S. M. Waqas Imam is an Industrial Engineer by qualification and has served in the manufacturing industry since 2011. He is also IRCA CQI Lead Auditor.

He had also served as Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Manager in QSA Surgical Pvt. Ltd. and Ultimate Medical Products. He managed requirements of ISO 13485:2003, EU directives, CE marking and FDA.

He also served as expert Blog writer for 13485Academy and wrote expert articles on various topics of ISO 13485:2016.

Recently he is associated with Medical Device Community as Ambassador. He also writes compliance articles on Surgical Units.