Ali Khayam

Ali Khayam is a seasoned professional with diverse experience across various organizations. Ali is the current Founder & CPO of Chkk. Previously, they worked as GM, Internet Monitoring & SDN at Amazon Web Services (AWS) where they built and owned the PnL, product, and engineering for a network monitoring service. Ali also served as Director Engineering at VMware and Senior Director Engineering at PLUMgrid Inc. where they built and led multiple teams. In addition, they were the CEO and Founder of xFlow Research, a Design Engineer at Avaz Networks, and also worked as an Assistant Professor at NUST School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.

Ali Khayam obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in 1999 before pursuing further education in the United States. From 2001 to 2003, they earned a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Michigan State University. Ali then continued their studies at the same university and completed their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from 2003 to 2006.