Ali Shahid

Ali Shahid draws on vast experience in both domestic and international markets as the Vice President of Engineering at Smith-Midland Corp. After graduating from Rice University with a master’s degree in Engineering in 1984, Ali joined Western American Concrete, a precast company in Waco, Texas.

He later joined Redco International, a leading industrial manufacturing and contracting group based in Qatar and worked there for several years before returning to the U.S. and transitioning into the consulting business, where he worked with Pennoni, a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering firm with locations throughout the East Coast, focusing on civil and structural engineering and transportation.

After spending two decades with Pennoni and various other consulting firms, Ali’s career came full circle when he joined Universal Concrete Products in 2017, where he was head of structural engineering until joining Smith-Midland Corp. in January, 2021.