Performance Computate at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He is also an advisor to multiple space start-ups including ThinkOrbital which is building a 4th generation space station, Pulsar Fusion, Neutron Star Systems, and Space Railway, amongst others.
He is invited to speak around the world on space, artificial intelligence, the future of work, and how to help enterprises become agile.
As both a professor and entrepreneur he advises several companies in the New Space Sector. He previously served as a Senior Manager at USRA, leading aviation data sciences, artificial intelligence, quantum sciences, and nanotechnology for the NASA Ames NAMS contract.