Apr **** - Present

Babak Farrokhi

Apt #* - No ** - Nour Ally Farid Afshar St - Zafar St Tehran - IRAN

+98-912-***-**** • acvbha@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Looking for a position utilizing a strong background in UNIX system administration, Information Security and Network Engineering, where I am able to further develop my skills by being encouraged and challenged in my work with continuous learning and professional growth.

Key Qualifications

I have strong experience in UNIX System Administration, Coding (C, Perl, Python, Lua), TCP/IP Networks (IPv4 and IPv6), Network Security and System / Network Scaling. I have over a decade's experience in engineering management, and excel at hiring the right people and building effective teams.

Career Highlights

● Author of “Network Administration with FreeBSD 7” (PACKT Publishing, 2008) – ISBN 184*******

● Involved in setting up the first private Internet Service Provider in IRAN (1996)

● Developed and deployed the first private Internet Service Provider in IRAQ (2002- 2003)

● CTO of two successful broadband internet startups, in charge of planning, design and development

● Founder and CTO of a successful InfoSec Startup in Iran with major customers, including largest mobile operator in Middle East (MCI) and first 3G network operator in region (RighTel)

● 17+ of experience in Service Provider business

● Completely familiar with Service Provider business model

● Conducted several training courses on Unix operating systems including Solaris and BSD systems, trained over 200 engineers

● Involved in National broadband access network design and implementation for more than 4 years

● Active member of FreeBSD development community (ports) since 2004 Work Experience

CTO / Co-Founder

Imen Pardis Technologies

● Managed a cross-functional team of over 15 engineers. Jul 2004 - Present

Mar 2010 - Apr 2012

Aug 2006 - Jan 2010

● Trained over 200 engineers in various areas including BSD/Solaris Operating Systems and Information Security

● Helped major customers to migrate to OpenSource solutions by providing consulting, training and design services

● Created BisPhone messaging network (OTT) which enabled over two million users to communicate using their smartphones

● Designed and developed high performance (carrier grade) network management and security solutions

● Designed and Developed CDN solutions for customers with specific requirements

● Assisted Enterprises and Network Operators to enable IPv6 in their networks by providing various services including Training, Design and Deployment

● Helped partners and customers to make their infrastructures more scalable and resilient by designing and implementing Load Balancing and Traffic Distribution solutions

● Developed complete Carrier Grade NAT (CGN/LSN) solution for major mobile network operators with millions of customers

● Created NetOS operating system (Based on FreeBSD) as a basis for our Carrier Grade appliances, including ipCGN and ipDNS

Developer

FreeBSD Project

● Ported and maintained over hundred various open source software to FreeBSD platform as Ports Committer

COO

Bistalk Telecom AG

● Managed team of over 20 engineers and specialists

● Managed a sophisticated international IP based telephony operator

● Created value added services over VoIP networks

● Managed the Local Internet Registry (LIR) with RIPE NCC CTO

DATAK Telecom

● Managed a team of over 30 engineers

● Redesigned and managed a complex multi-vendor metro area network which utilized different WAN technologies and access methods (FWA, MWA, xDSL, Metro Ethernet and WiMax)

● Designed and Implemented Residential VoIP services as value-added for broadband customers

● Designed a public WiFi network using captive-portals

● Managed the Local Internet Registry (ir.datak) with RIPE NCC

● Successfully designed and deployed IP Address Management (IPAM) solution to manage IP addresses for more than 20,000 broadband customers as well as Service Provider's network infrastructure

● Designed and deployed large scale broadband access termination solutions (PPPoE and L2TP) using Juniper ERX solution

● Successfully migrated existing billing solution to a carrier grade billing solution and integrated with OSS system

Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

Aug 2000 - Aug 2004

2000 - 2001

1997 - 2000

● Developed several pieces of software in C and Perl in FreeBSD and Linux, mostly related to OSS integration and network management

CTO

Shatel

● Managed a team of over 30 engineering staff in different technical areas

● Successfully built a fully functional technical infrastructure from the ground up and hired talented engineers

● Designed and implemented a national scale ADSL broadband network with over 20,000 ports in initial phase

● Designed general purpose datacenter for broadband aggregation and application services using Cisco and Paradyne gear

● Developed plan for first Internet Exchange point in Iran

● Managed the Local Internet Registry with RIPE NCC (ir.shatel)

● Built an operator grade service infrastructure to provide critical services such as DNS and Billing

Technical Manager

DATAK Internet Engineering GmbH

● Deployed country-wide IP-over-Satellite VSAT network based on SCPC and DVB technologies

● Designed and implemented VoIP services for oil rigs in Persian Gulf using Cisco equipment

● Successfully designed and deployed QoS and SLA management solution for VSAT customers

● Managed to become largest LIR in region

● Successfully designed and implemented one of the largest ISP and access providers in IRAN

● Created technical plan during inception phase of ADSL access networks in IRAN

● Managed a complex IP/DVB based VSAT hub

Co-Founder / Director of Network Services

Planet Networks LLC

● Successfully implemented a dialup ISP

● Developed ISP billing solution based on TACACS+ protocol for Cisco Access gateways

● Conducted Solaris System Administration courses for MCI (Mobile Network Operator)

Technical Manager

Apadana

● Developed several web based CGI applications using MS Visual C

● Developed site specific billing solution based on Windows NT and Microsoft IAS services (Radius)

● Developed a full-featured mail server (SMTP and POP3 protocols) on Windows NT 4.0

● Implemented many infrastructure services such as DNS, Web, AAA and DHCP on 1995 - 1997

April 2008

April 2008

June 2009

October 2015

Windows NT

● Implemented content control solution for Microsoft Proxy Server in Windows NT 4.0 (ISAPI DLL)

Software Developer

Gozineh Pardaz Ltd

● Developed Terminal Communication and Fax software with a team of four engineers in DOS and Windows environments

● Developed general software for internal use (such as general purpose installer utility in DOS and Windows) using Turbo C, Turbo Pascal and MS Visual C++ 4 Publications

Book: Network Administration With FreeBSD 7

Packt Publishing

Article: Tunneling with FreeBSD

Packt Publishing

Article: IPv6 with FreeBSD

Packt Publishing

Presentation: DDoS Mitigation Tools and Techniques MENOG 16

Other Activities

Beside my core skills, I enjoy playing Tennis (NTRP 3.0), Listening to Jazz And Blues music and reading lots of books

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