Ali Kochak graduated from Karaganda State University in Kazakhstan in 1997. After finishing university, he began to work in the Bilim - Innovation School in Atyrau (Kazakhstan) as a teacher of English Language. From 2001 to 2006, Ali was the Principal of Oskemen & Nur-Sultan (Astana) Bilim - Innovation schools. In 2006, Ali became Director of the Bilim Orda Foundation branch in Nur-Sultan. During this period, he supervised several schools and led the construction of the Nurorda & Spectrum Schools campus. It was in 2008 that Ali moved to Almaty as the Vice President of the Bilim Orda Foundation, and soon after, he led the construction of the Suleyman Demirel University (SDU) campus. He then started to work as the General Secretary of the University in 2011. After three years, Ali was appointed Vice-Rector for Administrative Affairs at SDU. He completed his master’s degree in Education Management from Kazakhstan’s Akhmet Yassawi University in Turkistan in 2013. He also completed his Ph.D. in Education Management in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2021. In his spare time, Ali enjoys Nordic walking.

PhD in Education Science - Education Management (2021) International Black Sea University, Georgia
MA in Education Management (2013) Akhmet Yessawi University, Kazakhstan
BA in Two Foreign Languages (1997) Karaganda State University, Kazakhstan

Medal of Honored Education Manager Ministry of Education – Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
For Merits in the Management Thought Development – Almaty Regional Academy of Management
Certificate of Commendation-For the contribution to the development of Kazakhstan& for success in spiritual way – Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Certificate of Management in Higher Educational Institutions – Association of Higher Education in Kazakhstan
Certificate-Autonomy of higher education institutions as a mechanism to improve the competitiveness of higher education in Kazakhstan – Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Certificate in Practice of Multilingual Educational Policies in ELT – Suleyman Demirel University Almaty Kazakhstan
Certificate of Participation-Professional Development Workshop – Rainbow International Schools, Seoul South Korea
Letter of Commendation-For success in teaching and behaving youth generation – The department of Education of East Kazakhstan
Certificate of completion enterprise growth program– European Bank for Reconstruction and Development of Kazakhstan "EBRD”
Certificate of completion of ISO – Business Expert Group KZ
Certificate of completion of Scrum - Agile – Meridian Systems CEO