Hi, I'm Shahid — building trust in systems, and insight from data.
QHSE Lead Auditor and Management Representative with 15+ years building and certifying ISO-compliant Quality, Health, Safety & Environment systems for heavy industry — now channeling that same rigor into data analytics and applied AI.
Two disciplines, one operating system.
Fifteen years of building airtight management systems taught me to trust evidence over assumption — the same instinct now drives how I work with data.
I've spent the last 15+ years as the Management Representative and QHSE Lead Auditor for a heavy industrial cement manufacturer in Abu Dhabi, building Integrated Management Systems from the ground up — taking organizations from fragmented compliance to unified ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification, and keeping them there through continuous audit, gap analysis and improvement cycles.
Before QHSE became my career, I was a working PHP/MySQL developer and network technician — I built and maintained e-commerce and CMS sites for clients across the US and Canada, and configured LAN/WAN infrastructure for a government coordination office in Pakistan. That early technical foundation never really left me.
In recent years I've rebuilt it deliberately: completing the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, becoming a 3x Expert on Kaggle across notebooks and datasets, and writing regularly about applied AI. I'm now most energized at the intersection of the two worlds — using data, automation and AI to make management systems, audits and industrial operations measurably safer and more efficient.
I hold IRCA-certified Lead Auditor status in both ISO 9001:2015 (Quality) and ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health & Safety), alongside certifications spanning networking, ethical hacking and ITIL — a breadth that lets me speak fluently to auditors, engineers, and data teams alike.
Years of Professional Experience
Years as QHSE Lead Auditor
ISO Standards Implemented
Kaggle Expert Titles
Fun Facts
- Started as a PHP developer building e-commerce sites for US & Canadian clients before pivoting into QHSE.
- Self-taught 3x Kaggle Expert across Notebooks and Datasets — data cleaning, EDA, geospatial analysis, and recommendation systems.
- Holds dual IRCA Lead Auditor certifications: ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
- Writes regularly about applied AI on Medium and Substack alongside a full-time QHSE career.
- Speaks Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi natively, with working English and basic Arabic.
What drives the work
Systems Over Shortcuts
Compliance that lasts is built, not patched. I design management systems that survive audits because they were built to survive real operations first.
Evidence-Driven
Whether it's a GAP analysis or a Kaggle notebook, I trust data over assumption — findings should be reproducible and defensible.
Continuous Improvement
ISO's PDCA cycle isn't paperwork to me, it's a habit. The same mindset drives how I pick up new tools — from Python to AI agents.
Bridge, Don't Silo
I sit between operations, engineering, and leadership. My job is translating between them — and increasingly, between people and data.
Certified & Recognized By
Career Journey
From network cabling and PHP scripts to leading ISO management systems — a career built on hands-on rigor.
- Oct 2010 — Present
Management Representative / QHSE Lead Auditor
Al Sultan Industrial Cement
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Owns the Quality, Health, Safety & Environment Management System (QHSEMS) end-to-end for a heavy industrial cement manufacturer — from design and certification through continual audit and improvement.
- Developed, implemented and continually reviewed the QHSEMS to comply with ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001.
- Built and maintained the HSE system to meet ZonesCorp, ADDA and EAD Abu Dhabi regulatory requirements.
- Led GAP analyses across the organization to verify management system implementation and close compliance gaps.
- Coordinated third-party training providers to upskill teams on management-system requirements.
- Led the upgrade and integration of OHSAS 18001:2007 and legacy QHSE MS into a unified IMS aligned to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001 and the OSHAD Framework V3.1.
- Jul 2009 — Sep 2010
PHP Programmer (Remote)
Affordable Programmers
USA & Canada
Remote PHP developer building and maintaining commerce and CMS-driven websites for North American clients.
- Built PHP websites on PHP-based frameworks, backed by MySQL, ASP.NET and supporting tools.
- Developed and maintained open-source storefronts and sites on Zencart, WordPress and Joomla.
- Delivered front-end UI functionality with JavaScript, VBScript, jQuery and Bootstrap.
- Performed cross-browser usability testing and QA validation across the development lifecycle.
- Supported data-analyst and business-intelligence tasks alongside core development work.
- Aug 2006 — Jun 2010
Senior Data Processor / Network Assistant
Office of the District Coordination Officer, Govt. of Punjab
Gujranwala, Pakistan
Provided technical support for network installation, configuration and troubleshooting within a government coordination office.
- Applied the OSI model and TCP/IP suite (IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SMTP, FTP, TFTP) in daily support work.
- Implemented LAN/WAN designs using Cisco routers, switches and hubs.
- Managed IP addressing, subnetting and routing protocols including RIP, OSPF and EIGRP.
- Deployed and administered DHCP and DNS services.
- 2003 — 2005
Assistant Software Engineer
Peak Solution
Lahore, Pakistan
Early-career software engineering role focused on VB programming and foundational software development practices.
- Contributed to professional VB programming projects as part of a structured development course and team.
Academic Foundation
From matriculation to a Master's in Computer Sciences — the formal grounding behind two decades of technical and management-systems work.
MCS — Master of Computer Sciences
Virtual University of Pakistan (VU Lahore)
Lahore, Pakistan · Postgraduate
Graduate-level study in computer science, building on an earlier bachelor's degree and diploma in the same field.
PGD — Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Sciences
Govt. MAO College Lahore
Lahore, Pakistan · Postgraduate Diploma
Postgraduate diploma deepening core computer science foundations ahead of the Master's program.
