Seasoned Hands-On Cloud Solution Architect with 17+ years of experience designing, developing, and selling cloud, virtualization-based architectures across various Fortune corporate industries. Proven track record of reducing infrastructure costs by 40%, increasing system reliability by 25%, and improving overall system performance by 40%. Exceptional skills in providing technical guidance and tailored cloud solutions, developing and maintaining architecture standards, confident, articulate, and professional communication skills, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve desired business outcomes and maximum customer value.
Company Overview: https://www.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/
Champion in designing, developing, and selling Huawei Cloud solutions (Private, Public, Hybrid) for 300+ customers in the telecommunications, finance, government, and manufacturing sectors
I am the senior solution architect of the Global Solutions Sales team at the headquarters, supporting customer accounts worldwide
Architected a blockchain infrastructure consensus mechanism (Cloud Native (Kubernetes+Docker)), significantly enhancing roaming transaction validation speed by 40% for a major telecom operator in South Africa
Successfully orchestrated the migration of an Enterprise Video Conferencing application serving 8,000 customers from a legacy system (VMware) to the Huawei Public Cloud within one month
This resulted in a 40% reduction in infrastructure costs and a 25% increase in system reliability for a Telecom Operator in Turkey
Led the strategic design of cloud-native and DevOps-based payment solutions, aligning closely with the business objectives of infrastructure and application modernization to facilitate seamless integration and boost system efficiency by 30% at the largest bank in Pakistan
Administered the migration of over 20 government service hall applications to Huawei Public Cloud, resulting in a 75% reduction in deployment time and a 40% increase in system performance for the Latin American Government
Implemented a Cloud Native architecture of Huawei Cloud, resulting in a 20% reduction in operational costs and improved scalability and reliability of digital ERP platforms for a manufacturing industry customer in China
Convinced executives and other stakeholders of the Infrastructure team to adopt a new cloud-based monitoring tool (Prometheus & Grafana), resulting in a 40% improvement in internal IT infrastructure visibility for a major Turkish telecom operator
Headed 50+ RFI/RFP clarifications and proposals, enhancing customer engagement through technical deep dive sessions
Conducted Proof-of-concept of cloud solutions to 140+ business customers
Increased revenue by 30% through the development of project/technology case studies, training materials, and technical guidance for solution sales and internal teams
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Solution Architect
ZTE Corporation R&D Center
Nanjing, P.R. China
03.2006 - 10.2014
Company Overview: https://online.iwhalecloud.com/
As a Solution Architect, I translated 70+ Telecom Operator IT business requirements into cloud-virtualization solutions
Managed the smooth migration of legacy systems (CRBT, MMS, IPTV) to a modern private cloud (OpenStack), impacting over 1,000,000 users at a telecom operator in Kenya
Implemented a cost-effective private cloud architecture (OpenStack) for a high-traffic e-mobile application, resulting in a 30% reduction in infrastructure costs and a 20% increase in application access speed of a telecom operator in Qatar
Planned a virtualization-based (KVM) Machine-to-Machine solution for a telecom operator in South Africa that boosted their business customer's connectivity efficiency by 40%
Collaborated with cross-functional teams at ZTE to share and duplicate customer success stories, leading to a 30% increase in project success rate and a 20% reduction in project delivery time
Created detailed technical documents such as RFI, RFP, and SOC based on the business needs of over 50 clients and improved customer satisfaction by 90%
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Senior Network Engineer
Nextera Telecommunications (Pvt) Limited
Islamabad, Pakistan
03.2004 - 03.2006
Configured and managed Foundry ServerIron Layer 4-7, FastIron GS 648p L3, Edge X424 FWSX424, Cisco 17xx, 26xx, 36xx routers, 19xx, 29xx, 35xx switches, and PIX firewalls for cloud-based service offering
Restored operations for over 200 network outages, preventing significant business loss for major universities, government institutions, and ISPs in Pakistan
Supervised teams of on-shore and off-shore network engineers across three shifts, responsible for 16 sites spanning five different provinces in Pakistan
Instrumental in troubleshooting and diagnosing problems on enterprise government networks in a 24/7 NOC environment
Collaborated with multiple IT groups to resolve over 100+ network outages within a year
Decreased network outages by 40% using HP OpenView(HPOV) and Solarwinds for SNMP-based issue detection
Resolved complex network problems, ensuring 99% uptime for critical services like VoIP and videoconferencing
Huawei Cloud Marketing & Solution Sales Champion Annual Award, 2023, Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Pvt, Ltd., Support VMware migration and provide policy incentives and technical support for upgrading old Huawei private cloud sites. The overall completion rate of 16 market objectives is 97%.
Huawei Cloud Future Star Annual Award, 2023, Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Pvt, Ltd, Led the implementation of key projects such as Turkcell internal IT cloud and Somalia HTG TOB cloud, and supported the frontline to make breakthroughs and obtain POs. It was recognized by the customer and the frontline.
Huawei Cloud Solution Capability Improvement Project Team, 2022, Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Pvt, Ltd., Developed the SA role model for Huawei cloud computing solution sales and interpreted the model, covering more than 700 SAs worldwide (91%).
Huawei Cloud & AI Prestigious Solution Architect-2020, 2021, Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Pvt, Ltd., Led the frontline strategic projects, incubated a series of scenario-based solutions, and efficiently cultivated the frontline operating team to lay a solid foundation for the advantageous pattern of HUAWEI CLOUD expansion outside China.
Huawei Cloud Quality Star, 2020, Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Pvt, Ltd., Being the keynote speaker of several' CXOs workshops, delivered speeches at more than ten regional public conferences, and recorded more than 20 internal English training videos and training for overseas employees, directly opening multiple opportunities.
Huawei Cloud BU President Commendation, 2020, Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Pvt, Ltd., Push R&D on the project development requirements and regional business development strategies to accelerate the cloud services' going live.