Solution Architect at BIOS, successfully delivering cost effective solutions into Bids (new business) and Projects/Programs (current Accounts), from inception stages through to handing off to Business As Usual operational teams. I am required to provide technical and commercial leadership across all portfolio items (datacenter, infrastructure virtualization, storage, networking and security) utilizing IT as an enabler to drive Business benefits to customers; guide solutions at various levels, and interface with several internal/external peers and teams to ensure timely delivery of thorough bid and pricing documentation.

Responsible to cover all technical infrastructure aspects of the Bid, End User Computing, Infrastructure, Network and Service Delivery. Managing a team of Principal consultants specializing in Virtualization, Systems and Storage, network infrastructure and security solutions, performing Solution reviews, cost modeling, strategy setting, 3rd party contract consolidations, and customer dialogue sessions.

• Production of responses to Requests for Information and Requests for Pricing.• Work with Sales Personnel to provide product, business and technical knowledge in support of pre-sales activities.• Liaison with Product Managers and Development to understand details of product direction and design and communicate information back to sales organization.• Responsible for staying abreast of product roadmap as well as understanding the scenarios, features and functions within each of the products and how these are applied to address business and technical problems. • Responsible for understanding business and technical problems addressed by the products including key regulations, business drivers, evolving business needs, etc.• Attendance at conferences and working with Subject Matter Experts, and research to stay on top of changes in business issues/requirements/regulations/Technology and understand where the market is going.• Responsible for staying current on competitive analyses and understanding differentiators between the company and its competitors.• Responsible for preparing for meetings and tailoring communications to address business needs of potential clients as part of the pre-sales process.

Provide pre-sales consultancy and proposing solutions to satisfy customer needs. Post-sales project management and implementation/support to customers.

Provide pre-sales consultancy and proposing solutions to satisfy customer needs. Post-sales project management and implementation/support to customers.

Orchestrated planning, design, documentation, and implementation of comprehensive information security management solution, interfacing with vendors and service providers to ensure secure access to valuable network resources. Led risk assessment and management, IT security policy development, penetration testing, control design and implementation, and disaster recovery planning.

A multi-dimensional role to provide security consultancy and support to the e-commerce Infrastructure for Riyad Bank, consisting of IDS, firewalls, vulnerability assessment tools, core routers and switches, operating system monitoring, support and administration as well as devising policies and enforcement of system specific and operational policies within the infrastructure.

The role was to provide consultancy and support to corporate customers for connectivity solutions, corporate mail solutions, Intranet, VPN and devising solutions and proposals according to their requirements.