Jawad Ali

Technology entrepreneur specializing in enterprise architecture and complex marketplace systems with over two decades of experience. Co-founded eleni LLC, a company focused on building commodity exchanges across Africa to promote food security, serving as CTO from 2012 to 2016. Previously held enterprise architecture roles at Electronic Arts, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, and Yahoo/Maktoob. Served as Senior Product Manager at Kno, Inc. (acquired by Intel). Recognized with the Yara Prize for Agricultural Transformation in Africa and African Banker Icon Award for contributions to building the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, which achieved over USD 1.2 billion turnover within five years. Core competencies include enterprise hubs, marketplace design, full-cycle software engineering, master data management, interaction design, and Agile methodologies with expertise in Java and XML technologies.