Ali Dasdan is the Chief Technology Officer at Dropbox Inc., a position he has held since 2019. With a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where he was advised by the late Rajeev Motwani, Dasdan began his career at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, focusing on distributed systems and optimization algorithms. His early work laid the foundation for his expertise in large-scale computing, machine learning, and data infrastructure, earning him numerous patents and publications in top-tier conferences like SIGMOD and VLDB. Before joining Dropbox, Dasdan spent over a decade in senior engineering leadership roles. At Yahoo! from 2005 to 2012, he served as Vice President of Engineering, overseeing the development of the company's search index, sponsored search, and native advertising platforms, scaling them to handle billions of queries daily. He then moved to Cisco in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Engineering for the Security Business Group, where he led teams building cloud-native security solutions, including next-generation firewalls and secure access services, driving significant revenue growth and innovation in enterprise cybersecurity. As CTO at Dropbox, Dasdan directs the company's technical strategy, engineering, and product development, emphasizing AI-powered collaboration tools, secure cloud storage, and scalable infrastructure to serve over 700 million users. Under his leadership, Dropbox has advanced features like Dropbox Dash, AI integrations, and enhanced enterprise capabilities, positioning the company at the forefront of modern work productivity while fostering a culture of engineering excellence and rapid innovation.