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Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed a team that was responsible for planning and procurement of Facebook’s backbone network infrastructure assets in the Americas, Transatlantic, and the EMEA regions including terrestrial and submarine fiber pairs, and construction of a new subsea cable systems and terrestrial routes. Responsible for managing OPEX and CAPEX budgets, development of long range plans, recruiting, onboarding, and team leadership.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Technical project management of a 30MW, turnkey hyperscale datacenter design build project in Lulea, Sweden. The project was developed as prefabricated construction to accommodate short construction window of the site near Arctic Circle. Managed and coordinated activities of design teams, outside consultants, and construction teams located in the US, Croatia, UK, and Sweden. Managed the relationship with the owner on design reviews, RFI’s, submittals, and change orders.

Istanbul, Turkey

Investment and technology consultant specializing in data center and telecommunications infrastructure investments. Lead consultant for a 10,000 m2 greenfield datacenter project funded by a private equity firm in Turkey. In charge of market analysis, business and investment plans, market positioning, technical design, management of design consultants, and pre-sales activities with potential anchor customers.

Istanbul, Turkey

General management of a telecommunications and datacenter service provider in Turkey. Took over the management of the company at its startup phase and within in 4 years built it into a robust, growing business. Oversaw construction of company’s network and datacenter assets including Turkey’s first independently owned subsea cable system connecting Istanbul to Italy, and a first carrier neutral colocations facility, which today serves as the main exchange point in Istanbul. Led governmental and regulatory relations, and strategic planning. Managed the acquisition of complicated landing and right-of-way permits for construction of the subsea cable system.

Istanbul, Turkey

Turn-around management of a satellite communications company. Restructured the company to bring its operating costs in-line with revenues; and achieved positive EBITDA and cashflow within first year in management. Through improved financial performance, increased the valuation of the company which ultimately led to its acquisition by British Telecom. Implemented strategies to stop customer churn and secured sustainable revenue growth. Introduced new and innovative services to differentiate the company from its competitors. Expanded service coverage to EMEA, CIS, and Russia to grow the business. Established the company as the primary international capacity provider for competitive voice operators and ISPs in Turkey. Achieved 50% revenue growth over 3 years in a shrinking satellite communications services market.

Tyson'S Corner, Virginia

Managed engineering teams in the Comsat’s operating companies in LATAM to design, plan, build, and operate company’s international, and domestic network infrastructure (satellite, microwave, fiber, ATM/FR, IP, wireless local loop). Provided technical leadership, program management, and cost containment in a fast paced and budget constrained business environment. Managed investment business plans, supplier selection, contract negotiations.

Bethesda, Maryland

Clarksburg, Maryland

Worked on the development of a new generation satellite terminal equipment. Invented a novel timing and synchronization technique that is implemented in the company’s next generation VSAT products. Worked on system level design of next generation mobile and Ka-band satellite systems.

Mclean, Virginia

Provided telecommunications network design and optimization consultancy to various government agencies. Developed network and cost optimization software for the US government to be used in procurement of telecommunications services under FTS-2000 contract. Developed a frequency plan and a propagation study for the National Park Service mobile radio network in the East Coast for its renovation.

Maryland, Usa

Mclean, Virginia

Provided telecommunications network design and optimization consultancy to General Services Administration (GSA) of the US Government. Developed software tools for the evaluation of government-wide telecommunication services procurement (FTS-2000) tender.

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Worked on the development of advanced data communication protocol analyzer (DA-30) and redundancy switching products. Developed both board level hardware, and embedded software.

Raleigh, Nc

Developed optimization algorithms to minimize resistive loses in power distribution feeder networks and Implemented proof-of-concept software to test the effectiveness of the algorithms.

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering