# Khakan Ali

> Khakan Ali is the CTO, COO, and Co-Founder of AlphaRages, a software firm based in Lahore, Pakistan with leadership in Ilford, United Kingdom. He leads a team of 30+ engineers, tech leads, and artists, and has overseen the delivery of 150+ bespoke software products for global startups and SMEs since 2019.

## Identity

- Full name: Khakan Ali
- Roles: Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder — AlphaRages
- Location: Ilford, England, United Kingdom (operations team in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan)
- Years in software: 10+ (since 2016)
- Years building AlphaRages: 8+ (since 2017; co-founded 2019)

## Signature numbers

- 30+ senior developers, tech leads, and artists led
- 150+ bespoke software products delivered
- 8+ years building AlphaRages
- 10+ years in software engineering

## Services

- Fractional and Advisory CTO engagements (1–2 days/week)
- End-to-End Product Development through AlphaRages (dedicated team, fixed quote after discovery)
- Technical Architecture and System Design Reviews (2-week paid discovery)
- Engineering Team Building and Scaling (hiring loops, pod structure, embedded leads)
- AI/ML and Cloud-Native Adoption Roadmaps

## Capabilities (anonymised categories — most client work runs under NDA)

- SaaS MVPs for funded startups
- Internal tooling and workflow automation for SMEs
- E-learning and membership platforms
- Healthcare and member-services systems
- Marketplace platforms
- WHMCS, DNS, and security modules

## Stack specialisation

Laravel, Python, WordPress, modern JavaScript, AWS, DigitalOcean, CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, LLM/ML integration.

## Career

- 2026–present — Chief Operating Officer, AlphaRages
- 2019–present — CTO and Co-Founder, AlphaRages
- 2017–2019 — Senior Full-Stack Developer, AlphaRages
- 2017–2023 — Laravel Developer, Membersy (Austin, TX) — health organisation, 100K+ active members
- 2017 — Software Engineer, Red Signal (Lahore)
- 2016–2017 — Developer, Virtual Base (Multan) — Email Security Portal, DNS Management, WHMCS modules

## Education

- M.Sc. Information Technology (Computer Programming), Bahauddin Zakariya University, 2012–2014

## Languages

English (professional working), Urdu (full professional)

## Contact

- Email: khaqanali117@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khakanali
- Company: https://alpharages.com
- Website: https://khakanali.com