Abdullah Al-Nassem, Product Specialist

Abdullah Al-Nassem

Product Specialist

Starlink

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology & Computing
Experience
14 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months

Product Specialist at Starlink
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since August 2019

Secure record number of new customers through awareness, personal contacts, news items, new construction, and more, realizing key upsell opportunities and consistently outpacing growth goals.

• Act as the principal liaison with BDMs to provide product, business and technical knowledge while also aligning with stakeholders to build out best-in-class security solutions that have driven new sales.
• Offer well-received technology direction guidance and sales engineering support to partners, including creating a knowledge hub to convey best practices and common issues to their staff.
• Design/present product recommendations that have become the gold standard for the company.
• Streamlined processes to respond to RFI/RFPs, develop business proposals and Proofs-of-Concept (PoCs), and construct enterprise IT security solutions, improving turnaround times and boosting referrals.

Product Specialist at Starlink
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since August 2019

Secure record number of new customers through awareness, personal contacts, news items, new construction, and more, realizing key upsell opportunities and consistently outpacing growth goals.

• Act as the principal liaison with BDMs to provide product, business and technical knowledge while also aligning with stakeholders to build out best-in-class security solutions that have driven new sales.
• Offer well-received technology direction guidance and sales engineering support to partners, including creating a knowledge hub to convey best practices and common issues to their staff.
• Design/present product recommendations that have become the gold standard for the company.
• Streamlined processes to respond to RFI/RFPs, develop business proposals and Proofs-of-Concept (PoCs), and construct enterprise IT security solutions, improving turnaround times and boosting referrals.

Cisco System Engineer at Logicom Distribution
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2018 to August 2019

Aligned with the Account Managers to recommend and develop customer solution offerings as a trusted resource, overcoming complex problems through ingenuity and exceptional technical understanding.

• Supported time-sensitive buildout of sales plans and proposals to exceed quota.
• Provided detailed, well-received technical demonstrations and presentations on various technologies, earning praise for communications skills and capacity to convey info to non-technical audiences.
• Delivered a comprehensive architectural perspective and provided other technical input for specific opportunities.
• Facilitated new strategy buildouts and delivery as a trusted company resource.

System Engineer at Fasttelco
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2017 to May 2018

Assessed infrastructure modernization/project costs, design concepts, and design changes as a subject matter expert providing valuable insights into current practices and future improvement opportunities.

• Streamlined functions for managing governmental tenders and RFPs to decrease sales turnaround while forgiving productive, professional with the sales team, partners, and customers.
• Improved methods for preparing multi-vendor (Cisco, HP, Fortinet & etc...) BOQs, technical write-up, high-level design, and other critical aspects of sales opportunities.

Core Network Engineer at Tawasul Telecom
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2015 to September 2017

Delivered consistently exceptional 3rd-level support for 2nd- and 1st-line engineers.
• Integrated our core network to offer various connectivity solutions, guiding all aspects of high-level architecture, planning, design, and implementation of new services, products and projects. Worked in-line with senior management to influence long-term strategies and tactics for network planning.
• Offered custom consultancy for designing customer solutions that became the template for offerings across the company, resulting in new revenue.
• Revamped maintenance & new implementations to elevate service scores.
• Monitored/maintained core SLA statements, driving continued compliance against challenges.

IP Core Engineer at Wireless Mobile Data Company (WiMD)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2013 to September 2015
Network Operations Engineer at FastTelco
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • December 2009 to September 2013

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology & Computing
  • at The Arab Open University
  • December 2014

Bachelor of Science: Information Technology & Computing

Specialties & Skills

Information Security
Network Design
Cyber Security
Network Security
Communications
Leadership
Cisco Technologies
Firewalls
Network analyzing
Network Design
Network Security
Telecommunications
Data visualization
Project management
Kali Linux
Threat Hunting
Microsoft Office
DNS-Security

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2020
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
Network+ certified professional - CompTIA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2006
A+ certified professional - CompTIA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2006
MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) - Microsoft (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2006
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) - Cisco (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2007
CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) - Cisco (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2010
NSE 4 - Fortinet Network Security Professional - Fortinet (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2017
CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate) - Cisco (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2018
CCIE Security Written Exam - Cisco (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2018

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Gaming
  • Nanotechnology