Hossam Mohamed Ibrahim Youssef, Senior Technical Presales Engineer

Hossam Mohamed Ibrahim Youssef

Senior Technical Presales Engineer

Soulco

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communication Engineering
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

Senior Technical Presales Engineer at Soulco
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since October 2012

• Met with customers to understand their current technical environment, and provide technical solutions
• Prepare solution proposals, Generate Bill of Materials for quotations for Network & Security Products
• Developed strong relationships with strategic clients and vendors
• Designed some of the most complex solutions using the latest technology
• Provided product updates and technical advice to clients - Explained technical capabilities and business benefits of solutions to the customer
• Managing pilots and prototypes
• Responsible for providing feedback from the market to internal company to solve gaps between product functionality and market/customer demands
• Performed competitive analyses
• Presented the company products to clients - Showcased drivers and value that supported the business case for the total cost of ownership to the customer
• Assist with the sales team to develop the selling strategy within the target accounts Created and delivered effective presentations and sales tools for the sales team
• Proactively engages in the sales cycles
• Work with sales team to provide pre/post-sales support - Worked with the sales team to design, propose, and close new deals/opportunities with customers.
• Coordinate with vendors and suppliers to get the best prices
• Search for a new products and solutions
• Make site surveys for (cabling, CCTV, network and datacenter solutions)
• Design a complete solutions
• Write project documentations

Technical Presales Engineer at ABC Technology
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2009 to October 2012

ABC Technology focuses on providing a complete range of telecommunications and IT services with total customer satisfaction including: IT and Telecommunication Consultation Services, System Integration and Enterprise Communication,

My role is managing the technical team which include the technical, technical presales and project teams

Technical Engineer at EUN ( Egyptian Universities Network )
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2007 to May 2011

Network engineer (2007 - 2008)
System Administrator (2008 - 2009)
E-service department team leader (2009 - 2011)

EUN is an ISP for Egyptian Universities which provide them with: Internet, Email, web hosting/design, E-Learning and learning management systems, Digital Library systems, Management information systems.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • at Cairo University
  • May 2007

Specialties & Skills

Technical Presales
IT Solutions
Technology
Technical Design
Data Network
Blade Servers and Storage from Multi-vendors like: IBM, HP and Fujitsu
Open Source solutions
Network Solutions from multi-vendors like: Cisco, HP, Juniper and Extreme Networks
Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange
Technical PRESALES Activities
Network Security Soltuions from Multi-vendors like: Fortinet, Mcafee, Symantec, Kaspers and PaloAlto
IBM Lotus Solution: Domino, Sametime, Quickr, Connections and Websphere portal
IBM Tivoli storage manager
IBM AIX
Serverscheck monitoring solutions
Structured Cabling system (Panduit, Systimax, 3M, ... etc)
Linux Redhat
Assist with the sales team to develop the selling strategy within the target accounts
Proactively engages in the sales cycles
Design a complete solutions
Developed strong relationships with strategic clients and vendors
Prepare solution proposals
Work with sales team to provide pre/post-sales support
Make site surveys for (cabling, CCTV, network and datacenter solutions)
Designed some of the most complex solutions using the latest technology
Managing pilots and prototypes
Search for a new products and solutions
Performed competitive analyses
Met with customers to understand their current technical environment, and provide technical solution
Generate Bill of Materials for quotations for Network & Security Products
Presented the company products to clients

Languages

French
Beginner
Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Extreme Networks Certified Expert – Networking (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Cisco CCNP R&S (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2013
Microsoft MCSE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2007
Valid Until:
March 2007
IBM Certified System Administrator - AIX 6.1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2008
Valid Until:
June 2008
VMWare VTSP 5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2013
Valid Until:
February 2013
Fortinet Certified Network Security Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
September 2011
HP Master ASE - Network Infrastructure (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2007
Valid Until:
May 2007
IBM Social Software and Unified Communications Sales Professional v1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2010
Valid Until:
March 2010
IBM Certified Solution Developer - IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
August 2009
IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009
IBM Certified System Administrator -- WebSphere Portal V6.0 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Valid Until:
September 2009
IBM Certified Specialist - Midrange Storage Technical Support V1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
Valid Until:
December 2009
CCDA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Valid Until:
August 2010
IBM Tivoli Storage Solution Sales Professional v2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2010
Valid Until:
April 2010