Samer Salahat - PMP, Chief Technical Officer

Samer Salahat - PMP

Chief Technical Officer

Tawasol

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications engineering
Experience
17 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 8 Months

Chief Technical Officer at Tawasol
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since February 2018

Leading unified communication technical department and empowering the team to deliver the organization projects and services within MENA region.

- Plan, manage, direct, and control the delivery of agreed projects and services.

- Customer relationship management and development.

- Manage the customers and stakeholders’ relationship and continuously develop the strategies and polices that are governing it.

- Provide support for internal departments in terms of design requirements, projects risks and new opportunities.

- Develop the organization products portfolio by chasing new technology trends in unified communications that enhance the customer experience.

- Manage the relationship with third party vendors.

- Mentor technical team and help solving technical challenges.

- Conduct webinars and training sessions for internal and external customers.

- Deliver local, national, and international projects serving different business sectors with high understanding of business needs.

Projects Manager at SAUDI ERICSSON
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2014 to January 2018

- Delivered multiple projects in KSA and other countries successfully and helped customers to have seamless communication experience with enhanced productivity and connectivity.

- Design and implementation of VoIP networks and contact centers for local and international customers using fully redundant and virtualized solutions.

- Prepare action plans, BOQ, estimated budget, project scope of work & schedules with the project team.

- Oversee all activities and manage the project development to fulfill the requirements.

- Coordinate testing and delivery procedures and prepare project handover documents.

Projects Engineer at SAUDI ERICSSON
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2011 to January 2014

- Delivered multiple projects in KSA and other countries successfully and helped customers to have seamless communication experience with enhanced productivity and connectivity.

- Design and implementation of VoIP networks and contact centers for local and international customers using fully redundant and virtualized solutions.

- Prepare action plans, BOQ, estimated budget, project scope of work & schedules with the project team.

- Oversee all activities and manage the project development to fulfill the requirements.

- Coordinate testing and delivery procedures and prepare project handover documents.

Projects Engineer at Ericsson Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2011 to December 2013

- Perform site surveys for IP telephony infrastructure and nurse call systems.
- Design and implementation of unified communication and collaboration platforms using latest technologies (SIP, Virtualization…) that supports mobility and integration with other services.
- Install and configure Ericsson/Aastra/Mitel systems including telephony servers, telephony switches and adjunct systems (UC applications & Servers, messaging, video conferencing, content sharing, SIP trunks and gateways, IVR and billing).
- Carry on daily maintenance operations.

Senior Service Desk Agent at SITA
  • Jordan - Amman
  • October 2010 to June 2011

- Handling incidents and changes logging in the database and follow up according to ITIL standards to ensure SLA compliance.

- Supporting and monitoring the global users of networks, servers, desktops, and IT equipment.

- Scheduling the intervention with customers and internal groups.

- Troubleshooting hardware, software, and LAN issues; including desktops/laptops, printers, backup devices, Windows platform, and Microsoft office products.

Voluntary Member at AIESEC
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2006 to January 2011

AIESEC is the international platform that enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potentials to have a positive impact on society

- Handled many positions within the organization and managed to represent a good role model for other members for being awarded with the most inspiring member award and best performance award. In addition to leading the global internship program and multiple skills development workshops.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications engineering
  • at Yarmouk university
  • August 2010

- Wireless telehealth system as a graduation project

Specialties & Skills

Unified Communications
Technical Presales
Good team player and can adapt with the team easily
Communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
Leadership and team management skills.
Enthusiastic, quick to learn with good interpersonal and organizational skills
Microsoft Project and expert computer skills
Dynamic, proactive and self-motivated
Self-learner and ability to work in new fields

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordan Engineering Association
  • Member
  • September 2010
Saudi Council of Engineering
  • Member
  • July 2011
PMI
  • Member
  • August 2015

Training and Certifications

Mitel UC apps (Training)
Training Institute:
Mitel
Date Attended:
February 2022
CCNA Security (Certificate)
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2021
ITIL Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013
CCNA Voice (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013