# Ali Mannan Tirmizi

> Ali Mannan Tirmizi is a Pakistani IT leader and engineer who went from co-founding a Harvard-backed water filtration startup at 23 to becoming a Senior IT Manager at Procter & Gamble, where he leads supply chain cloud platforms across Asia, Middle East and Africa. With a background in Electrical Engineering from LUMS and comparative public policy from UMass Amherst (US State Department SUSI program), he bridges technical depth with social purpose - slashing $220K in cloud costs at P&G while previously building a $2 water filter that removes 99.99% of bacteria for Pakistan's underserved communities. He also writes on data management for DATAVERSITY and holds a YouTube channel where he shares insights from his journey.

- **Role:** Senior IT Manager (IT Startup Leader) at Procter & Gamble
- **Organizations:** Procter & Gamble, Xyla Water, DATAVERSITY, Young Sustainable Impact
- **From:** Lahore, Pakistan
- **Nationality:** Pakistani
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (Physics Minor), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Certificate, Comparative Public Policy (SUSI Leaders Program), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- **Known for:** Reduced $220,000 USD in year-on-year cloud costs at P&G through systematic infrastructure and development interventions, Grew AMA Datahub platform from 2 applications to 14+ applications in 16 months, Co-founded Xyla Water, building a $2 water filter removing 99.99% of bacteria - targeting 500 families in Punjab, Pakistan

## Career timeline

- **2016-2017** — Worked on SpaceX Hyperloop pod design competition at LUMS, presenting to SpaceX and Tesla engineers
- **2017** — Selected in Young Sustainable Impact '25 under 25' program and co-founded Xyla Water as COO
- **2017** — Studied comparative public policy at UMass Amherst under US State Department SUSI Leaders Program
- **2018** — Won Hashoo Foundation entrepreneurial prize and Green Entrepreneur Award with Xyla Water; Harvard Seed grant recipient
- **2018** — Graduated from LUMS with a degree in Electrical Engineering
- **2019+** — Joined Procter & Gamble as IT professional in supply chain and manufacturing domain
- **2022** — Started writing for DATAVERSITY on AI, data privacy, and machine learning
- **2023** — Promoted to Senior IT Manager at P&G; leads AMA Datahub DevOps and Supply Chain Platform Engineering
- **2024** — Led ARL Reporting Tool project for Australian market supporting P&G's ESG goals; grew AMA Datahub from 2 to 14+ apps in 16 months

## Achievements

- Reduced $220,000 USD in year-on-year cloud costs at P&G through systematic infrastructure and development interventions
- Grew AMA Datahub platform from 2 applications to 14+ applications in 16 months
- Co-founded Xyla Water, building a $2 water filter removing 99.99% of bacteria - targeting 500 families in Punjab, Pakistan
- Harvard Seed grant recipient
- Hashoo Foundation entrepreneurial prize winner
- Green Entrepreneur Award winner
- Selected in Young Sustainable Impact '25 under 25' program
- US State Department SUSI Leaders Program scholar (Comparative Public Policy, UMass Amherst)
- Worked on SpaceX Hyperloop pod design competition, presenting to SpaceX and Tesla engineers
- Published 4+ data management articles on DATAVERSITY covering AI, ML, data silos, and data storytelling
- PS Supply Chain Platform Engineering Lead for P&G's AMA region (Asia, Middle East & Africa)
- Led ARL Reporting Tool development for P&G's Australian ESG compliance reporting

## Latest updates

- **2024-02** — Published 'The Impact of Data Silos (and How to Prevent Them)' on DATAVERSITY
- **2023-07** — Published 'Building a Data Culture with Data Storytelling' on DATAVERSITY
- **2023-01** — AMA Datahub platform grew to 14+ applications under his DevOps leadership at P&G
- **2023-01** — Titled 'IT Startup Leader' at Procter & Gamble, leading PS Supply Chain Platform Engineering for AMA region

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alimannantirmizi/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mannantirmizi
- GitHub: https://github.com/mannantirmizi
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/Mys5EGw0j6Y
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alimannan94/

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Last updated: 2026-05-07