Devang Patel Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Artarmon

Key Responsibilities• Design, implement , monitor and manage customer networks• Prepare design document and as-built document as part of project delivery requirement.• Provide technical assistance and support to VoIP and its customers.• Manage customer incidents to resolution by responding customer service issues as directed by service desk or immediate manager• Conduct move , add and change activities for different products• Investigate, diagnose and resolve customer problems with Company’s guideline and service contracts• Initiate Pro-active problem management through conducting preventive activities and communicating faults• Co-ordinate with Service desk to monitor update and close customer service calls• Liaise with product vendors to implement new technology and solutions for customers.• Coordinating changes and outage to network, ensuring they are implemented in controlled manner.• Perform tests of new technology and services • Keep up to date with product and new technology• Provide out of business hours support to end customers by accepting calls from service desk for faults and provide onsite support • Provide accurate and up-to-date documentation relating customer service activity.• Provide Pre-sales support for Cisco/Alcatel/Aruba products.• Generate statistical reports to customer networksKey Achievements• Became Wi-Fi Field expert for end customers and solved various critical problems relating to Wireless technology.• Designed/configured/managed VMware environment ( including network design) for Alcatel OTEC solution• Installed, Set up and managed around 1000 devices using Monitoring system called “Opsview” for end customer called SWSLHD/SLHD and Air Services Australia • Became Pre sales lead on Cisco Products (includes all data products) and helped designing network for various customers.

Key responsibilities: • Introduce the KTN (Know the Network) and Cisco discovery process to Cisco partners and customers.• Conduct network discovery and analysis of Cisco equipment in large client networks using various Cisco Tools (CNC, CNAC and Netformx).• Train and provide support to Cisco partners for on-going co-management about KTN process.• Configure and troubleshoot end customer network to solve the access list and firewall issue as part of Cisco discovery process.• Optimize, Modify and test various Cisco tools using monitoring software based on network criticalness and customer requirements. • Provide accurate analysis of Cisco Routers, Switches, Wireless access points/controllers, IP phones, Cisco Firewall based on network audit reports.• Introduce new Cisco technologies for network audit to reduce the overall cost and reduce the resources for Cisco.• Provide training to CCNA graduates about various Cisco tools as part of KTN Internship program.Key achievements:• Achieved successful network audits for around 130 customers and about 50,000 devices within two years and helped to generate the A$12 million dollar revenue for Cisco based on KTN program.• Successfully trained and committed around 20 different Cisco partner to learn KTN and Cisco discovery process.• Successfully run a small team with KTN interns(CCNA graduates) to manage the KTN engagements all over APAC( Asia Pacific)• Established my position as key contact/advisor for customers/Cisco Partner with any technical questions about KTN process

Key responsibilities: Provide technical support to staff of over 150 users.Assembled, configured, installed, tested and repaired computer hardware and software. Extensive wiring experience. Wired multiple offices.Set up WAN environments with multiple switches. LAN/WAN network support of TCP/IP based devicesConfiguration of Cisco switches and Cisco routers.Network design and implementation.Key achievements:Achieve successful design, implementation and maintenance of LAN/WAN networks.Successful configuration of STP, VLAN and inter VLAN routing on Cisco switch and IP access list on Cisco routers.Successful check network connectivity using ping, trace route commands.

Masters Of Engineering, Telecommunication

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electronics And Communication