Shah Zaib Sohail Ali

Technical Product Manager • Data Practitioner

Transforming raw data into meaningful, trustworthy intelligence.

Shahzaib Ali

At a glance

  • Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Father, family man, and tech strategist
  • Technical Product Management, Application & Data Architecture, Azure Optimization

Profile

Experienced software solutions professional with 14+ years in web application development, specializing in eCommerce and U.S. healthcare. Skilled in analyzing and integrating complex data from major payors (CMS, Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Sheild, Humana, Aetna, United Health Care, Cigna, etc.) with deep knowledge of value-based care and population health workflows.

Career Journey

Technical Product Manager DataQ Health

Jan 2020 — Present

  • As a Technical Product Manager with over five years of experience in value-based care and population health management, I have consistently delivered innovative, data-driven solutions by blending technical acumen with strategic product thinking. I specialize in translating complex healthcare data into impactful tools and insights that improve quality of care, optimize clinical workflows, and drive measurable financial outcomes. With a strong foundation in agile methodologies, I lead cross-functional teams to build scalable healthcare technology products that align with enterprise goals and regulatory standards.
  • Spearhead the transformation of large-scale healthcare claims data into actionable business intelligence, powering decision-making for risk stratification, care gap closure, and performance measurement across payer programs.
  • Define and implement KPIs across key population health initiatives—including Annual Wellness Visits, Risk Adjustment, and Disease Management—to monitor impact and continuously refine operational strategies.

Application Architect DataQ Health

Jul 2019 — Jan 2020

  • As the Application Architect for a comprehensive Population Health Management platform, I was responsible for designing and overseeing the end-to-end architecture of scalable, secure, and high-performing healthcare applications. I collaborated closely with cross-functional teams—including product management, engineering—to ensure the platform supported critical value-based care initiatives such as Risk Adjustment, Quality Reporting, Care Coordination, and Utilization Management.
  • Focused on designing enterprise-grade, scalable solutions for a population health management platform.
  • Architected modular, service-oriented systems for ingestion, processing, and visualization of healthcare data from diverse sources (e.g., claims, eligibility, EMRs, payer files).

Lead Development DataQ Health

Jun 2017 — Jun 2019

  • Led the end-to-end development of enterprise healthcare applications by applying deep expertise in the Microsoft technology stack. Oversaw a high-performing team through the complete software development lifecycle, ensuring scalable, secure, and user-centric solutions. Balanced hands-on coding responsibilities with leadership tasks including team mentoring, code reviews, conflict resolution, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Developed and maintained enterprise-grade healthcare applications using ASP.NET, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server, adhering to HIPAA and CMS compliance requirements.
  • Led and mentored a team of developers, promoting best practices in coding standards, version control, and agile methodologies.

Senior Software Engineer BroadPeakIT

Jul 2014 — Aug 2015

  • Built scalable e-commerce modules and mobile experiences for Edible Arrangements brand family.
  • Following are few products I have developed as part of team.
  • http://www.ediblearrangements.com/

Software Engineer Netsolace, Inc.

Sep 2011 — Jun 2014

  • Maintained and enhanced high-traffic e-commerce platform; dashboards & localization (Arabic site).
  • http://www.ediblearrangements.com.sa/
  • http://m.ediblearrangements.com/

Work Showcase

Payer File Integration for Value-Based Contracts

Mar 2020 — Present

Spearheaded the end-to-end ingestion and integration of payer data files for 180+ value-based care contracts of 40+ different data formats within enterprise-level Population Health Management platforms—enabling robust capabilities in risk adjustment, care gap closure, quality measure reporting, cost containment, and provider performance analytics across Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial populations.

Contracts and payers included:

Federal Programs: CMS DCE, MSSP, REACH Blues Plans: Anthem (TX, KY, TN, VA), BCBS (AR, IL, TX, TN, MI, MMAI), BCI (Commercial, MA, QHP)

National and Regional Payers: Aetna (Commercial PPO, Medicare Advantage) Cigna (IFP, MA, Collaborative Care) United Health (DSNP, MA) WellCare, WellMed, Amerigroup, Humana, Devoted, Global Health, Highmark, Magellan

Medicaid Plans: Centene (KY, NJ, MA), Parkland Health, Wellpoint, Idaho VCO, HMO Illinois Others: Regence TCC, TexanPlus, Texas Health Aetna, BCBS Medicaid and Medicare Advantage programs

These integrations enabled timely ingestion of claims, eligibility, quality, coding, HEDIS, and supplemental files to drive population health insights, optimize care delivery, and improve performance under shared savings and risk-bearing arrangements.

