Ali was a member of the founding team of Turkish Prime Minister Privatization Administration, Mass Housing Administration (TOKI) and the Undersecretariat of Defence Industries (SSM). As SSM Head of Department. He served as the founding member of the TAI-F16 board and co-chairman of the ROKETSAN founding board.
He served as the mission member of the Turkey-US Defence Industry and Economic Cooperation and the participant of the Star Wars Project (Strategic Defence Initiative, SDI) on behalf of Turkey. He also served as the founding General Manager of Marmara Securities and Finance Corp. an authorised stockbroker for the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

Ali worked for the Prime Minister of Turkey as Deputy General Manager of Turkish Electronics Industries Corp and as founding General Manager and Chairman of Euromarket Joint-Venture, a Turkish-Ukrainian joint venture operating in Ukraine and worked as an Assistant General Manager at ÇAMSAN, MDF Factories. He currently provides training, expertise and consultancy in EU Projects as a certified expert.