Ali Kafshi

About Ali Kafshi

I’m a Technical Program Management leader with 15+ years of experience driving execution across complex, high-scale global streaming platforms.My career has focused on building and scaling systems that enable teams to deliver reliably in high-ambiguity, high-stakes environments. I’ve led technical program execution across commerce and identity, live event streaming and platform scaling, watch and playback experiences, content and media workflows, ads monetization, security, data science and personalization, and large-scale partner integrations, with a particular emphasis on international expansion and multi-market delivery.In my current role, I’m Vice President of Technical Program Management for International at Peacock, where I started and lead the Syndication function. My team is responsible for extending Peacock’s core platform capabilities to international streaming partners including SkyShowtime, Showmax, and Sky NOW. This includes end-to-end ownership of execution across content distribution, playback, payments and entitlements, identity, ads, and complex B2B integrations.I focus on building high-performing technical program management organizations by strengthening team capability and ownership and raising the bar through hiring and development, so execution quality improves as teams and products scale. When timelines compress and delivery must be flawless, I can also step in to lead execution directly, aligning engineering teams around dependencies, tradeoffs, and outcomes to ensure critical milestones are met.I’m most effective at the intersection of engineering leadership, product strategy, and execution rigor, helping organizations improve execution quality, delivery predictability, and trust through consistent results at global scale.EXPERTISEProgram Management | Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Streaming Media Technology | Systems Architecture | Strategic Planning | Revenue Generation | Operational Efficiency | Agile/Scrum | SDLC

Experience

1. Vice President, Technical Program Management, International

   NBCUniversal

   Jul 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Started and lead Peacock’s Syndication function, responsible for extending core platform, commerce, identity, ads, and data capabilities to international streaming partners including SkyShowtime, Showmax, and Sky NOW.Led end-to-end technical program management for major international platform launches across Europe and Africa, coordinating engineering, product, commerce, identity, ads, data, and partner teams.Built and lead a high-functioning TPM organization of 20+ program and project managers, focused on technical acumen, execution discipline and scalable operating models.Lead execution across the commerce and identity stack, front end and back end, including payments, entitlements, sign-up, authentication, and partner integrations.Partner closely with senior engineering leadership on platform performance, execution quality, and scaling global systems.

Education

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Marketing

• The George Washington University School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategic Management

  2012

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  Bachelor of Science - BS, International Business

Skills

• Change Management
• Learning Management
• Program Management
• E-Learning
• Requirements Analysis
• Management Consulting
• Project Planning
• Process Improvement
• Security Clearance
• Government
• Business Strategy
• Strategic Planning
• Organizational Development
• Business Analysis
• Knowledge Management
• Account Management
• Budgeting
• Budgets
• Leadership
• Crm
• Project Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Training
• Management
• Consulting
• Integration
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Software Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Agile Project Management
• Agile Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Project Management Office (Pmo)
• Strategy
• Business Process
• Team Leadership