Ahmad Hassan Address: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. (Cell): +92-334-7006460 Email: ahmadhassan6638@hotmail.com | Skype ID: ahmad.hassan77 Linkedin: https://pk.linkedin.com/pub/ahmad-hassan/69/4a5/678

SUMMARY

More than five years’ experience in designing and presenting network solutions including LAN, Wireless LAN, WAN, Security, Data Centre, Voice and Cabling

Premium interpersonal communication, documentation, coaching and team leading skills

Experienced for working closely with sales team, principal vendors, project managers and clients providing technical support and consultancy for networking projects

Successfully designed large scale core, distribution and access layer networks, security, Voice over IP and indoor and outdoor wireless networks

JOB EXPERIENCE

National Engineers | Lahore | Pakistan Pre-Sales Engineer January 2016 - Present Company Profile Cisco Partner, Aruba Partner www.ne.com.pk Job Description

Survey customers’ premises to gather requirements for their network Design and prepare LAN, WAN, WLAN, WWAN, Security, Voice, Data Center and Cabling

solutions Perform pre-sales activities like conducting technical meetings with the clients &

catering their requirements Interacting with Principal vendors and in-house commercial department for solution

pricing Preparing complete documentation including statement of work, HLD and LLD Answer to RFI/RFQ/RFP together with the Key Account Sales Manager

Corvit Networks (Pvt.) Limited | Lahore | Pakistan Executive Engineer January 2014 – December 2015 Company Profile Cisco Gold Partner, Huawei Enterprise Partner, Microsoft Silver Partner www.corvit.com Job Description

Survey customers’ premises to gather requirements for their network Design and prepare LAN, WAN, WLAN, WWAN, Security, Voice, Data Center and Cabling

solutions Perform pre-sales activities like conducting technical meetings with the clients &

catering their requirements Interacting with Principal vendors and in-house commercial department for solution

pricing Preparing complete documentation including statement of work, HLD and LLD Answer to RFI/RFQ/RFP together with the Key Account Sales Manager

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited | Lahore | Pakistan Assistant Network Administrator October 2011 – December 2013 Company Profile Landline, broadband, wireless, cloud and internet service provider www.ptcl.com.pk

Job Description

Configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting Cisco Routers 7600 & 7200 series, MLS 6500 series and ASA 5585

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

B.Sc. Telecommunication Engineering National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (Islamabad)

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Certifications Cisco Systems

Cisco Certified Network Associate (R&S) Cisco Express Foundation for Field Engineers

Aruba Networks

Aruba Certified 802.11ac Specialist (AACS) Aruba-Certified WLAN Quickstart Sales Specialist (ACWQ) Aruba-Certified ClearPass Sales Specialist (CPSS) Aruba Certified Sales Specialist (ACSS)

Solarwinds

Solarwinds Certified Professional

Professional Trainings

CCIE (R&S), CCNP (R&S), CCNP (Security) and MPLS – Corvit Systems Lahore

TECHNICAL SKILL SET

Cisco Solutions:

Thorough knowledge of Cisco Enterprise Networks Solution Architecture ISR 4000, 3900, 2900, 1900, 800 and ASR1000 Series Routers Catalyst 6800, 6500, 4500E, 4500X, 3850, 3750X, 3650, 3560 and 2960X Series Switches ASA 5500X Next Generation Firewalls with FirePOWER Services vWLC, 2500, 5500, 5520, 8540 Series Wireless LAN Controllers Aironet 700, 1600, 2600, 2700, 3600 and 3700, 1850, 1500, MR Series Wireless APs Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Cisco Unified Communication Manager and Cisco Unified Communication Manager

Express 3900, 7800, 7900, 8800, 8900, 9900 Series IP Phones

Non-Cisco Solutions:

Huawei

o AR 3200, 2200 and 1200 Series Routers o S9700, S6700, S5700, S3700 and S2700 Series Switches o AC 6005 and 6605 Wireless LAN Controllers o AP 5030, 5130, 5010, 6010, 7110 Series Access Points o Video Conferencing

Aruba Networks

o 7200, 7000, 3000 and 600 Series Mobility Controllers o 225, 220, 210, 200, 130 Series Indoor and 155, 100 Series Remote Access Points o Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager o Aruba AirWave

Barracuda

o 240, 340, 440, 540 Load Balancers o 230, 330, 430 Link Balancers

Airmagnet

o Airmagnet Planner, Survey, Wi-Fi Analyzer Related Skills:

Promote the sale of Networking Products and Services across the designated territory

through customer visits, seminars, RFI & RFP responses and proposal writing and presentations

Communicate with Customers, Account Managers, & Networking team members to grow the existing Networking Business in the assigned territory.