ETLData ArchitecturePop HealthClaimsEligibility

Real-time Hospital Alerts

Feb 2020 — Present

Managed live data feeds from 25+ HIEs and vendors to improve admission/discharge tracking and care coordination.

Real-Time Integrations

Experian – XML · WebAPI

PointClickCare – HL7 · TCP/IP

Bamboo Health – HL7 · TCP/IP

Audacious Inquiry – HL7 · TCP/IP

Contexture – HL7 · sFTP

HIEADTInteroperability

Value Based Care Organization: Regular Data Updates

Jan 2020 — Present

Streamlined the monthly ingestion of payer-supplied datasets including claims, eligibility, coding, financials, quality benchmarks, and lab results to support accurate reporting and risk assessmentfor more than a 100 value based care organizations.


• Medicare

- CMS DCE

- CMS MSSP

- CMS REACH


AutomationAutomated PipelinesSSIS

Database Integrations

Sep 2023 — Dec 2023

Managed data replication pipelines and scheduled extracts from Snowflake, AzureSQL, and local shared drives to support clinical modeling, reporting, and CM tools.


SnowflakeAzure SQLReplication

Lab Results & Patient Rosters

Jan 2022 — Jun 2022

High-frequency integrations from Quest, Labcorp, Sonic & regional HIEs for timely care coordination.


Labcorp (HL7 – sFTP – Realtime)

Sonic (XML – Realtime)

Quest (TXT – sFTP – Daily/Monthly)

LPH Hospitals (HL7 – TCP/IP – Realtime)

RELAB (Humana) (TXT – Monthly)

LabsETL

Edible Arrangements® Website

2013 — 2013

Edible Arrangements is a franchise group having more than 1100 franchises in 13 countries and still growing.

My responsibilities include

- Maintaining eCommerce modules.

- Development and support of web-based application.

- Enhancing the application with new modules.

- Making existing module more user friendly.

ASP.NETFrontendVB.NETMS SQL Server 2008jQueryJavascriptJSONHTMLCSSWeb Services.

Edible Careers

2015 — 2015

worked as team lead to create a job opportunities section for Edible Arrangements® Inc. We used various web technologies to achieve different functionalities.


ASP.NETFrontend

Edible Brands™ Desktop and Mobile Website

2014 — 2014

Worked as team member for development of this website


ASP.NETFrontend

Business Startup Planning Through Visual Mapping of Resources and Infrastructure

2011 — 2011

This product helps a person in establishing business by finding the best suitable location for his business.


ASP.NETMicrosoft SilverlightBayesian Network

Learning Path

BS Information Technology — NUST (2007–2011)

GPA 3.27 / 4.0

  • Academic Projects
  • 1. Business Startup Planning Through Visual Mapping of Resources and Infrastructure
  • Technologies used: ASP.Net, Microsoft Silverlight, SQL Server 2008, Bayesian Network, JavaScript, JQuery, Google Map API

FSc Pre-Engineering — DPS & Inter College (2005–2007)

913 / 1100

SSC — Government Comprehensive School (2004–2005)

652 / 850

Expertise

Technical Product ManagementClient Communication & Stakeholder AlignmentData Quality & AnalyticsProcess Automation & OptimizationAzure Cost OptimizationApplication & Data ArchitectureData Pipelines & IntegrationsAccountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

Courses

  • Become a Product Manager — Learn the Skills & Get the Job
  • Communication Enhancement Program

Achievements

  • Fully Funded Scholarship — National ICT & R&D Fund (2007)
  • NUST Merit Scholarships — GPA > 3.50 (1st, 2nd, 6th semesters)

Test Scores

IELTS — Overall 7.0 (Listening 7.0, Reading 7.0, Writing 6.5, Speaking 6.5)

Endorsements

“Dedicated professional with exemplary attention to detail and punctuality.” — Muhammad Bilal Gulrez

“Highly motivated, reliable, and technically competent — great to work with.” — Awais Ilyas

“Web genius with remarkable frontend skills and problem solving.” — Zia Ullah Khan

“Strong server/client-side skills; deserves the role and highly recommended.” — Muddassar Mehmood

“Truly hardworking, dedicated, and ambitious professional.” — Hamza Mehmood

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