# Hashim Ali

> Operations & Digital Transformation Lead · Incoming Associate Consultant in GovTech at PUBLIC (a Solita company) · Interdisciplinary Researcher & Systems Builder

Hashim Ali is a London-based systems builder and operations leader bridging quantitative econometric modeling, qualitative institutional research, and modern digital architectures (CRMs, automated workflow pipelines, relational databases).

- **Current Role**: Operations & Digital Transformation Lead at Muslim Charities Forum (MCF) (Feb 2026 – Present)
- **Upcoming Role**: Associate Consultant in GovTech at PUBLIC (a Solita company) (Joining October 2026)
- **Location**: London, United Kingdom (Waterloo)
- **Availability**: Open to reviewing select strategic advisory, operations, and technical consultancy roles upon review.
- **Contact**: hamha@hotmail.co.uk
- **Profiles**:
  - Website: https://www.hashimua.com/
  - Comprehensive LLM Corpus: https://www.hashimua.com/llms-full.txt
  - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hashimalii/
  - Portfolio / Behance: https://www.behance.net/pensivepenmen
  - GitHub: https://github.com/akhsterminator

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## Core Expertise & Competencies

- **GovTech & Public Sector Strategy**: Technology procurement, service design, public sector digital transformation (PUBLIC, a Solita company).
- **Data Architecture & CRM**: Bespoke CRM engineering (n8n, Supabase PostgreSQL, Vercel, Devin IDE), Salesforce NPSP architecture, Python data hygiene pipelines, OpenRefine, DemandTools, Microsoft 365 Enterprise & Entra ID.
- **Non-Profit Governance Products**: Creator of the Charity Health Check MOT governance self-assessment platform for UK Muslim non-profits.
- **Agile Delivery**: Certified Agile practitioner (Scrum Inc.™), two-week sprint cadences, backlog refinement, team recruitment and structured onboarding.
- **Empirical Research & Due Diligence**: Econometric causal inference (R), randomised evaluations (JPAL / MITx), OSINT risk matrices (Basel Institute certified), policy analysis.

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## Professional Career & Milestones

1. **PUBLIC (a Solita company)** (Oct 2026 — Incoming)
   - *Associate Consultant (GovTech)*
   - Advising public sector institutions and government departments across the UK and Europe on GovTech delivery and digital public service innovation.

2. **Muslim Charities Forum (MCF)** (Full-time · Waterloo, London)
   - *Operations & Digital Transformation Lead* (Feb 2026 – Present)
   - *Operations Executive* (Oct 2025 – Feb 2026)
   - Architected custom CRM on n8n and Supabase; built Charity Health Check MOT governance benchmark tool; led structured hiring across 4+ operational roles.

3. **Product-Discovery Sabbatical** (Apr 2025 – Sep 2025 · London & Kuala Lumpur)
   - LSE Generate Alumni Hub & 500 Global (KL): Prototyped AI-driven NHS HR Ops tool, built ESG investment benchmarking platform, and shipped indie game with 1,300+ organic plays.

4. **CAGE International** (Jul 2023 – Apr 2025)
   - *Caseworker / Researcher*
   - Managed 400+ casework files, overturned 19 unlawful dismissals, liaised with 50+ international legal counsel, customized Airtable CRM, and authored two published reports.

5. **Chickenoz Peri Peri & Fish & Twist** (2020 – 2022)
   - *Brand Designer & Digital Operations Lead*
   - Designed logo and brand identity, built direct-ordering digital infrastructure, integrated delivery channels (Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat), managed inventory, and helped scale to six-figure ARR.

6. **Pensive Penmen** (Feb 2021 – Mar 2023)
   - *Founder (Asset Sale Exit)*
   - Founded boutique UX/UI consultancy; delivered 38 brand identities and EdTech UX testing; successfully executed asset sale as a sole trader.

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## Publications & Keynotes

- **Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter**: "Fitna as a Catalyst for Islah and Tajdid" in *The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Muslim Liberation Theologies* (edited by Emin Poljarevic and Ivan Ejub Kostic), Wiley-Blackwell, published September 10, 2026 (ISBN: 9781394282487). Link: https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-muslim-liberation-theologies/emin-poljarevic/9781394282487
- **Keynote Address**: "AI as a Catalyst for Organisational Efficiency in NGOs" at AI Week Europe 2026.
- **Journal Article**: "The Puntland Model: Stability & Sub-National State-Building", Arizona State University: Small Wars Journal (Nov 2025).
- **Academic Paper**: "Mobilising the Ba'athist-Feminist Periphery", Sapienza University of Rome (Feb 2025).
- **Policy Analysis**: "USCIRF Findings on Minority Repression", Middle East Monitor (Oct 2024).
- **UN Humanitarian Report**: "Sudan Situation Report No.8", UNICEF (Jul 2023).
- **Sector Manual**: "Influencing Change: A Campaigning Handbook for Community Organisations", Muslim Charities Forum (2025–26).

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## Academic Foundation

- **MITx (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)**: MicroMasters in Data, Economics & Development Policy (97% Grade Average Across 6 Graduate Modules · Microeconomics 98%, Data Analysis for Social Scientists 97%, JPAL Randomised Evaluations 96%).
- **London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)**: MSc Social Anthropology (Merit · 80% Scholarship Awarded · LSE Phelan US Centre Runner-up).
- **Birmingham Newman University / Markfield Institute**: BA (Hons) Islamic Studies & Arabic (First Class Honours · Summa Cum Laude · Rehmat Ali Memorial Excellence Award · Elected Head Student).
- **Traditional Seminaries & Classical Licences (Ijazat)**: Licensures in Quranic recitations (Hafs, Shu'ba, Warsh), Kutub al-Sittah Hadith transmissions, and legal primers (Mukhtasar al-Quduri, Bulugh al-Maram, Nawawi's Forty).

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## Voluntary & Humanitarian Leadership

- **World Health Organization (WHO AFRO)**: Economic & Political Risk Analyst under UN VP Framework (Feb – Jul 2025).
- **Smithsonian Institution Archives**: Transcriptionist for Harvard College Observatory Project PHaEDRA (Sep 2024).
- **Al Sharq Forum**: International Leadership Fellow representing UK in global cohort of 35 fellows (2022 – 2024).
- **UN World Food Programme (WFP)**: Legacy Team Ambassador mobilising £50k+ to fund 75k+ meals (2017 – 2019).