Prepare service level agreements, proposals, logical and physical network layouts, technical scope and initial plan for smooth project execution

Major focused on documentation according to (ISO 9001:2008) QMS standards. Coordination with different vendors from commercial and technical aspect to finalize

other products Developing business cases for technology upgrades and investigating cost effective

solutions for business Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewall, IPS and ACS Server.

Rich networks experience specially in Cisco Routers 7600 and 7200 series, Switches 3750 and 3560, ASA 5520, PIX 525, IPS 4240

Monitor and test equipment’s behavior for connectivity and performance Manage and troubleshoot all issues in Routers, MLS, and Firewall etc. Expert on routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP) Configurations of VLANs, VTP, Port Security, Telnet Management, Storm Control, Inter

VLAN routing Ether-Channel, STP, PVST, MSTP, RSTP, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP Install and upgrade IOS on the Routers, Switches etc. Frame Relay, OSFP over Frame Relay, IP Multicasting NAT/PAT, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, SSH Filtering, Applying ACL’s, Object ACL AAA Server, MQC, Cef, NTP, Zone based Firewall Downloadable ACL, Site to Site VPN, Remote VPN, SSL VPN Sensor configuration, management and monitoring Signature engine tuning & customization MPLS, MPLS VPN, MP-BGP, MPLS TE

MAJOR PROJECTS

1. University of Lahore (Pakistan) (www.uol.edu.pk)

Design consisting of Data Center SDN solution plus LAN up gradation from 1G backbone to 10G backbone at UoL Defense Road Campus

Worked as network solution designer Network design to provide high speed LAN, WAN and WLAN coverage

throughout the campus Major Platforms:

o Cisco APIC Controllers o Cisco Nexus 9504 Spine Switches & 9300 Leaf Switches o Cisco Firepower 4110 Firewalls o Cisco ISR4431 Routers o Cisco 8540 Wireless LAN Controllers; Cisco 3802 & 1572 Access Points o Cisco Nexus 9300 LAN Aggregation Switches o Cisco 3850, 2960X & 2960X PoE Access Switches o Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.0

2. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (Pakistan) (www.lums.edu.pk)

Design consisting of around 140 wireless access points, wireless LAN controller and switching infrastructure

My responsibilities were WLAN design and documentation Network design to provide high speed wireless coverage throughout the campus Major Platforms:

o Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller o Cisco 3702 & 2602 Access Points o Cisco 2960X Switches

3. DG Khan Cement Co. Limited (www.dgcement.com)

LAN, WLAN and IP Phone upgradation at DG Khan Cement 4 sites Worked as network solution designer Major Platforms:

o Cisco 3702 & 1602 Access Points o Cisco 3560X Switches o Cisco CUCM 8.5 IP Phone Licenses o Cisco Unified 7962G & 7821 IP Phones

4. AC Nielsen Pakistan (www.nielsen.com/pk)

LAN solution for 225 nodes at Lahore office My responsibilities were WAN and LAN design and documentation Network design to provide high speed LAN and WAN throughout the office Major Platforms:

o Cisco 2921 Router o Cisco 3850 Switches o Cisco 2960X Switches

5. University of Central Punjab (www.ucp.edu.pk)

VoIP Solution for 500 users at Lahore campus Worked as network solution designer Major Platforms:

o Cisco 3945 Routers o Cisco BE6000M Servers o Cisco CUCM 11.0 IP Phone Licenses o Cisco Unified 9951 & 7821 IP Phones

REFERENCE

Mr. Tauseef Amjad Latif | Corvit Networks (Pvt.) Ltd. | (Cell): +92-300-8433456 Mr. Sajjad Aslam | PTCL | (Cell): +92-300-4270811