---
title: "Ali Khial"
category: "people"
role: "Head of AI/ML"
company: "G2i"
linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-khial/"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# Ali Khial

## Profile
Head of AI/ML at [[g2i|G2i]].

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-khial/)

## Biography
Ali Khial is an engineering leader focused on building AI-native systems that work beyond the demo stage. He currently leads AI/ML at [[g2i|G2i]], where he works across frontier AI evaluation, software engineering benchmarks, agentic workflows, and human-data quality systems. His current work centers on the gap between impressive AI prototypes and reliable production systems. He is especially interested in AI evaluation, data quality, tool-using applications, and the engineering practices needed to ship model-powered products in real-world environments.

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-30-ali-khial-benchmarks-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly]] — Benchmarks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2026-06-30, 3:20pm-3:40pm)

## Evidence Graph
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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-30-ali-khial-benchmarks-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly|Benchmarks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]]

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