| Website | imeem.com/eyedar |
| @eyedar |
| Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. | |
| Mathematics/Computer Science | |
| University of California, Berkeley's Walter A. Haas School of Business, Master's/MBA | |
| Business Administration |
Source: imeem
Ali serves as Chief Operating Officer at imeem, where he directs the company’s day-to-day business activities, including its revenue, reporting, and advertising operations, and oversees its marketing communications, customer support and quality assurance functions.
Ali is a digital music pioneer with a 10-year track record of serving in senior roles at groundbreaking online music companies. He was the first non-founding employee of the original Napster and played a key role in Napster’s explosive growth. He then served as the chief operating officer at SNOCAP, the digital rights and content management startup founded by Shawn Fanning after Napster. imeem acquired SNOCAP in 2008.
Ali has served in consulting and advisory capacities for several startups. He is currently an advisor to casual gaming site Sporcle and sits on the company’s board of directors. He was also an early advisor to imeem, serving on its board of directors from 2003 until 2007.
Ali earned a B.S. in mathematics/computer science, with a special concentration in technology-based entrepreneurship, from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, and has an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley’s prestigious Walter A. Haas School of Business.
Ali and his wife Shannon live in San Francisco’s Mission district.
