Ahmed Khalifa, Senior Presales Consultant

Ahmed Khalifa

Senior Presales Consultant

Fingerprint Consultancy

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Communications and Electronics Engineering
Experience
14 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 11 Months

Senior Presales Consultant at Fingerprint Consultancy
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since January 2017

o Field: IT Service Management and Information Security
o Position Description:
- Coordinating with Sales team to close deals and maintain the customer relationship.
- Creating new opportunities and leading new customers relations.
Respond to proposal requests (RFPs).
- Demonstration and presentation of POCs.
- Solution architecture from proposing and presenting the proper solutions.
- Deliver Professional trainings.
- Assessment and Consultation.

Presales and Business Development Consultant at Fingerprint Consultancy
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2014 to December 2016

o Field: IT Management and Information Security (HP, IBM, Trend Micro, Fortinet, …)
o Position Description:
- Respond to proposal requests (RFPs).
- Demonstration and presentation of POCs.
- Solution architecture from proposing and presenting the proper solutions.
- Handling the business development program.
- Deliver Professional trainings.
- Assessment and Consultation.

ITSM Consultant at Fingerprint Consultancy
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2012 to August 2014

o Field: HP IT Performance Suite Software
o Position Description:
- ITSM technical team leader and technical project manager.
- HP Consultant in STC as a part of the OSS project.
- Consulting and supporting in other projects.
- Delivering HP training courses.
- Implementing the HP software projects.

OSS Consultant at Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2009 to March 2014

o Field: Network Monitoring and Management Service
o Position Description:
- Monitoring and managing the STC network and infrastructure servers through the HP Openview applications like the HP NNMi and HP OMU as a part of the OSS project.
- Troubleshooting the network problems and faults in cooperation with the NOC team.
- Managing the wireless network through Aruba Airwave application.
- Control the network devices Configuration and change management through the Cisco Prime LMS application.
- Administration tasks of the HP-Unix servers.

ITSM System Engineer at Fingerprint Consultancy
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2009 to December 2011

o Field: HP IT Performance Suite Software
o Position Description:
- HP Operations Support in the Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Network Monitoring and Management Department.
- Implementation and operation of the HP monitoring and management tools like (HP NNMi and HP OM)

Education

Bachelor's degree, Communications and Electronics Engineering
  • at Faculty of Engineering
  • June 2008
Diploma, Computer Networks
  • at Information Technology Institute
  • May 2008

Specialties & Skills

System Software
Network Management Software
System Monitoring
Field Support
Network Management
Network Operation and design
Deliver Training Courses
Presales Skills
Network and Security Skills
Project Management
Communication Skills
Presentation Skills
Negotiation Skills
Team Lead Skills
Problem Solving & Decision Making

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Memberships

Project Management Institute
  • PMI Member
  • September 2016

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2016
Valid Until:
November 2019
• Huawei Network Solutions (Training)
Training Institute:
Huawei, Saudi Arabia
• HP Security Solutions Training (Training)
Training Institute:
HP, Washington DC
Date Attended:
October 2014
• HP ArcSight Security Solutions (Certificate)
• Computer Networks Field (Training)
Training Institute:
ITI 9-month program Diploma
Date Attended:
September 2008
• HP TippingPoint Security Solutions (Certificate)
• HP ASE - Network Infrastructure (Certificate)
• HP Operations Manager (HP OMi) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
• HP Certified Instructor (HP CI) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2014
• HP Network Node Manager (HP NNMi) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2011
• Trend Micro Technical Sales for Deep Discovery (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Valid Until:
March 2011
• Trend Micro Technical Sales for Deep Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009
• ITIL V3 Foundation (EXIN-101) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2008
Valid Until:
March 2020
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2017
Valid Until:
March 2020
• Fortinet Network Security Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2009
Valid Until:
June 2009

Hobbies

  • Painting