Mr. Shahid Zaman
Talk Title & Abstract Human-Centric Engineering in the Age of AI: Building High-Performance Teams and Collaborative Systems In Industry 5.0, the future of engineering is not just about automation and intelligent systems — it is about human-AI collaboration, where technology augments human creativity, empathy, and decision-making. While engineering education focuses heavily on technical depth, real-world success increasingly depends on communication, collaboration, leadership, experimentation culture, and people-first engineering practices. This hands-on workshop empowers students and early-career engineers with practical industry frameworks to build high-performance engineering teams and human-centric product development environments. Through real stories and practical exercises drawn from experience at global technology companies, participants will learn how to combine technical excellence with essential soft skills to drive meaningful impact. Biography Shahid Zaman is an engineering leader passionate about building technology that not only works intelligently but also works meaningfully for people. With more than a decade of experience designing and scaling large-scale distributed systems, he currently serves as an Engineering Manager at Canva, where he leads teams focused on enhancing media discovery and AI-powered experiences for millions of users worldwide. Before joining Canva, Shahid held engineering leadership roles at VMware, eBay, Airtasker, and Foxtel/NewsCorp, where he helped build high-performance platforms, search and recommendation systems, and technical frameworks that power major global products. His work is driven by the belief that great engineering is ultimately a people discipline: empathy, communication, mentoring, and collaboration matter just as much as distributed architectures and scalable APIs — especially in the age of AI and Industry 5.0. Shahid is a proud graduate of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Dhaka and later completed a Research Master’s degree at Monash University, Australia. Outside of work, he enjoys experimenting with emerging technologies, mentoring early-career engineers, and running long distances while listening to storytelling podcasts.
Talk Title & Abstract
Human-Centric Engineering in the Age of AI: Building High-Performance Teams and Collaborative Systems
In Industry 5.0, the future of engineering is not just about automation and intelligent systems — it is about human-AI collaboration, where technology augments human creativity, empathy, and decision-making. While engineering education focuses heavily on technical depth, real-world success increasingly depends on communication, collaboration, leadership, experimentation culture, and people-first engineering practices.
This hands-on workshop empowers students and early-career engineers with practical industry frameworks to build high-performance engineering teams and human-centric product development environments. Through real stories and practical exercises drawn from experience at global technology companies, participants will learn how to combine technical excellence with essential soft skills to drive meaningful impact.
Biography
Shahid Zaman is an engineering leader passionate about building technology that not only works intelligently but also works meaningfully for people. With more than a decade of experience designing and scaling large-scale distributed systems, he currently serves as an Engineering Manager at Canva, where he leads teams focused on enhancing media discovery and AI-powered experiences for millions of users worldwide.
Before joining Canva, Shahid held engineering leadership roles at VMware, eBay, Airtasker, and Foxtel/NewsCorp, where he helped build high-performance platforms, search and recommendation systems, and technical frameworks that power major global products. His work is driven by the belief that great engineering is ultimately a people discipline: empathy, communication, mentoring, and collaboration matter just as much as distributed architectures and scalable APIs — especially in the age of AI and Industry 5.0.
Shahid is a proud graduate of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Dhaka and later completed a Research Master’s degree at Monash University, Australia. Outside of work, he enjoys experimenting with emerging technologies, mentoring early-career engineers, and running long distances while listening to storytelling podcasts.