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Ali Garra

Founder & CEO MagicPort

Ali Gara is the Founder and CEO of MagicPort, a company on a mission to make shipping smarter and more efficient through technology. Today, more than 400 companies in 80+ countries use MagicPort's intelligence and automation solutions to eliminate manual work and costly errors, enhance customer service, and accelerate growth.

Prior to MagicPort, Ali was an investor with the International Finance Corporation's Emerging Asia Fund, where he made private equity investments in high-growth companies in Asia. He has also worked at BP and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan.

Ali holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a CFA charterholder.


Event Agenda Sessions

Breakbulk Asia Innovation Pitch

Join us for the live final of the first-ever Breakbulk Asia innovation pitches - a fast-paced showcase of breakthrough tools, technologies and operational solutions shaping the future of breakbulk and project logistics.

Finalists demonstrate real-world applications that reduce bottlenecks, enhance visibility, streamline documentation or drive emissions reductions across complex supply chains. Judges evaluate the commercial viability, scalability and practical value of each innovation, while the audience gains firsthand exposure to tools already reshaping charters, port calls, fabrication flows and multimodal project execution.   

The session spotlights pragmatic, deployable solutions rather than conceptual technologies, offering attendees insight into what will meaningfully shift project delivery over the next 24 months.

Wednesday 18 November 13:50 - 15:00 Breakbulk Voices Stage

Add to calendar 11/18/2026 13:50 11/18/2026 15:00 Breakbulk Asia Innovation Pitch

Join us for the live final of the first-ever Breakbulk Asia innovation pitches - a fast-paced showcase of breakthrough tools, technologies and operational solutions shaping the future of breakbulk and project logistics.

Finalists demonstrate real-world applications that reduce bottlenecks, enhance visibility, streamline documentation or drive emissions reductions across complex supply chains. Judges evaluate the commercial viability, scalability and practical value of each innovation, while the audience gains firsthand exposure to tools already reshaping charters, port calls, fabrication flows and multimodal project execution.   

The session spotlights pragmatic, deployable solutions rather than conceptual technologies, offering attendees insight into what will meaningfully shift project delivery over the next 24 months.

Breakbulk Voices Stage Asia/Shanghai