Rabih Itani Email & Phone Number

Dubai, Ae

Based on collective intelligence and personal experience built over 30+ years of engagement with CyberSecurity and Digital Transformation technologies, my goal is to furnish, on a pro bono basis, insights and recommendations so we can all navigate the next decision away from market induced hype and irrational panic.Founder and Editor of the "Cybernetics Thoughts" Channel: https://vimeo.com/channels/cyberneticsthoughts

San Jose, Ca, Us

Restructured and evolved Vectra's channel and alliances ecosystem across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region (minus Saudi).

San Jose, Ca, Us

Distinguished Achievements: * My customer was the reference behind Vectra’s award of the “Security Customer Champion” category at “Microsoft Intelligent Security Association” Excellence Awards 2023.* The first salesperson in Vectra AI worldwide to transact Vectra product sales over Azure Marketplace.* Won the trust and orders of flag organizations in UAE (Country Second Largest Bank, Region's Largest Payment Gateway)

San Jose, California, Us

Distinguished Achievements:* Landed Aruba first SD-Branch wins and led the “Lockdown SD-Branch Enablement” for the Aruba and Partner MESA sales force in only 6 weeks.* Established new and right channels for growing Aruba position in Video Surveillance market across the MESA region. * Led Aruba engagement with UAE CIOMajlis (https://www.ciomajlis.ae/)

San Jose, California, Us

Distinguished Achievements: * Achieved highest revenue in Aruba Cyber Security business across EMEA regions (FY19)* Landed first UEBA wins for Aruba in MESA (FY19)* Appointed as the Official Media Spokesman for Aruba Security in UAE and Saudi Arabia* Doubled Aruba Cyber Security business yearly revenue in ME&T (FY18)* Increased number of Aruba NAC certified experts in the region by 10 folds (FY18)* Established and led the GTM for the new Aruba UEBA solutions in the region with strongest pipeline across EMEA (FY18)

San Jose, California, Us

Focused on scaling the business by building sell-through models (with MSPs and Telcos) in addition to growing the Sell-To models established earlier (Mainly around Hotspot services).Distinguished Achievements:* 2017: Developed the echo system and the foundations of the Managed Wi-Fi Services at Turkcell and Etisalat UAE* 2016: Established the Managed Wi-Fi services at OmanTel and Zain Jordan* 2016: Created from scratch Aruba’s “Premium Wi-Fi Solution for Villas”, complete solution including use cases, technical brief, GTM strategy, and the revenue model, by repurposing existing product lines way before Aruba engineering introduced OC or InstantON. Succeeded in winning the first regional win of the solution at Ooredoo Qatar marketed in Qatar under “Platinum HomeZone”.

San Jose, California, Us

Established the Telco Sector business for Aruba in the region from scratch and ventured with sounding success on the design/implementation of the first of its kind solutions in the region like 3G Offload to Wi-Fi and Hotspot 2.0.Distinguished Achievements* Middle East region was identified internally within Aruba, as the leading region in EMEA in terms of Telco/ISP wins and Telco/ISP generated revenue. Major wins during the 4 years period included Mobily, STC, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat UAE, Etisalat Egypt, Zain Jordan, OmanTel, Ooredoo Oman, Turkcell and many more.* 2015: Won the sales achievement award “Killer Cisco Knock Out” at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Company for winning 3G offload to Wi-Fi project at Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.* 2014: Led the deployment of the first Next Generation Hotspot (Hotspot 2.0) services based on Passpoint Technology at Mobily Kingdom of Saudi Arabia * 2013: Won a recognition award for leading the best team at Aruba Networks, Middle East and Turkey. “Service Provider Team, Middle East”* 2012: Led the design and implementation of the first 3G offload to Wi-Fi network in the Middle East at Mobily Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.http://www.wballiance.com/wba/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/11/WBA_Wi-Fi_Industry_Report_Nov2012-2.pdf

Beirut, Beirut, Lb

Distinguished Achievements* 2009: Featured on the cover page of “Network World Middle East” Magazine for the early adoption of of disruptive security solutions at the American University of Beirut: https://www.tahawultech.com/cnme/case-studies/security-lesson/* 2008: Headed the deployment of the IT Support Call Center at American University of Beirut.* 2008: Featured on the cover page of “Network Middle East” Magazine for the deployment of new network infrastructure at the American University of Beirut: http://www.itp.net/518229-connection-maths * 2005: Won the Innovation Award at NME for the “Best Wireless Network Implementation” in the Middle East 2005: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/491699?tmpl=print&page= , http://www.itp.net/482639 * 2004: Designed and led the deployment of the first and largest Thin architecture Wi-Fi network in the Middle East at the American University of Beirut: http://www.ameinfo.com/46305.html

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Distinguished Achievements* 2002: Deployment of Ethernet infrastructure for co-location services at Emirates Internet Exchange, Etisalat, United Arab Emirates* 2001: Designed and supervised the deployment of the first country-wide Ethernet-based Metropolitan Area Network in the world at Ogero Telecom, Lebanon: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/471957- * 2000: Led the design and deployment the largest layer 3 switched network in the Middle East at United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates.

Beirut, Beirut, Lb

Led the migration of the University Network towards Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Fast Ethernet technologies and wide adoption of structured and fiber optic cabling.Engaged in the build of the first Internet connection in Lebanon (and one of the first in the region)Early adopter of Stateful inspection Firewalls and forward proxy security.

Dubai, Dubai, Ae

Distinguished Achievements:1996: Designed and deployed the first Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) based network in the Middle East at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution (ADNOC FOD), United Arab Emirates.1995: Designed and Deployed FDDI based network infrastructures at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).

Headed the support department for cellular and microwave services.Designed and built from scratch billing application for resellers.

Graduate Professional Diploma, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Be, Computer And Communication Engineering