Fahad Saleem, Product Manager |IP Presales |Technical Marketing Islamabad

Fahad Saleem

Product Manager |IP Presales |Technical Marketing Islamabad

ZTE Corporation

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
12 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :12 years, 1 Months

Product Manager |IP Presales |Technical Marketing Islamabad at ZTE Corporation
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • December 2015 to April 2017

-Business development in network solutions through market trends & innovative network analysis.
-Conducting workshops to the CXO level and Technical Management of the customer related to the technology and the Solution design
-Handling bid responses, solution planning & design, technical and commercial proposals as well as procedural bidding.
-Technical and commercial negotiations, strategic competitive analysis and competitor analysis.
- Project CAPEX & OPEX forecasting and order forecasts through market analysis and opportunity management.
- Preparation of the Technical solution based on customer requirement
-IP RAN E2E Solution & IP Core Solution Preparation Including ZTE IP Core Router/Switches/PTN equipment
- Part of the Bidding Team for Telenor One Asia Project (IP RAN Part)
-Bidding Team for SCO GSM Up gradation Project 2016 (IP Core)

Senior Engineer Datacom |NIS |Riyadh at HUAWEI Tech. Investment KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2014 to November 2015

Have a strong knowledge of the state-of-the art technologies used today for the MPLS enabled networks
including the HoVPN, UPE and SPE Architectures.
 Profound product technology and rich experience in engineering and maintenance activities.
 Worked as a TD/TL in key projects of Huawei and can solve complex problems occurred on devices.
 Can understand customer requirements and communicate with customer's maintenance personnel in
terms of the service contents at each phase.
 Can plan, work out, and organize the implementation of technical schemes of complex services, such as
the design of a product solution, network evaluation, and network optimization.
 Proven ability of working under pressure and delivering under strict timelines
 Supervising and quality inspection for Datacom equipments installation
 Datacom equipment commissioning and acceptance test with customer.
 New software release update and implementation including IP RAN Network product. Carry out hardware
and software expansion/faults for the existing operational network.
 Troubleshooting of Router, Switch and Firewall Located in the IP/MPLS Core network, Design the
technical solution for a product, correctly deliver the solution, provide supports for the project delivery
 Prepare Routers/Switches/Firewall Migration script and implementation of the migration.
Troubleshooting Service complain after Migration. Site technical document making and updating.
 Working on the Mobily CG Project like the Mobily IP Core, Mobily Smart City IMS Part Network Design
Planning and Implementation
 Huawei Platform experience of NE40E/NE80E/X-Series, U2000 NMS, Eudemon Firewall, AR-Series,
Quidway/Huawei S Series LAN Switches
 Performed the following projects as IP/MPLS Expert in KSA:
1. Mobily IP Core Project
2. Mobily IP RAN Project
3. Mobily Smart City Project
4. ITC IP/MPLS Project

Manager Datacom at HUAWEI Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd, Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2006 to April 2014

Worked as a Local Expert for Pakistan Office in Datacom Product Line and responsible for the following. Major
achievements are as under:
 Qualified and authorized interviewer for hiring in Datacom for Middle East Region

 TD/TL for executing the MPLS IP Core enabled project for multiple customers like Etisalat PTCL, Ufone, Mobilink, CMPAK etc.
 Planning, Design and Implementation of the Technical Proposal and design for the Datacom platform including the key technologies like MPLS, BGP, OSPF, VRRP, BFD, HoVPN, L2/L3 VPN, etc.
 Pre-sales support to the marketing for the bidding projects
 Published more than 10 technical cases for the critical problems solved on my own during the projects implementation
 Leading a team of engineers and accomplished the project delivery by efficiently managing the resources
 Responsible for resource assignment for different projects according to the project needs
 Conducting more than 15 training sessions to the customer for the MPLS core enabled networks to the customers
 Building the datacom team by conducting trainings related to the product line and polishing their skills.
 PTCL WLL IP Core Project, PTCL AJK LDI Project, PTCL PDSN Project, CWO IP Core, PTCL CDMA IP MPLS Core established in way back 2005-6 which was Pakistan first voice enable MPLS backbone implemented by myself.
 Projects executed during this tenure:
 Mobilink MEGA IP Core SWAP
 Ufone IP/MPLS Core Project
 PTCL WLL IP Core Project
 PTCL ngHLR Migration Project

Operations Engineer | Islamabad at Micronet Broadband Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2005 to November 2005

NOC Based equipment installation, operation and maintenance of CISCO BRAS 7206, DSLAMS including Paradyne & Alcatel.
 Deployment of DSL services at customer premises, which include Router Configuration, hardware/software installation.
 Extensive use of Line Testing Equipments for Physical Layer Testing and to ensure availability of noise free healthy physical layer link between DSLAM at Collocation end and the CPE at the customer’s end.
 Monitoring the Network statistics and the Network stability through JFFNMS and then taking appropriate actions accordingly.
 Timely and efficient response to the customer calls with regards to the DSL services through online and on-site support.
 Troubleshooting of copper faults in coordination of PTCL staff.
 Acquire knowledge of the standards followed by the existing DSL Operators regarding different line parameters.
 Prediction of the DSL response based online testing and taking appropriate action to ensure a stable data transfer rate to the customer.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila
  • January 2005

B.SC in Computer Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Data Network
Datacom
Technical Presales
Routing
E2E Network Planning
Routing and Switching
IP MPLS
Presales for Transport Networks
Huawei and ZTE Platforms

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Registered Engineer
  • June 2005
Saudi Engineering Council
  • Professional Engineer
  • June 2014