# Ali Raza

> Ali Raza is the founder and CEO of ThroughPut.ai, a Palo Alto supply chain decision-intelligence company that uses AI to detect, prioritize, and clear operational bottlenecks across factories and logistics networks. A University of Pennsylvania chemical engineer turned field-operations manager, he ran manufacturing and oilfield logistics in eight countries - including a stint as geomarket manager in Yemen during the 2015 Houthi takeover - before building software around the Theory of Constraints idea that every system is limited by one bottleneck at a time.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at ThroughPut.ai
- **Organizations:** ThroughPut Inc. (ThroughPut.ai), Schlumberger (SLB), University of Pennsylvania
- **Education:** B.S.E., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (concentration in Pharmaceutics & Biotechnology), University of Pennsylvania, M.S.E., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Founded ThroughPut.ai, an AI supply chain decision-intelligence company headquartered in Palo Alto., Built ELI, a Bottleneck Management System that reads existing enterprise data (ERP, MES, IMS, TMS, WMS, PLC, SCADA and more) to surface operational constraints., Holds patents on industrial bottleneck detection.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2011** — Studied Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania; discovered process-flow bottlenecks in a senior design class and taught the subject as a graduate student.
- **2010s** — Joined his first tech startup while still an undergraduate at Penn.
- **2010s** — Worked field operations across eight countries at Schlumberger as a hydraulic fracturing engineer and manager; became one of the youngest leaders in Geomarket Production Services, pioneering 3 projects and serving 50+ industrial clients.
- **2015** — Served as geomarket manager of Yemen during the Houthi government takeover - a front-row view of real supply chain disruption.
- **2017-2018** — Founded ThroughPut Inc. to turn the Theory of Constraints into AI software for industrial operations.
- **2022** — ThroughPut raised additional funding (latest round reported around $6M); total private funding near $9.95M from early backers of Robinhood, NeXT, and Project44.
- **2024** — Won and publicized patents on industrial bottleneck detection; counts companies like TSMC and Oppo among users.

## Achievements

- Founded ThroughPut.ai, an AI supply chain decision-intelligence company headquartered in Palo Alto.
- Built ELI, a Bottleneck Management System that reads existing enterprise data (ERP, MES, IMS, TMS, WMS, PLC, SCADA and more) to surface operational constraints.
- Holds patents on industrial bottleneck detection.
- Raised roughly $9.95M in private funding from early investors in Robinhood, NeXT, and Project44 plus industrial executives.
- Selected to present at Plug and Play Tech Center.
- Counts large industrial firms such as TSMC and Oppo among ThroughPut users.
- At Schlumberger, became one of the youngest leaders in Geomarket Production Services, pioneering 3 projects across 50+ clients.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Publicized new patent work on industrial bottleneck detection and operations on LinkedIn.

## Links

- Website: https://throughput.world
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alihasanraza/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/alihraza14
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/throughputinc/

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Last updated: 2026-06-25