Ashraf Al-Dabbas, Sr. VMware Consultant

Ashraf Al-Dabbas

Sr. VMware Consultant

TDM Group

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, EMBA with Aviation Management degree
Experience
20 years, 0 months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 0 months

Sr. VMware Consultant at TDM Group
  • United Kingdom - London
  • My current job since November 2012

Engaging in the delivery of projects that help enhance customers business based around VMware’s product suites, specifically in the virtualization and cloud space.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
• Deliver technical leadership and guidance in the installation, configuration and implementation of VMware products and technologies.
• Architecting and design enterprise level IT architectural solutions utilizing VMware’s core virtualization and cloud offerings.
• Plan, design, build & deliver core infrastructure solutions to satisfy customer needs.
• Provide a sound, constructive and understanding approach to client problems.
• Offer an innovative approach to solving client problems for the betterment of the client and the advancements of VMware solutions.
• Contributing to the progression of the professional services team by advising best practices and delivering the best possible solutions.
• Build and maintain the confidence of colleagues and customers.

Systems Infrastructure Team Leader at Royal Jordanian Airlines
  • Jordan - Amman
  • December 2007 to November 2011

• Architecting servers’ virtualization using VMware vSphere technology to achieve consolidating 250 physical servers into 10 blade hosts, offering high availability and increased efficiency.
• Fulfilling the Boeing 787 Aircraft systems’ security requirements by preparing a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) that consists of hierarchical Certificate Authorities.
• Implementing IT disaster recovery plan and managing storage area network.
• Migrating RJ’s 1200 PCs workgroup into Active Directory Domain network.
• Building high availability SQL 2008 R2 cluster.
• Administrating RJ SharePoint Portals and Citrix XenApp Farm.
• Deploying centralized Kaspersky antivirus management.

Also supporting and maintaining of: email servers, ISA/TMG firewalls, VPN, proxy, ADSL and wireless RADIUS authentication and conducting vulnerability management.

IT Engineer at Queen Alia International Airport at Royal Jordanian Airlines
  • Jordan
  • May 2005 to December 2007

QAIA requires around the clock IT Support, the ability to work under pressure and providing quick effective solutions to a wide range of technical problems; covering Cisco wireless LANs and VoIP Telephony, IER Boarding and Tag printers, Windows XP Workstations, and Remote Administration skills.

Technical Assistant Engineer at Royal Jordanian Airlines
  • Jordan - Amman
  • November 2003 to May 2005

This Job required dealing with users of different backgrounds, and with a verity of problems related to hardware, software and network troubleshooting. In addition to providing remote support to RJA outstations around the world.

Systems Engineer at Space Jordan Ltd.
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 2003 to November 2003

Marketing, Installation, and Solution Development of a Fleet Tracking & Management System. This system is based mainly on GPS for tracking and GSM for communications between the programmable controller in the vehicle and the base station.

Then, became responsible for Marketing, Installation, and Technical Support of STM Satellite Communication Devices (VSAT) for the purposes of voice and data communications in both Jordan and Iraq.

Education

Master's degree, EMBA with Aviation Management degree
  • at Maastricht School of Management
  • June 2008

MBA Thesis: A field study about customer complaint management systems that examine the benefits and techniques of learning from customer complaints to improve processes and increase organization profitability.

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with focus on Telecommunication
  • at University of Jordan
  • January 2003

Awarded an Honorary prize for this Graduation Project by the Jordanian Engineering Association (JEA): Location Finding system for Mobile stations utilizing the GSM local network, including the design of multiple components for the simulation of the GSM network, connected as one network via TCP/IP, Developed using Visual Basic, and MS Access 2000.

High school or equivalent,
  • at The Jubilee School (King Hussein Foundation
  • July 1997

The Jubilee School (King Hussein Foundation) is the first school in Jordan specialized in teaching gifted students.

Specialties & Skills

Virtualization
Cloud Computing
High Availability
Disaster Recovery
People management skills
Systems & Network Administration
Strong communication skills in English
Analytical skills
Up-to-date with technology
Maintenance & Troubleshooting
Technical Documentation

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Rotaract
  • Past President and advisor of Amman-PETRA Rotaract Club.
  • November 2003
Toastmasters
  • Member in Amman International Toastmasters Club (AITC)
  • March 2004
INJAZ
  • Volunteering to give Soft Skills courses to Public Schools Students
  • September 2005
JSAC
  • Vice Chairperson of the 1st Board of the Jubilee School Alumni Club.
  • December 2005
vExpert
  • Annual title given to individuals who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware user
  • May 2013

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Windows Server 2012 – Charter Member (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
October 2012
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure – Charter Member (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012
Valid Until:
December 2012
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Private Cloud – Charter Member (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012
Valid Until:
December 2012
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate, Enterprise Swithcing (JNCIA-EX) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2008
Valid Until:
September 2008
Microsoft Certified IT Professional ﴾MCITP﴿: Virtualization Administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
November 2011
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE): Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2008
Valid Until:
November 2008
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA): Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Valid Until:
October 2008
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Valid Until:
August 2009
Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007
Valid Until:
June 2007
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2003
Valid Until:
November 2003
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
November 2011
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2011
Valid Until:
July 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011
VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP 5) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2011
Valid Until:
August 2011
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2010
Valid Until:
December 2010
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Valid Until:
August 2008
MCTS: MS Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006, Configuring (ISA 2006) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2008
Valid Until:
July 2008
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2011
Valid Until:
June 2011
VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4 (VCP 4) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009
Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) - Renamed to CCNP Voice (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007
Valid Until:
September 2007
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Exchange Server 2010, Configuring (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2009
Valid Until:
November 2009
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2009
Valid Until:
September 2009
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SharePoint 2010, Configuring (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2009
Valid Until:
November 2009