SUMMARY:

• Experienced Mobile Packet - Core / SDN / NFV Architect, Pre-Sales Systems Engineer (SE) and IT Professional wif over 10 years of industry experience, primarily in design, integration, implementation and support of Data, Wi-Fi, GSM, WCDMA, LTE and VoLTE networks.
• Have extensive experience wif Cisco ASR 5000, ASR 5500 and ASR 5700 based EPC/LTE Solutions, Ericsson SGSN / MME, MPG / CPG, SGW, PGW, GGSN, Cisco 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, Cisco OnePK, IaaS, SaaS, Virtualization (vEPC), elastic cloud etc.
• Working noledge 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 wif hands on expertise on RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS and OSPF.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Pre-Sales Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Software Defined Networks (SDN/NFV)
• Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) - Working noledge of Cisco UCS Director, Prime Service Catalog, Iner-Cloud Fabric, Cisco Nexus Switches, and APIC.
• WiFi & WiFi Analytics
• IBM & Cisco Versastack Solution for Data Centers
• Design, Architect & Implementation of Mobile Packet Core (3G, 4G, LTE, WiFi)
• Currently involved in Design, implementation, and deployment of Cisco ASR5700 based (UCS & StartOS)) Mobile LTE Core for a Service Provider in Canada.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Wireless Systems Architect (Spirent Landslide)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for halping the customers in designing and supporting their WiFi & LTE networks.
• Responsible for halping 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 wif wireless operators and network equipment vendors in roles: Sales Engineer, Consultant, Product Management or Marketing Engineer.
• Responsible for halping the customer wif 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 wifin 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
• 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, Canada Co

Sr. Mobility Architect

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 wif 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.