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Ahmad Manzoor Ahmad
E-mail: ahmad@ahmadmanzoor.com, ahmadmanzoorkhan@gmail.com
Online Video : https://vimeo.com/124688636
Website: www.ahmadmanzoor.com
Professional info
An ambitious, optimistic and self-motivated professional with 10+ years of experience in first-rate Management, Commercial, Technical & Business oriented skills in the field of Data Communication and Services Lifecycle – from solution designing through Sales Pitch, Designing RFP, Designing Architecture & Solution – road towards to – Winning the projects (as / make WnW situation) of obsolete solutions. Recognized as a Solution Expert (review the below links).
Also I am a specialized individual in the field of pre-sales and solution designing as well as expert in vendors like Cisco, Huawei, Juniper, Fortinet & Emerson.
Vast experience of designing end to end data centers, from Building infrastructure design to Data Communication / Network Infrastructure design.
Work experience
Sr. Manager Pre-Sales (Central) at PTCL, Pakistan (Etisalat, Dubai), Lahore.
June '15 – To Date
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Design the Solutions, BoQ's & write complete solution descriptions.
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Chairperson & Signing authority of Technical evaluation in Tender process for the Central Region
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Head of the Pre-Sales (Central & North regions) looking after the complete region pre-sales activities.
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Member of HQ’s procurement committee for the technical evaluation.
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One of my responsibilities is work a Bidding Expert to evaluate the bids before submission.
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Looking after the complete vendor management, by evaluating the vendors through the process
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Providing complete training for tender preparation.
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Making HLD's and providing presentation to clients are included in my responsibilities.
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Making comparisons between multiple vendors, as well as the point of contact for multiple principles / vendors.
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Looking after the multiple architectures like Data Center, Cloud, Security, Voice, Video & physical Security etc.........
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Also providing innovative ideas to make new products.
Sr. Pre-Sales & Product Manager (LKI & Dubai) at NTG, Pakistan (formally Known as Getronics, Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.), Lahore
Feb '12 – June ‘15
Freelancer & Entrepreneur, Pakistan & UAE
May '09 – Feb '12
Senior Network Engineer at Emircom, Pakistan, Private Limited, Islamabad/Lahore
Nov '07 – Mar '09
Pre-Sales Engineer (Solution Design Engineer) at WATEEN Telecom [National Engineers Private Limited formally known as National Engineers], Lahore
Jun '03 – Nov '07
Affiliations
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Cisco Systems ID: 11047910
- EPI Candidate ID: 4985842.20249534
- ITIL Candidate ID: 11940864
- Juniper's Consultant ID: 7936-1554
- Huawei: 030120201623806018411409
- CQI ID: 5042524
- Internet Society ID: 62402
- International Standards of Organizations (ISO)
Skills
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Designing Solutions
- Sales & Pre-Sales
- Account Management
- Quality Control
- ITIL, ISO 27001 & ITSM Consultancy
- Trainings
- Presentations
- E2E DC & Network Design
Certifications & Degree
Bachelors in Computer Sciences (Specialized in Data Communications).
2004
Syed Ali Hajvery University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Certifications
Network Design / Architecture(Industry Standard)
Cisco: Cisco Certified Design Associate, Cisco Certified Design Professional & Cisco Certified Design Expert (Qualified for Lab)
Juniper: Juniper WLAN Design Specialist
Data Center Infrastructure (Industry Standard)
EPI: CDCP (Certified Data Center Professional), CDCS (Certified Data Center Specialist)
Business Management (Industry Standard)
Cisco: Certified Business Value Analyst, Certified Business Value Analyst (Practitioner)
Pre-Sales / Solutions (Vendor Specific)
Cisco: Cisco Express Foundation Design Specialist, Cisco Security Solution & Design Specialist & Cisco Collaboration Architecture Specialist
Juniper: JNSS-JUNOS, JNSS-CNFG-JUNOS, JNSS-WLAN, JNSS-FW, JNSS-SW, JNSS-RT & JNSS-DC-DSN
Intel: Intel Technology Expert (Solution & Technology)
Oracle: Essentials For Sales Consultants- Sun Fire x86 Servers, Essentials For Sales Consultants- Sun Fire x86 Servers, SPARC T5-Based Servers Pre-Sales Specialist, Sun SPARC Enterprise Entry- Level/Midrange/ High-End M-Series Servers Pre-Sales Specialist, Pillar Axiom 600 Storage Systems PreSales Specialist, Sun Blade Servers Pre-Sales Specialist, Oracle StorageTek Tape Libraries Pre-Sales Specialist, StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library Presales, Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3 Pre-Sales Specialist
Huawei: Huawei Certified Sales Specialist-IT (Server, Storage, Data Center & Fusion Sales)
EMC: Advanced Sales Accreditation (Solutions)
Management (Industry Standard)
BCS: ITILv3 from British Computer Society
ISACA: A Holistic Approach to Identity & Access Management
Technical
Cisco: CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, CCIE (Written) & Conducting Cisco Unified Wireless Site Survey (CCNP Wireless Track)
Juniper: JNCIS-ER
Huawei: HCIE (Written)