• Act as a bridge between the operations requirements and the tech specifications• Mentor team members, guiding accordingly, providing new training to keep learning• Build from the ground up a new internal system for organisation's needs• Orchestrate integrations with MMP solutions such as Appsflyer, Adjust and other platforms• Full responsibility for all IT related budgets, assets and planning• Conducts research to improve the technological assets of a company• Evaluate new technology and makes recommendations on technological solutions• Consistently evaluate the technical efficiency and makes changes as necessary (lean)• Identify competitive advantages and technological trends for the benefit of a company• Track, analyse and monitor technology performance metrics• Consolidate technology platforms and create plans for each• Identify new areas of digital marketing opportunities and create plans to implement• Take the initiative in thought leadership, innovation, and creativity• Oversee all system design and changes in system architecture• Directing software development projects• Identify, prioritise and execute tasks in the software development lifecycle• Develop high-quality software design and architecture

• SEO Audits• Owner of complex software products• Information Security Services• Network design and implementation (wired/wireless - Cisco / Juniper / Ubiquiti UniFi)• CCTV setup and installation• Site development and maintenanceProjects Completed Successfully both locally and offshore (Austria, UK, Latvia)

• Work with other departments to use new technologies to streamline company policies• Full responsibility for all IT related budgets and planning• Conducts research to improve the technological assets of a company• Heading the organisation SEO• Plan and implement all needed documentation for internal and external systems and staff.• Manage all digital assets of Acroud• Evaluate new technology and makes recommendations on technological solutions• Consistently evaluate the technical efficiency and makes changes as necessary (lean)• Identify competitive advantages and technological trends for the benefit of a company• Track, analyse and monitor technology performance metrics• Consolidate technology platforms and create plans for each• Identify new areas of digital marketing opportunities and create plans to implement• Take the initiative in thought leadership, innovation, and creativity• Oversee all system design and changes in system architecture• Directing software development projects• Identify, prioritise and execute tasks in the software development lifecycle• Develop high-quality software design and architecture• Handle M&A Technical and SEO aspects

• Work with other departments to use new technologies to streamline company policies • Full responsibility for all IT related budgets and planning• Conducts research to improve the technological assets of a company• Plan and implement all needed documentation for internal and external systems and staff.• Manage all digital assets of Highlight Media• Evaluate new technology and makes recommendations on technological solutions• Consistently evaluate the technical efficiency and makes changes as necessary• Identify competitive advantages and technological trends for the benefit of a company• Track, analyse and monitor technology performance metrics• Consolidate technology platforms and create plans for each• Identify new areas of digital marketing opportunities and create plans to implement• Take the initiative in thought leadership, innovation, and creativity• Oversee all system design and changes in system architecture• Directing software development projects• Identify, prioritise and execute tasks in the software development lifecycle• Develop high-quality software design and architecture

• Prepare long term strategy for team operation and identify requirements for growth• Centralising logs and fire queries from a single dashboard to identify attack patterns • Interact with different members in the team to understand other teams requirements• Manage group owned assets and handle acquisitions due diligence and migration (tech related)• Work closely with other teams and provide tangible solutions when required• Perform capacity planning for a rapidly growing productions environment• Find and test new infrastructure to improve operations• Configure automation where possible• Centralising licenses management and hardware acquisition (Tech equipment) for all Group• Liaising with 3rd party vendors and suppliers• Optimize team relationship facilitating collaboration and increasing work output• Handling of purchasing process, starting from RFQ up till project sign off• Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) and testing scenarios• Centralising security policies (Parts of ISO 27002) and security operations• Designing and implementing fail over environments using API Gateways and container platforms• Lead by example with a positive and a "can do" attitude.. and more

Photographer @ Events (Fashion, Political, Music, Sports, other)Started November 2001 as apprenticeVideo Filming @ Weddings / other occasions

Systems, Network and Security related projects and upkeep.• Working with both open source and proprietary technologies• Designing and deploying redundant setups• Automate processes to reduce manual intervention• Analysis of issues and fault finding• Monitoring of hardware and applications• Deployment of new servers and networking equipment• ... and more

• Design and Deploy large projects involving multiple vendors and products• Act as a Lead Technical Advisor or Mentor on solutions/projects delivered by team• Provide expertise, input and troubleshooting support as the most senior level of technical escalation• Support sales activities by providing presales consultancy, presentations etc• Ensure solution excellence• Keep up to date with latest technologies• Provide holistic solutions, acting as a one-stop-shop for clients'​ needs• Organise Team's training requirements and monitor team's knowledge level to provide high value serviceFirewall equipment (Check Point, Juniper, Cisco, Sophos)Web and email filter (Check Point, Websense)SIEM (Arcsight, Splunk)Link Balancers (Barracuda)Anti-virus agents (Trendmicro)Web Application Firewalls / SLB (Citrix Netscaler, Array)Dual Factor Authentication (Vasco)DLP, Endpoint Protection (Check Point, Sophos)

Middlesex external courses (STC) - Advanced Network Design and Security (Degree Module)Module covers the following subjects :OSI and TCP/IP review, Network devices, Gig Ethernet, Vlans, CDP, Routing (dynamic and static routing protocols), HSRP, NAT, CIDR & VLSM, Multicast, ACL, Firewalls and Security Policies, VPN and encryption

Evening course (twice a week) leading to CCNA Official Cisco certificationCisco CCNA Certified Instructor

• Designing and rolling out of the WiMax product - Technical Aspect.• Main contributor (networking aspect) for the setup of the BlackBerry and Payment Gateway platforms. • Assist the networking manager in designing, deploying and maintaining networking projects required by the company.• Maintaining the enterprise firewall and optimizing rule base.• Liaise with other IT divisions as well with other depts to ensure technical deliverables.• Liaise with 3rd parties for VPN tunnel configuration and other requirements.• Designing and optimizing communication between the GRPS/UMTS/HSDPA core (GGSN) and the public / private services.• Design, deploy and optimisation of the GRX roaming setup• Optimisation of value added services mobile channels for WAP and TV ...

Tasks:• Assist the networking manager in designing, deploying and maintaining networking projects required by the company.• Maintaining the enterprise firewall and optimizing rule base.• Liaise with other IT divisions as well with other GO Mobile departments to ensure technical deliverables are achieved in line with the company’s technical and commercial strategy• Delivery and optimisation of the IT networking component of the UMTS/HSDPA project and related services• Support the company in the delivery of networking services for any VAS services the company would wish to deploy (VPNs, routed connections etc…)• Maintaining GO Mobile’s public WiFi hotspots and troubleshoot / perform updates when required.

Lessons in basic, intermediate and advanced levels leading to Comptia A+ and Networking+ certification. The course consisted of both theory and practical sessions.

As part of my University Degree (Hons), MITTS sponsored my work phase. Section : Network Services Department (SMD). Tasks : Network setup and installations, long distance wireless links and VPN setup.

Summer Job. Tasks : STB programming and configuration, satellite system installer, IT administrator and website script implementation.