Zaman Riaz
Senior Technical Program Manager and software engineering leader
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Joined May 2026
Summary
Technical program management and engineering leadership: Zaman has held senior technical program and engineering leadership roles—most recently as Senior Technical Program Manager at elGrocer—coordinating cross-functional teams and driving technical projects to improve operations in online grocery/retail contexts. zoominfo
Founder and entrepreneur: He founded and led Querylogics as its CEO, operating a software design and development practice and managing client-facing projects and a public freelancer portfolio. freelancer+1
Technical author and educator: Zaman has authored multiple technical tutorials and a multi-part OpenCart series (installation, MVC, import/export tooling) for Envato Tuts+, demonstrating hands-on knowledge of PHP, OpenCart, and e-commerce tooling. tutsplus+1
Pakistan education background with Dubai-based professional presence: His education records list institutions in Lahore and Virtual University of Pakistan, while his current professional base is listed as Dubai, United Arab Emirates. zoominfo
Work
Education
Writing
Building a Product CSV Import Tool in OpenCart - Part 1
October 1, 2015Tutorial showing how to add an import CSV tool to OpenCart: adds upload UI, controller and template to allow admins to upload CSVs for product updates.
Building a Product CSV Import Tool in OpenCart: Part 2
October 1, 2015Follow-up tutorial implementing the import functionality: parsing uploaded CSV, controller logic, and model code to update products in the OpenCart database.
From Beginner To Advanced in OpenCart: Understanding MVC
August 1, 2014Explains the Model-View-Controller architecture in the context of OpenCart and walks through creating a simple controller to demonstrate framework constraints.
From Beginner To Advanced in OpenCart: Installation
July 1, 2014Part of a series introducing OpenCart development; covers installing OpenCart locally, configuration, and basic file structure.