Brief and AchievementsMAHER EL ZEINCCIE # 21032, CCDE, MCSE, MCDBA, CDCP, CDCS, ITILV3, PRINCE2, IPV6 GOLD

Brief Description

A Business and Technology Strategist, Architect and Consultant – Cisco ACI Arch., SDN, Virtualization, Clouds, Data Centers, IoE/IoT.Business Development and Sales, Advanced Architectures and Designing, Implementing, and Operating.

With 19+ years of experience in the IT and Tech business markets, I attained extensive experiences on business development, technical sales, Architecture/Designing and implementing 100s millions valued network infrastructures. A strong leader and result oriented person who can adapt to evolving business environments, taking initiatives to achieve objectives and targets; as well particularly structured, well-organized, and detail-oriented. 8+ years certified CCIE 21032; Actively works on on-going self-development, staying up-to-date and gaining experiences with the latest and most advanced technologies. Considered as one of the SDN, NFV and IoT/E evangelists, early designers and implementers.

Line of Experience and Knowledge

Certifications

Currently

Building a startup company and its entire products and services. Also building the engineering and project management departments. Designing advanced network architectures based on the Cisco ACI, SDN, NFV, and IoT/E technologies. Trains the sales and engineering departments on how to selling, proposing and deploying cloud and managed services based on new data center architectures, SDN, NFV, and IoT/E technologies. As well, running Cisco training boot-camps.

Teaching the following bootcamp programs in Lebanon:- CCIE Data Center version 2 - CCIE Routing and Switching - Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) and its related technologies- Cisco Automation and Orchestration - Designing and Implementing T-3 and T-4 Data Centers (Infrastructure)- Designing and Implementing advanced security for cloud and managed service providers- Operating cloud and managed service providers and data centers- Designing IoE and IoT services for future infrastructures

From 2014 To 2016

I built a Kuwaiti IT company from startup “Oraxel Solutions”, from the least alliances/partnerships level to became one of the pioneered Cisco gold partners holding the highest Cisco specializations and certifications level in the ME and GCC regions and winning many multi-million-dollar technology projects across ME and GCC regions and many vendors partnership. Also increased sales 300+ % in just 6 Months.

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From 2013 To 2014

I handled Devoteam consulting projects in Riyadh-KSA as a Lead Consultant for planning IPv6 policies, procedures, migration and deployment/enforcement for the entire Saudi Arabia with the CITC (Saudi TRA) and same as an assistant Lead Consultant for the UAE TRA’s IPv6 project.

Designed the service and portfolio catalogues, cloud/ managed services and strategy for a leading national managed/ cloud-services providers in Saudi Arabia which is AWAL STC.

Worked on many short-term projects as completed phase-1 Nexus-based datacenters for the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah-KSA with an expert level engineering team.

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2012 and Still

Built a startup company based in Lebanon; called Internetworks Designers & Consultants SARL, and launched it. Also built an engineering and project management teams.

Handled many projects related to data centers infrastructures and cloud portfolios and service catalogues

The company shares have been distributed among many shareholders from Qatar, Lebanon and Oman on 2014

Qatari 40% Lebanese 10% Mine 50%

The company currently operating and focusing on data center softwares, developing API softwares and selling IoT technology appliances

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From 2008 To 2012

I’ve designed and implemented a carrier/REN network and four service provider class infrastructures (QFREN, QF Infra., MEEZA MSP1 and MSP2); plus, hundreds of private clouds and tenancy-based infrastructures under the mentioned SP networks.

I’ve designed, implemented & operated seven Datacenters [architectures, infrastructures, products and services]:

MEEZA MV DC MV1 DC MV2 DC MV3 DC Qatar Foundation (as advisor and enabler) LAS DC and QAS DC (as advisor and enabler) SIDRA DC

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Managed the product engineering line life cycle from conceptualization to tactical activities for products and services within their technical discipline

Managed the network engineering team (Leading a team of many specialized CCIEs and CCNPs) Managed the projects related to the network engineering department Acted as Lead Architect for Qatar Foundation and MEEZA QSTP Architects and Engineers Built one of the leading NOC and SOC Command and Control Centres in the Middle East Built an operational sustainability of complex hosted services and apply policy, protocols, process and

procedures to delivery industry-leading uptime and reliability Provided insight on areas for improvement for technology and process efficiencies and effectiveness Delivered research and development outputs to Enterprise Architecture Drive product engineering process across operational teams (primarily Technical Operations, Strategic

Suppliers, Solution Architecture, Service Portfolio Management, Finance) through conceptualization, service development through to service end of life (EOL)

Ensured the product/services are fully integrated into company’s management tools

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Provided complete cost model for products and services to the Service Portfolio Manager Provided technical expertise and knowledge to the Service Portfolio and Sales team for driving revenue

opportunities Provided operational and technical support as the highest level of expertise within company Provided technical and operational training to company and external clients on products and services Provided the Service Portfolio Manager with insight into emerging technical and process related trends Worked with Service Portfolio Management to conceptualise, design, engineering, integrate, transition

and train company services Supported Bid Management in the development of bespoke solutions Designed and implemented intelligent security system for three T3 data centers based on Cisco

security systems, and from many hybrid systems Designed and built operation architectures related to networking and security Instructed the solutions architects on designing complicated solutions based on the company standards

and architecture

From 2000 To 2008

I have designed and implemented hundreds of enterprise-class network infrastructures, central banks, banks, towers, and many service providers in the ME and GCC regions.

From 2005 to 2006, I was a university instructor at the “BCU University” and imparted learning in the capacities of a university instructor for a multitude of Cisco courses CCNP, CCSP, CCNA, and networking.

Formulated curriculum planned teaching methodology and gathered resources required for the sessions, submitted syllabus to be covered for review and formed curriculum to meet the needs and satisfaction of individual students.

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