Yariss-Lionel Ali has extensive work experience in the railway industry. Yariss-Lionel has been working as the Commercial Director - Passenger Railway Rolling Stock at MASTERIS since 2023. Prior to this role, Yariss-Lionel Ali worked at SNCF, where they held various positions. Yariss-Lionel was the Head of New Rolling Stock Purchasing Division at Rolling Stock Headquarters from 2019 to 2023, leading a team of contract managers responsible for purchasing new rolling stock and on-board signalling equipment. Before that, they served as the Deputy Director at the Technicentre Est Europeen, overseeing the maintenance of TGV trainsets on the East European High Speed Line. Yariss-Lionel Ali also worked as a Business & Investment Analyst in the Corporate Strategy, Investment and Development Division, a Passenger Information System Project Manager, a High Speed Train and Freight Locomotive Technical Project Manager, and a Regional Passenger Trains Electrical Engineer. In their early career, they were the TCMS Maintenance Studies Group Manager at the Bischheim High Speed Trains Workshop.
Yariss-Lionel ALI's education history begins in 1993 when they attended ENSEEIHT and obtained an Engineer's degree in Electrics, which they completed in 1996. After a gap, Yariss-Lionel ALI returned to education in 2010 and enrolled in IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School. They pursued a Master of Business Administration degree in Company Management, completing it in 2012. Continuing their educational journey, in 2019, Yariss-Lionel ALI attended ESCP Business School, where they obtained a certification in Direction des achats. The specific field of study for this certification is not provided.
September, 2023 - present