Ali Younis

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OVERVIEW

Highly qualified IP, Cloud, and Packet Core SME with more than nine years of experience. Leading the presales and delivery of key deals/ projects to various customers across Middle East and Africa Market Area.

Solid knowledge in the new emerging technologies such as Cloudification, Virtualization, SDN, 5G Core, etc... Ericsson Certified (4G IP Packet Core Expert/ Cloud Associate). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IP, Cloud, and PS Core Lead SA (Presales and Delivery) - CU South East Africa Ericsson AB

Aug 2017 – Present

Technical Sales Solution Architect - RMEA ITC NACI PS Core & IP Solutions Ericsson AB

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017

IP & Packet Core Solution Architect - RMEA Switching & IPN Expertise Group Ericsson AB

April 2016 – Aug 2016

Senior IP & PS Core Integration Engineer (SA roles) - RMEA Switching & IPN Expertise Group Ericsson AB

Feb 2014 – March 2016

Lead account teams on IP, Cloud, and PS Core business, formulate their strategies and shape their plans.

Develop customer engagement plans aligned with KAM organization, followed by proactive engagement with customers including C-levels in order to develop business into sales.

Innovate and develop engagement models, customer presentation, value argumentation, and business cases, along with offerings preparation.

Lead customers’ technology future growth, sales funnel, and end to end solutions.

Responsible for analyzing, developing, and designing commercially viable technical solutions based on customers’ specifications and business needs.

Conduct in-depth discussions with customers regarding their strategies, priorities, and key challenges.

Red-team RMEA IP and PS Core solutions provide recommendations to enhance the quality of deliverables.

Feedback to R&D teams regarding products quality, roadmaps, and customers’ requirements.

Drive competence development within the team in new technologies such as 5G, Cloud, and virtualization.

Investigate and troubleshoot RMEA highly escalated projects issues.

Perform capacity dimensioning, gap analysis studies, solutions design, and implementation of IP and PS Core solutions.

Generate high and low level design documents, acceptance tests procedures, implementation procedures, configuration scripts, and handover reports. Packet Core Consultant

MTN Côte d'Ivoire

Nov 2013 – Feb2014 (Consultancy contract)

Lead SACC solution introduction in MTN network (Comviva PCEF/ Huawei PCRF). Packet Core Consultant

Orange Egypt

Jan 2013 – July 2013 (Consultancy contract)

Planning, design, and optimization of Orange PS Core network (NSN Solutions). Packet Core Engineer

Zain Sudan

Oct 2008 – Jan 2013

Prepared Zain Group EPC Networks Blueprint; analyzing the gaps towards LTE introduction across Zain Group operations.

Lead the introduction of three IP and PS Core switch sites ‘Ericsson and Huawei solutions’.

Preparation of operation manuals and coaching of front and back office engineers.

Technical project management.

IP and PS Core network audits.

NOC Engineer

New-Zone Sudan

July 2008 – Sept 2008

Network Engineer

Kushite Sudan

Jan 2008 – June 2008

Hands-on Experience:

Ericsson SGSN-MME.

Ericsson EPG-M and EPG-S.

Ericsson embedded and standalone PCEF (SACC Solution).

Ericsson PCRF (SAPC).

Ericsson WMG (WiFi Mobility Gateway).

Ericsson IPWorks.

Ericsson HLR.

Ericsson SSR Routers.

Juniper Routers.

Extreme Switches.

Clavister Firewalls.

Technical Sales Experience:

MTN Sudan MPBN Modernization deal.

MTN Sudan vEPC solution.

Zain Sudan Internet Gateway solution.

Zain Sudan vEPC solution.

Canar Sudan vEPC solution.

MTN South Sudan IP and PS Core modernization deal.

Zain South Sudan vEPC solution.

Djibouti Telecom IP and PS Core modernization deal.

Viva Kuwait vEPC solution.

EthioTelecom PS Core modernization deal.

Projects’ Delivery Experience:

Djibouti Telecom IP and PS Core modernization project (Lead SA).

Batelco Bahrain - Wi-Fi offloading project (Lead SA).

Vodafone Turkey - EPC IV project (Lead SA/ Integrator).

Avea Turkey – EPC project (Lead Integrator).

Zain Bahrain - SAPC project (Solution Architect/Lead Integrator).

Warid Pakistan - SAPC-MBC project (Solution Architect).

Avea Turkey - SASN Project (Solution Architect/Lead Integrator).

MTN Sudan - SGSN Project (Integrator).

O2 UK – EPG-S Project (Solution Architect).

Vodafone Turkey - EPG-S Project (Integrator).

MTN Côte D'Ivoire - SACC project.

Orange Egypt - Packet Core Projects.

Zain Sudan - Packet Core Projects.

CERTIFICATIONS

Ericsson BUGS Senior Service Engineer, (July 2015).

Ericsson Certified Associate – Cloud [ECP-211], (April 2016).

Ericsson Certified Expert – 4G IP Packet Core, (Dec 2015).

Ericsson Certified Professional – SGSN-MME [ECP-551], (Dec 2015).

Ericsson Certified Professional – Policy and Charging Control [ECP-532], (Dec 2014).

Ericsson Certified Professional – EPG [ECP-542], (Nov 2014).

Ericsson Certified Associate – 4G IP Packet Core [ECP-222], (July 2014). PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Ericsson (2009 – 2017):

NFVi/Virtualization.

5G Core System.

Virtual EPC.

WiFi calling.

SACC Hands-on.

EPG-S Configuration and Operation.

SASN (over SSR) Delta training.

SAPC (PCRF) Operation and Configuration.

GGSN Network Engineer.

GGSN Core Network Planning.

GSM/WCDMA SGSN Configuration and Administration.

GSM/WCDMA SGSN Configuration in a Mobile Packet Backbone Network.

GSM/WCDMA SGSN Trouble Shooting.

Advanced IP Networking.

Signaling in Core Network.

IMS Signaling.

IPWorks Operation and Configuration.

Huawei (2012):

Huawei GGSN9811 (V9) Data Configuration.

DPI Application Configuration.

Gx - Gy Interfaces Protocol Analysis and Troubleshooting. Informa Telecoms Academy (2012):

Telecoms Mini MBA.

SCEES Training Centre (2011):

PMP.

Conferences/Workshops:

MENA LTE Broadband Traffic Management Conference – Dubai – 2012.

Ericsson-Zain Sudan Workshop – Sweden – 2011.

EDUCATION

BEng (Hons – First Class) – Electrical and Electronic Engineering, majored in Telecommunication Engineering – University of Khartoum, Sudan. 2003 – 2007.

Sudanese Secondary School Certificate; achieving 96.3% (5th of Sudan Republic) – Sudan - 2002.

First place for eleven consecutive years in elementary and secondary education. LANGUAGES

English: Fluent.

Arabic: Mother tongue.

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