Nadeem Sharieff

Data Networking Expert with over 14+ years of experience in large enterprise networks with excellent academic and professional track record. Have excellent process and industry standard knowledge with excellent project execution skills.

Skill Matrix B.E., Computer Science. Graduated with Distinction.MBA in Project Management.

Training & Certifications CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate. CCNP – Cisco Certified Network Professional Cleared CCIE Written

Corporate Trainings and Certifications Foundation Certification in I/T Service Management (ITIL). BPI - YELLOW belt certified and Green belt trained.

Professional Expertise

Core Competencies Consultation, Design/Solution based on business requirement and Roll-out of the approved solutions.Troubleshooting and Optimizing the Network. Capacity Planning, Change and Problem Management. Vendor Management.People Management.

Technical Expertise Implementation of Dynamic Routing Protocols like OSPF, EIGRP, BGP.Expertise in WAN technologies like MPLS and Frame Relay.

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Hands-on experience with High end switching gears from Cisco and Dell/Force10.Implementing Multicast, QoS.Implementing Network Services like DHCP, DNS, Proxy, and HSRP/GLBP/VRRP.Management of Load balancers like BIGIP,3DNSExpertise in WAN Failover redundancy technologies using Avaya Converged Network Analyzer.

Work ProfileDell International Services, India

Designation: Network Engineering Sr. Advisor. Duration: July, 2002 OnwardsJob Profile:

Working as a Design Architect for a Dell-wide Core Network Stability project that needed us to re-engineer the Dell network in all the regions including Americas/EMEA and APJ with a total cost of around $31M.

Worked as Design Architect for a project call Next Generation Networks for Dell and deployed several sites with new state of the art infrastructure. The total cost of the project was around $12M. The solution will provide Dell with better infrastructure and position Dell for the coming years.

Implemented the Global MPLS based WAN connectivity project across all DELL sites to consolidate voice and data. The solution saved DELL more than $15M in annualized savings. The solution is scalable and resilient and provides flexibility to business on call routing and forecasting. This required coordination with various teams and venders in different regions across multiple time zones.

Working on a WAN optimization project across DELL that will reduce the MPLS costs and have considerable $$ savings. The project revolves around using the backup link for scavenger type traffic when both the MPLS are functional and move all the traffic to the backup link and prioritize the traffic so that the voice and class 1/2 applications are not impacted by the outage.

Designed/Implemented CNA (Converged Network Analyzer from Avaya) across all Contact Center Dell sites. CNA is a technology that provides resiliency for voice during a MPLS failure. This project ensured that there was no outage and loss of voice calls when there is a circuit outage and also helps in reducing voice quality issues occurring due to unstable circuits.

Provided consultancy services to R&D business heads and designed/implemented solution where the development labs had connectivity to the other labs in Austin, China and Taiwan while ensuring that the corporate network is secure from the lab environment. This facility houses more than 8 different labs and has around 2500 users working on various platforms.

Part of the M&A team who work on integration of the new companies acquired by Dell. Currently working on integration of Perot Networks.

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Worked on other acquisitions across the globe like Ocarina/Compellant/Force10/Sonicwall/Gale/Clerity etc.

In coordination with the Global Network Engineering team, I have worked on the implementation of Chennai Manufacturing plant and also setup network infrastructure for all the DELL sites in India with more than 25,000 nodes across five cities in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Mohali, Pune, Chennai. Pasay and Quezon city in Philippines.

Was part of a team which worked on the Divestiture of Pasay City from DELL when Pasay site was sold to Tele-Performance as a outsource site.

Part of Global Dell team which worked with Legacy Perot team to work out a plan for integrating the Dell and Perot networks with minimum downtime to the businesses in Dell/Perot and avoid any overlapping of network resources/devices.

Successfully transitioned the Global Network Operations to Global Telecom Command Center (GTCC) based in Cyberjaya, Malaysia making sure they have all the Network Diagrams/knowledge about Network infrastructure across regions. Was involved in providing trainings to GTCC and onsite teams to ensure seamless transition of network operations to GTCC. These training sessions and documentations were highly appreciated by the management team.

Capacity planning and resource management using tools like Netscout, Smarts and Opnet and provides monthly reports to the executive team for cost savings and meeting business requirements.

I am the point of contact for any network related escalations for India sites and directly interact with the Regional CIO.

ACHIEVEMENTS Received the CFO award for managing the Next Generation Networks/Core

Network Stability project and completing it well ahead of time with ROI of around $30M.

Received recognition award from the CIO for Dell for completing the Next Generation Networks project in record time with almost ZERO downtime to the business.

Received a Certificate of Appreciation from Senior Vice President of R&D for setting up the Bangalore R&D center.

Received Gold Award for successfully setting up the Bangalore Midtown site which houses more than 5000 users way ahead of our committed completion dates

Awarded the Dell One team Award for successfully moving the Main datacenter in Bangalore from Whitefield to Midtown facility in less than 36 hours. There were more than 180 servers and around 60 network/telecom devices.

Was awarded the Silver Award for successfully setting up the Hyderabad setup in India.

DCF Software Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Designation: Network Specialist Duration: June, 2001 – June, 2002Job Profile:

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Responsibilities include administration and maintenance of a LAN with around 375 machines.

Involved in maintenance and administration of the Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches.

Was part of a team that setup the IT infrastructure for a new 100 seat facility in Hubli.

Was responsible for setting up the IT infrastructure of around 100 seats for the BPO segment of I2 Corporation.

Comat Technologies (P) Ltd., Bangalore/Mysore

Designation: Network Executive Duration: October 1999 – May, 2001Job Profile:

Basic responsibilities include administration and maintenance of a Local area network of about 500 Intel-based computers.

Was responsible for the network and server infrastructure. Involved in MS Exchange, SQL and IIS Server administration. Worked on a Project for EyeOnMarket (a subsidiary of Intel Corporation), which

was a 24 / 7 operation. Responsible for ensuring 100 % uptime of the network of 175 machines and 30 Windows NT servers.

Involved in QMail Server Administration that was used for the company’s mails on Linux platform.

Involved in developing and updating the company’s web-site that is used internally (Intranet) by the Medical Transcriptionists.

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