Akram Al-Borno, Project engineer

Akram Al-Borno

Project engineer

SNC Lavalin

Location
Canada - Alberta
Education
Diploma, Microsoft Project 2010 Training Course
Experience
20 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 1 Months

Project engineer at SNC Lavalin
  • My current job since June 2012
Project Engineer - Communications Department at Worley Parsons Arabia Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • September 2004 to June 2012

• Leading large scale integrated projects involving OSP, ISP, PBX, LAN and WAN integration with well-organized computer network services in the most cost effective manner.
• Providing proposals, follow up, technical and commercial negotiations and finalizing orders.
• Support the design, engineering and project readiness of data network solutions.
• Assessing new projects for technical and business suitability, documenting process flows and presenting the same to the management to determine project feasibility. Making design and associated calculations, and scrutinizing bid proposal to negotiate contract details.
• developing and growing long-term relationships with customers
managing and interpreting customer requirements - speaking with clients to understand, anticipate and meet their needs.
• Understanding product capability gaps or functionality to define ways to handle them using partners, product enhancements
• Defining the best company products to address requirements of prospect business.
• Ascertaining resource allocation estimates, monitoring project progress and informing the same to team, clients, and service managers to enable proactive service and timely completion of project.
• Maintaining highest standards of quality on deliverables according to envisaged implementation methodology and ensuring that escalation procedures are adhered to.
• Establishing and maintaining best practice metrics throughout the design, integration and delivery of the project; thus providing deliverables that meet contractual and functional requirements, and enabling delivery of revenue specific milestones as per agreed time lines, whilst providing highest levels of client satisfaction.
• Performing general engineering services for the detailed design of LAN, WAN, telephone OS, IPTV, Videoconferencing and Audio/Visual.
•Submitting periodic reports of performance parameters to the project manager.

Sales Engineer at Electronic Technicians Est.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2004 to September 2004

Key Responsibilities:
• Performing customer needs assessments and solution finding sessions.
• Contributing to account scheme definition and review actively.
• Reviewing customer operations for improving business process opportunities.
• developing and growing long-term relationships with customers
• travelling to visit potential clients
• calculating client quotations

Education

Diploma, Microsoft Project 2010 Training Course
  • at Al-Jehat Training Institute
  • December 2010
Diploma, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).
  • at Global Knowledge
  • July 2008
Diploma, Technical Associate and Technical Expert Training, TANDBERG Video-conference Certified.
  • at Tandberg
  • July 2006
Diploma, Certificate of Juniper Networks Sales Associate (JNSAWX).
  • at Juniper - Self Study
  • November 2005
Diploma, Network+
  • at New Horizons
  • May 2005
Bachelor's degree, Communication Engineering
  • at Modern Sciences and Arts University
  • February 2004

Specialties & Skills

Integration
Installation
Telecommunications Networks & Project Management,Operation & Maintenance,Project Feasibility Studies
Technology Management,Operations/Process Management,N/W Design,Planning, Installation & Maintenance
Microwave Transmission, Total Quality Management, Configuring VOIP, Cisco Routers
IP Telephony and PBX, Installation & Configuration of ”Juniper WX” Devices
Activity Planning, Monitoring O & M of Equipments, N/W Troubleshooting & Expansion
LAN,WAN,Videoconferencing,Juniper WAN Optimization,Security Systems (CCTV/SACS), IP Telephony, IPTV
Communication, Leadership, Team Building, Ability to Work Under Pressure, Training and Development
Excellent Analytical & Interpersonal Skills, MS Office Applications & Internet Usage

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Intermediate