Ali Jafari (Persian: علی جعفری) is a serial entrepreneur who is well known for his research and entrepreneurship in the area of Information Technology (IT), more specifically, on development of a series of "Learning Management System(s)" (LMS).

Since then, Jafari has envisioned, created and commercialized four major software systems, which are competing among a dozen internationally known LMS products such as Blackboard, Moodle, Desire2Learn, etc.

Jafari's projects included Indiana University's (1999) Oncourse (now Sakai),[3] ANGEL Learning Management System (2000), Epsilen Environment,[4][5] and CourseNetworking, LLC or theCN.com (2011).

Recognized as a founding “Father of LMS”,[8] Dr. Jafari has contributed his entrepreneurial savvy to three books, co-editing and authoring Handbook of Research on ePortfolios, Designing Portals and Course Management Systems for Learning: Beyond Accidental Pedagogy' He has presented papers and delivered keynote addresses in over a hundred national and international conferences.

In the future, he hopes to further develop products for commercialization to effectively exploit the uses and opportunities of modern technology in education.