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New Zealand

Working on a nation-wide telecom network transformation, including network design, architecture and rollout strategy. Leading the power grid alignment on this massive change that involves complex and critical OT and IT services. Responsible for the critical migration of relay protection services from legacy TDM to a modern packet network. Additionally working on the NMS/OSS transformation jounrney.

New Zealand

Responsible for the design and development of technical solutions/networks for large government enterprises. Cloud Enablement, Security, SD-WAN, SASE and IoT. Responsible for developing strategic technology roadmaps for key accounts, respond to RFI’s/RFP’s, customer analysis, product customization and migration planning.

New Zealand

Contributing towards Network Strategy, Design and Planning for FTTH broadband and IP networks. Technology evaluation, network design, migration planning and business solution design. With focus on GPON, XGS-PON, NGPON-2. SDN based broadband access networks and the dis-aggregated any-haul network future.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsible for IT & Telecom Transformation projects based on SDN, Cloud Enablement & Network Security for various regional service providers and Enterprise customers. Working in the UAE market and other regional territories including Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and Bahrain. Lead architecture design focused on network and cloud offerings.Maintain relationships with clients, delivering an on-going managed service, and identifying further potential opportunities.Working on SDN-NFV solutions, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Data Center solutions, Virtualization and Cloud implementation. Network Strategy & Design experience, coupled with a commercial aspects of a provider's investments and risks.

Dubai

Leading efforts in Product and Solution Design for customers in the MEA Region alongside dedicated teams for Sales, Marketing and Technical Support. Working for both Telco and Channel Business in the MEA Region. Telco- Delivering Solutions to Service Providers and Telcos including both COE and CPE for LTE, GPON, Wifi, xDSL, Active Ethernet, WiMAX. Involved in the design and implementation of value added services for MEA based service providers in Broadband DSL, XGS-PON, WiMAX and recently 4G LTE. Enterprise/SMB- Also supported development of channel business focussed in the Network Security, Business Wifi and Femto Cells as a part of new business strategy for service providers. This includes a new and innovative Social Media Wifi called Mono_Fi.

Dubai

Leading all Network & Project Design activities in the region. Responsible for the Project Implementation and Pre-Sales Post-Sales Technical Support Activities. Actively involved for networks and technology spread over different geographies and a diverse customer base including,SMB/SME B2B Business- Responsible for delivering custom solutions for SME customers including Network Security, Business Wifi, Femto Cells, Cloud Enablement, Virtual Desktop and IoT based smart solutions. Worked on some new business ventures such as innovative Social Media Wifi called Socio_Fi.Telco Business- Delivering Solutions to Service Providers and Telcos including both COE and CPE for LTE, GPON, Wifi, xDSL, Active Ethernet, WiMAX. Conducting successful Interoperability Testing and certification. Responsible for complete end-to-end coordination with R&D teams and the end customer.

Pakistan And Dubai

ComSys a leading Systems Integrator in Pakistan, period 2002 to 2009.Played a pioneering role in the development of the Broadband Industry of Pakistan. Designed & Deployed DSL, FTTx, xWDM and Wireless broadband. Responsible for the entire Technical design and implementation of the project life cycle. Exceptional work on wireline deployment, including optical network planning and implementation. Proposed and implemented network solutions to migrate legacy traffic including cellular back-haul, public Wifi, FTTH, VoIP and P2P leased lines.

Milan Area, Italy

Worked with Alcatel BND (Broadband Networking Division) in Italy as a Pre-Sales Engineer for mainly the Newbridge line of products that included the Alcatel 7670, 7470, 7270, ASAM 7300 Multiservice Switches for ATM/Frame Relay/ DSL networks and Network Manager Alcatel 5620 (formerly Newbridge 46020) & AWS. Also the TDM MainStreet 3600, 3645, 3612 etc.Provided technical lead in the process of identifying, specifying and deploying complex multi-technology Network Solutions. Responsibilities included acting as design consultant and support of Key Account Managers and other Alcatel colleagues in the pre-sales process from customer qualification to customer acceptance. Contribution in the preparation of customer proposals and provisioning of technical support to Alcatel customers. Major customers were based in Milan, Rome, Greece and the Middle East.

Riyadh Ksa

Worked across the Kingdom for network design and support services for Siemens Mainstreet product line. The projects included nationwide Broadband DSL deployment, X.25 network deployment and ATM/FR network deployment. Worked at the iNOC for nationwide Network Operations Management.

Karachi, Pakistan

National Engineers was the Pioneer of modern telecom systems integration in Pakistan. Involved in pre-sales project design stage with various global telecom vendors including Newbridge Networks, Cisco, Siemens and Sunrise. Also taking care of project implementation, after sales support and business development for the firm.