SUMMARY:

• Experienced Mobile Packet - Core / SDN / NFV / Network Design Architect, Pre-Sales Solution Architect / Systems Engineer (SE) and IT Professional with over 12 years of industry experience, primarily in design, integration, implementation and support of Data, Wi-Fi, GSM, WCDMA, LTE and VoLTE networks.
• Have experience working with Data Centre products & solution design, Cisco UCS, HPE servers, RedHat & Mirantis OpenStack, Network Infra-structure design, Routing & Switching, etc.
• Have extensive experience with Cisco ASR 5000, ASR 5500 and ASR 5700 based EPC/LTE Solutions, Ericsson SGSN / MME, MPG / CPG, SGW, PGW, GGSN, Cisco ASR 9000 Routing Platforms, Juniper Routers, SmartEdge (Redback) Routers, NetScreen SSG520, NS500 Firewalls.
• SME on topics related to packet core (2G/3G/4G-LTE/VoLTE), Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi offload, ePDG, Small Cells, IMS, VoLTE, RCS, VoWifi, SON, Analytics (core and Wi-Fi), policy, RAN optimization and analytics, ANDSF, VoWiFi, M2M / IoE / IoT, SDN / NFV, OpenStack, Virtualization (vEPC), elastic cloud.
• Working knowledge of networking technologies applied to Enterprise Networks, including. Network architectures, Cisco Prime Management Suit (OSS Solution), IP addressing plans, migration plans, test plans performance analysis, configuration and installation. Strong understanding of static and dynamic routing protocols with hands on expertise on RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS and OSPF.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Pre-Sales Solution Architect - Infrastructure Services

Responsibilities:

• Working knowledge of Cisco UCS Servers, UCS Director as an Orchestration Platform, Prime Service Catalog, Inter-Cloud Fabric, Cisco Nexus Switches (5k, 7k, 9k), and APIC.
• Experience with Cisco Nexus 9300 & 9500 series switches for Data Center environments.
• WiFi & WiFi Analytics
• IBM & Cisco Versastack Solution for Data Centers

Confidential

End-to-End Solution Architect Technical Project Manager (PM)

Responsibilities:

• Design, Architect & Implementation of SDN/NFV based Virtualized Mobile Packet Core (3G, 4G, LTE, WiFi) for Tier Operator in Canada. Also involved the RFI/RFP preparation, analyzing the vendor responses and vendor selection.
• RedHat OpenStack and Mirantis OpenStack
• Brocade ODL-based SDN Controller and tacker-based VNFM
• OpenStack components, NFV, SDN Controller knowledge like Juniper Contrail, Nuage, Tail-f, Open Daylight (ODL), etc.
• Process knowledge on Performance benchmarking of the VNFs

Confidential

LTE / EPC / WiFi / NFV Architect

Responsibilities:

• Recently delivered a successful complete PS Core 3G/4G Network Audit for a Mobile Operator in Beirut, Lebanon.
• Recently involved in Design, implementation, and deployment of Cisco ASR5700 based (UCS & StartOS)) Mobile LTE Core (vEPC) for a Service Provider in Canada.
• Deployment / Migration of Cisco WiFi Access Points (AP), Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC), Cisco Switches for Staples Canada across their 310 stores nationwide.

Confidential, Dallas, TX / Denver, CO

Wireless Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for helping the customers in designing and supporting their WiFi & LTE networks.
• Responsible for helping the customers evaluate the need to deploy the WiFi and WiFi Offload network and to get that integrated into their existing mobile packet-core.
• Design the Spirent Landslide test equipment layout to provide the optimal test environment for testing the functionality and capacities of Customers’ Wi-Fi network.
• Create test scenarios and provide test support to validate Customers’ Network design. This will include the creation of Data Message Flows (DMFs) to simulate Charter Communications production traffic and forecast (modeled) traffic.
• Responsible for interfacing with wireless operators and network equipment vendors in roles: Sales Engineer, Consultant, Product Management or Marketing Engineer.
• Responsible for helping the customer with their Virtualization/SDN needs which is a key market driver in the industry today.
• Create test suites utilizing Companies Graphical User Interface (“GUI”). Perform analysis of reported issues. Provide workaround or temporary solution to reported issues within agreed resolution timeframes. Install and configure hardware and software as needed at Charter Communications direction. Provide an interface between Customers’ and Spirent to resolve any issues that arise from the testing, test equipment, or test scenarios

Confidential

Lead Network Engineer / Architect

Responsibilities:

• Running and Leading the Cisco SDN/NFV trial for LTE/EPC.
• Running and Leading the SDN/NFV trial for Affirmed Networks in LTE/EPC space (VMWare, KVM, Hyper-V).
• Managing the VoWiFi Calling trials for major vendors including Cisco, Ericsson and Huawei. Involved in building the High-level and Low-level/detailed designs for these vendors.
• Involved in writing RFPs for Virtualization (NFV), VoWiFi, and M2M Solutions..

Confidential

Sr. Mobility Architect - Pre Sales

Responsibilities:

• Scoping of a new LTE network for Bell Canada and Telus, which included SGSN, GGSN, S-PGW, MME, DPI, tethering, Gx/Gy, DPI, etc., a proposal worth CAD 48M.
• Actively involved in traffic growth discussions, traffic modeling, network and hardware forecasting and dimensioning, and providing customer presentations on regular basis.
• Managing / leading multiple lab trials related to LTE, policy, DPI, performance, multi-vendor environments, etc.
• Lead the first ever IMS / VoLTE trail for Bell Canada. Co-ordinated and managed everything from the scratch (resources, hardware delivery, software, follow-up on trouble tickets, progress reports, and presentations). Lead the system level integration of Rich Communication Suit (RCS) into IMS architecture for supporting voice, video, and chat.
• Successfully carried out Wi-Fi Thinksmart (Location Analytics) trial and this solution is now working in production. (hands-on experience on WiFi APs, Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Prime Infrastructure & Mobility Services Engine)
• Successfully carried out the discussion of Wi-Fi Integration into Mobile Packet-Core.
• Successfully carried out the ePDG technical discussions between customer and Cisco BU for several months, and now this product is in customer lab for testing.
• Currently leading active discussions on Small Cell, Self-Optimizing Networks (SON), Software Defined Networking (SDN), OpenStack, and Virtualization (QvEPC).
• Customer discussions around evolution of data centers to SDN (distributed, fabric based, application driven). Hypervisors viz. vSphere, Hyper-V, Open Source (Xen, KVM).
• Good understanding of M2M / IoE Architecture and Solutions, machine-to-machine Systems & Complexity (memory, cost, options). Lead discussions on Cisco’s approach to M2M / IoE mobility. M2M Use cases like Fleet Management Solutions, Connected Car Solutions, Locations Information Status, Utilities Monitoring, Device & Network Diagnostics, etc.
• Successfully carried out the discussion with the customer on Cisco Prime Management Suit (OSS Solution) which comprises of Prime Central, Prime Network, and Prime Performance Manager. This solution is now in customer lab for testing.
• Technical lead on several RFPs / RFIs responses.

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Handling end-to-end solution design for EPC. Also involved in defining the project scope, time lines, costing based on the number of hours.