BCS — Bachelor of Computer Sciences
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)
Islamabad, Pakistan · Undergraduate
Undergraduate degree covering programming, systems and computer science fundamentals.
Intermediate (FA) — Science Group
BISE — Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education
Gujranwala, Pakistan · Higher Secondary
Higher secondary education in the science group, forming the foundation for further studies.
Matriculation — Science Group
BISE — Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education
Gujranwala, Pakistan · Secondary
Secondary school certification in the science group.
Additional Training
Auditor / Lead Auditor Training — Assessment & Implementation, ISO 9001:2008 QMS
PIQC, Lahore, Pakistan
CCNA Practical — Hub, Switch & Router Configuration (Preparation Course)
CASTECH, Gulberg, Lahore, Pakistan
Professional VB Programming — Software Development Course
Peak Solution, Lahore, Pakistan
Credentials & Badges
IRCA-certified lead auditor credentials, professional certificates, and technical certifications earned across a 20-year career.
IRCA Certified ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor
IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors)
Issued: 09 Oct 2018
ID: EDU/QMS/LA/18/03213
IRCA Certified ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor
IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditors)
Issued: 06 Jul 2018
ID: EDU/OHSMS/LA/18/02346
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate (8 Courses)
Coursera / Google
Issued: 10 Nov 2022
ITIL Foundation — IT Infrastructure Library
AXELOS
Issued: 16 Jul 2015
ID: 03604736-01-24TT
Microsoft Technology Associate — Networking Fundamentals
Microsoft
Issued: 28 Apr 2015
ID: F282-2026
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-Council
Issued: 29 Apr 2015
Expires: 28 Apr 2018
ID: ECC92035607006
The Full Timeline
Career moves, credentials, and milestones — 2003 to today, in order.
Assistant Software Engineer
Started career at Peak Solution, Lahore — first hands-on VB programming role.
Senior Data Processor / Network Assistant
Joined the District Coordination Officer's office, Govt. of Punjab — network and data operations.
Remote PHP Programmer
Began building commerce and CMS websites for US & Canadian clients at Affordable Programmers.
Joined Al Sultan Industrial Cement
Became Management Representative / QHSE Lead Auditor in Abu Dhabi — the role still held today.
MTA Networking, ITIL Foundation & CEH
Built out a formal IT/security credential base alongside QHSE responsibilities.
Dual IRCA Lead Auditor Certification
Certified Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018; led the IMS upgrade and integration.
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Completed an 8-course program covering the modern data-analytics workflow.
Kaggle 3x Expert
Reached Expert tier across Notebooks and Datasets on Kaggle.
Active Writer on AI & Technology
Publishing regularly on Medium and Substack on applied AI, alongside a full-time QHSE career.
Interactive Skills Dashboard
Six domains, one throughline: turning raw information — regulatory or numeric — into decisions people can act on.
Selected Work
A mix of industrial dashboards, applied data-science projects, and the client web work that started it all.
Production Dashboard
A Python-built analytics dashboard for tracking industrial production and QHSE metrics — bridging shop-floor data with management-level reporting.
Book Recommender System
A recommendation-system project applying collaborative filtering concepts to suggest books based on user preferences and reading history.
Kaggle Notebooks & Datasets — 3x Expert
A body of published Kaggle notebooks and datasets spanning data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, visualization, geospatial distance calculation, prediction and recommendation systems.
Client Web Development Portfolio (2009–2010)
A portfolio of 20+ commerce and CMS-driven websites built for clients across the US and Canada during a remote PHP development role.
How I Can Help
From building an ISO management system from scratch to turning your operational data into a clear dashboard.
ISO Management System Implementation
End-to-end design and rollout of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems, from documentation to certification readiness.
- Management system design & documentation
- Integration into a unified IMS
- Certification-readiness preparation
Internal & Lead Auditing
IRCA-certified lead auditing across Quality and OH&S systems, including internal audit programs and third-party audit facilitation.
- Internal audit planning & execution
- Non-conformance identification & CAPA tracking
- Third-party / certification body liaison
GAP Analysis & Continual Improvement
Structured GAP analysis against ISO requirements and regulatory frameworks, translated into a practical improvement roadmap.
- Compliance gap identification
- Regulatory alignment (OSHAD, ZonesCorp, EAD)
- Continual-improvement roadmapping
Data Analytics & Dashboarding
Turning operational and quality data into clear, decision-ready dashboards and reports using Python and modern visualization tools.
- Data cleaning & exploratory analysis
- Dashboard design & build
- Reporting automation
Milestones & Recognition
The moments that mark real progress — certifications earned, systems built, and titles reached.
Kaggle 3x Expert
Reached Expert tier across Kaggle Notebooks and Datasets through self-directed, consistent practice in applied data science.
Dual IRCA Lead Auditor Certification
Certified IRCA Lead Auditor in both ISO 9001:2015 (Quality) and ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health & Safety) in the same year.
Led Full IMS Integration & Upgrade
Directed the upgrade of legacy OHSAS 18001 and QHSE systems into a unified Integrated Management System aligned to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001 and OSHAD Framework V3.1.
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Completed an 8-course professional certification spanning data cleaning, exploration and visualization.
15+ Years as Management Representative
Sustained tenure as the single point of accountability for QHSE compliance at Al Sultan Industrial Cement since 2010.
Visual Portfolio
Certificates, data visualizations and web work — placeholders ready to be swapped for real screenshots.
Publications & Writing
Notes on applied AI, data science, and the occasional QHSE dispatch — published on Medium, Substack, and Kaggle.
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Let's Work Together
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Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates