Tamer Ibrahim, Manager, Global Technical Support

Tamer Ibrahim

Manager, Global Technical Support

EMC

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Master's degree, MBA – International Business Administration
Experience
23 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 3 Months

Manager, Global Technical Support at EMC
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since May 2011

Responsible for Mid-Range storage products support in Cairo center. Manages a department of 40 engineers and 3 supervisors responsible for providing global remote technical support for resolving customer issues.
Achievements:
 Lead the team expansion from 2 L1 engineers up to 35 L1 and 4 L2 engineers, 1 workflow manager and 3 supervisors.
 Adoption of new products (VNX and VNXe) support
 Achieving SCP certificate for Cairo Support Center

Head of Extended Service Desk at Orange Business Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2009 to May 2011

Manages a department of 72 engineers and 5 supervisors responsible for answering customer calls, proactively monitor and troubleshoot Orange network, identify and fix problems in a defined time frame according to agreed KPIs and SLAs to achieve and sustain customer satisfaction and loyalty
Achievements:
 Built ITIL structure within the team; Service Desk, Incident Management and Problem Management teams with offering new services to be added to support portfolio

Head of Technical Support Team at Orange Business Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2005 to July 2009

Managing and leading a customer technical support team which is acting as the single point of contact for large customers for supporting network and voice services.
Achievements:
 Managed support handover and consolidation from Atlanta’s support center to Cairo Center
 Achieved and maintained consistent Green Dashboard with the team which helped significantly in customer contract renewal.
 “Team of The Quarter” award in Q2’08
 “Excellent Achiever” award in Q2’07
 “Excellent Achiever” award in Q1’06

NA Customer Technical Support Team Leader at Orange Business Services
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2004 to March 2005

Worked as a Team Leader for North America Customer Technical Support; supporting IPVPN, ATM, Frame Relay, X25, Dial Services, ISDN, and DSL services.
Achievements:
 Built Turnover Template which was developed to be the standard template used
 Was appointed to be the focal point in NA Telco monthly review calls

System Engineer at SPEC (Systems & Projects Engineering Company)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2003 to February 2004

Installing and programming Ericsson Enterprise Exchange (MD110). Remotely and On-Site Customer Support. Build and maintain customer rapport.
Achievements:
 MD110 Exchange implementation at IEOC
 MD110 Exchange Expansion at Assuit University

Technical Sales Engineer at GEITA (Gozour For Import, Export And Trade Agency)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2003 to November 2003

Building a customer contacts database. Presenting company products to customers, providing technical specifications and presenting financial offers. Maintaining customer satisfaction and loyalty to the company. Acting as a single point of contact for sales offers presented to customers.

Lieutenant Engineer at Air Defense Forces - Egyptian Armed Forces
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2001 to June 2003

Leading a group of soldiers responsible for operating and maintaining all communication equipment based in the unit. Operating and maintaining electronic and microwave equipment based in a missile station. Arranging and managing guarding shifts and use of resources to meet training and target plans.
Achievements:
 Achieved 1st Rank upon graduation from Air Defence Academy

Education

Master's degree, MBA – International Business Administration
  • at Arab Academy Graduate School of Business
  • October 2010
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • at Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University
  • May 2000

Specialties & Skills

Human Development
People Management
BUSINESS ORIENTED
Customer Support

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Business Administration Achievement Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 1999
Valid Until:
March 2000
Certified Help Desk Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2005
Valid Until:
July 2005
Certified Support Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
January 2012