
Triple CCIE #8171, Network Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems, World Wide Service Provider NGN Team for Emerging Markets
United Arab Emirates

Triple CCIE #8171, Network Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems, World Wide Service Provider NGN Team for Emerging Markets
United Arab Emirates
A triple CCIE by skill, an engineer by heart.
A consultant by day, a backpacker by night.
A pioneer. A dreamer, a traveler, a blogger.
Highly self-motivated and distinguished Networking professional with strong technical skills, proven record of accomplished projects, problem-solving and customer minded. Has been challenged in many difficult situations, complex projects, and tough customers yet he still stands. Has more than 10 years experiences in the field as team leader, architect and designer, technical project manager, pre-sales consultant, system integrator, deployment and migration lead. Likes to play strategic role in any network design and implementation. Can blend easily with customers from South East Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Very adaptable and adjustable person. Possesses triple CCIE (Routing/Switching, Security, Service Provider) and preparing for CCDE.
Used to live in Dubai. Used to work for Cisco Systems Advanced Services, Asia Pacific. Now part of Cisco AS - World Wide Service Provider NGN Practice team to cover Emerging Markets (Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Africa, and Russia and CIS) based in Dubai again. Discovers the future one day at a time.
Triple CCIE#8171 (R/S, Security, SP), CISSP#67701, SANS GIAC Firewall Analyst - Gold (GCFW), Planet3 Wireless CWSP, Cisco CCIP/CCNP/CCSP/CCDP, Checkpoint CCSE, Sun Solaris Certified Network (SCNA) and Security Administrator, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).
(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
Saudi Telecom, KSA – lead the service migration phase I to migrate 15000+ L2VPN and L3VPN customers within short time
DHL, Czech – lead the creation of the Transformation Architecture Blueprint to upgrade the network in 28 European countries, 2200+ total sites, including 3 Data Centers in Prague, Madrid and London
Du, UAE – Du Heart IP/MPLS CRS-1 core network migration, migration of the Internet and Dubai International Financial Center
Botswana Telecom, Botswana – Low Level Design for the IP/MPLS and Internet network expansion, with new Managed Firewall Services
Cesnet, Czech Republic – Migration of the first CRS-1 in the world to run IOS XR 3.7.0 with SDR and 6PE features
Slovak Telekom, Slovakia – Migration of nation-wide Metro Ethernet Ring with IPTV services to IP/MPLS Core with CRS-1
(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years )
Vietnam Data Center (VDC), Vietnam – migration of complex NGN IP/MPLS core network within very limited time
Petronas, Malaysia – design and migration of 6 largest campus sites and 2 data centers with around 25000 users
CAT Telecom, Thailand – design and implementation of new Cisco CRS-1 Metro Ethernet core network
Starhub Cable Vision (SCV), Singapore – first implementation of Cisco CRS-1 in Singapore
Telkomsel, Indonesia – optimization services for Indonesia’s largest mobile provider core network
Mimos, Malaysia – migration of full campus network and security, and deployment of L2VPN features with VPLS
(Computer & Network Security industry)
2002 — 2006 (4 years )
(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year )
(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )