WAQAR AHMAD
Senior Consultant at Arwentech Private Limited- Claim this Profile
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Bahaa Shahwan ,PMP®، MBA
Waqar is dedicated and self-motivated professional. I worked with Waqar on many projects during my employment with EHDF. He was fully responsible, professional and successful employee. He was performed many upgrade abd optimization projects fir Axiom IT Systems abd H/W to ensure minimum or zero downtime. Waqar had added big value to Axiom business continuity and contributed to their success and thrive.
Navaid Rehman
I have known Waqar Ahmed for more than 15 years. He has an excellent rapport with everyone. He is professional, enthusiastic, humble, and honest. Waqar has excellent communication skills, which helps him connect with people. I am confident that he would make a valuable addition to any company or team.
Evren Gurleroglu
I had the opportunity to work with Waqar when I was working for Ingenico. Waqar is an experienced IT professional having good understanding in e-voucher systems for Telco operators. He was a part of the team bringing a new e-voucher system working on Ingenico terminals. He was also into payment systems and has been also handling projects like NOL card acceptance for RTA. It was a pleasure working with him and always appreciated his positive approach.
Bahaa Shahwan ,PMP®، MBA
Waqar is dedicated and self-motivated professional. I worked with Waqar on many projects during my employment with EHDF. He was fully responsible, professional and successful employee. He was performed many upgrade abd optimization projects fir Axiom IT Systems abd H/W to ensure minimum or zero downtime. Waqar had added big value to Axiom business continuity and contributed to their success and thrive.
Navaid Rehman
I have known Waqar Ahmed for more than 15 years. He has an excellent rapport with everyone. He is professional, enthusiastic, humble, and honest. Waqar has excellent communication skills, which helps him connect with people. I am confident that he would make a valuable addition to any company or team.
Evren Gurleroglu
I had the opportunity to work with Waqar when I was working for Ingenico. Waqar is an experienced IT professional having good understanding in e-voucher systems for Telco operators. He was a part of the team bringing a new e-voucher system working on Ingenico terminals. He was also into payment systems and has been also handling projects like NOL card acceptance for RTA. It was a pleasure working with him and always appreciated his positive approach.
Bahaa Shahwan ,PMP®، MBA
Waqar is dedicated and self-motivated professional. I worked with Waqar on many projects during my employment with EHDF. He was fully responsible, professional and successful employee. He was performed many upgrade abd optimization projects fir Axiom IT Systems abd H/W to ensure minimum or zero downtime. Waqar had added big value to Axiom business continuity and contributed to their success and thrive.
Navaid Rehman
I have known Waqar Ahmed for more than 15 years. He has an excellent rapport with everyone. He is professional, enthusiastic, humble, and honest. Waqar has excellent communication skills, which helps him connect with people. I am confident that he would make a valuable addition to any company or team.
Evren Gurleroglu
I had the opportunity to work with Waqar when I was working for Ingenico. Waqar is an experienced IT professional having good understanding in e-voucher systems for Telco operators. He was a part of the team bringing a new e-voucher system working on Ingenico terminals. He was also into payment systems and has been also handling projects like NOL card acceptance for RTA. It was a pleasure working with him and always appreciated his positive approach.
Bahaa Shahwan ,PMP®، MBA
Waqar is dedicated and self-motivated professional. I worked with Waqar on many projects during my employment with EHDF. He was fully responsible, professional and successful employee. He was performed many upgrade abd optimization projects fir Axiom IT Systems abd H/W to ensure minimum or zero downtime. Waqar had added big value to Axiom business continuity and contributed to their success and thrive.
Navaid Rehman
I have known Waqar Ahmed for more than 15 years. He has an excellent rapport with everyone. He is professional, enthusiastic, humble, and honest. Waqar has excellent communication skills, which helps him connect with people. I am confident that he would make a valuable addition to any company or team.
Evren Gurleroglu
I had the opportunity to work with Waqar when I was working for Ingenico. Waqar is an experienced IT professional having good understanding in e-voucher systems for Telco operators. He was a part of the team bringing a new e-voucher system working on Ingenico terminals. He was also into payment systems and has been also handling projects like NOL card acceptance for RTA. It was a pleasure working with him and always appreciated his positive approach.
Credentials
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Managing Your Time
LinkedInJun, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Vmware Certified Professional
VMWare VCP510Sep, 2012- Nov, 2024 -
C.C.N.A
Cisco CertifiedApr, 2002- Nov, 2024 -
M.C.S.E
MicrosoftFeb, 2002- Nov, 2024 -
AWS + Docker + Kubernetes
UdemyJan, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Project Management Professional (PMP - 5.0)
Chicago Management Training Institute, KHDA Approved Training Provider in Dubai, United Arab Emirate
Experience
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Arwentech Private Limited
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Pakistan
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Consultant
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Nov 2021 - Present
Acquired project of worth over 2 million U.S $ from a Telco by doing pre-sales, pitching technical proposal/solution and then lead to delivery of project as technical lead. (Including passive deployment in data centre. Proposed different partnerships on MS Azure within house training. and certifications. GPON project-based partnership to roll out. Given consultation to the different organizations, big setups and companies to help them in their roadmap against IT infrastructures. Working on major I.T base presales in Islamabad and in different northern region. Also looking after deployments against compute, storages and network equipment including security devices like WAF and NGFW. Ensuring the projects to mature collaborating with team in locally and in head office. Target the meetings to assist sales to accomplished following orders. Managing the projects with trackers and correspondence to client at every stage of progress till handover. Show less
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Axiom Telecom
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United Arab Emirates
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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System Admin Manager
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Nov 2007 - Mar 2021
Hold the position of Network Admin from Nov. 2007 till Apr. 2012. Promoted to System admin/Infrastructure Manager in April 2012. The transformed platform of Electronic Voucher Distribution to Electronic Wallet using Docker and deploying it on Infrastructure built with next action for Kubernetes orchestration. Saving thousands of dollars to the company. A major shift from back-end Oracle to Mongo/MySQL was deployed with failover and redundancy. In Sept 2018 I migrated infrastructure from a private cloud of Equinix. D.C. to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Public Cloud). Saved AED 1.2 million per annum only with this migration job. Planned and Designed projects and implemented via vendor management (infrastructure and application) with full infrastructure implementations, as per business requirement focusing on scalability, reliability, and agility with less TCO and high ROI's. In mid-year of 2016, we migrated our infrastructure to Private Cloud from Physical Data Center for high ROIs. Our business I.T model presented as "Pay as you Go". Designed and launched DU Mobile E-Voucher Solution, ZAIN K.S.An E-Voucher solution. Launched Mobile Banking Service for Mashreq bank with 3rd party Vipera (Swiss company), about to launch RTA NOL Card Top-Up project. Side projects implementations include, VAS services, Mobile application content services, SMS2TV, TV Voting, SMS2Email, Company's web sites hostings and administration. Established and maintained connectivity's of services over SMPP and TCP/IP with SMSCs of Operators in and out of U.A.E, running paid contents on shortcodes. Technical administration for Blue Tooth, Point of Sales over TCP/IP for VAS. I am responsible for presentation and projections for new technologies (Cloud Computing) implementations and benefits to the company against the department business stream. Show less
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S.M.E BANK LIMITED
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Head Office, Blue Area, Islamabad Pakistan
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Network Administrator
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Jun 2005 - Aug 2007
Managed full I.T infrastructure with implementations in existing and newly opened branches by administrating the jobs through team. Participated in maturing and finalizing commercial proposals (RFPs, RFQs) with vendors, with best practices and recommendations. Procured Computers Hardware (like blade servers) / Software and its accessories time to time, with technical recommendations. Installed, Configured and managed Cisco enterprise routers in H.O and branches, country wide. Designed and implemented IP subnet on LAN and WAN with DXX, ADSL and ISDN links. Designed role of linux server as router and implemented VLANs, subneting for security. Administration of ADC server, MS Exchange 2000, PIBAS banking application on Oracle, MS-Proxy I.S.A Server for internet access. Trouble shooting of Servers/client end, with Windows 2000 Advance Server, mailing interface, internet access on Professional 2000, Windows XP and Windows ME/98 client end. Evaluated switching of all application to Linux based servers on IBM blade servers with Tape library task and improved scalability, efficiency and best practices for monitoring. Show less
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GHAZI BAROTHA CONTRACTORS
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Hattian, Attock, Pakistan
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Sr. Network Administrator
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Jul 2002 - Jun 2005
Responsibilities, Project Management & Execution:- Hosted web site of GBC on intranet server and managed email for the organization with almost no downtime. Prepared and enforce I.T policy by approval of management and its implementation. Configured and Administrated services via proxy like Wingate and MSproxy for client access to internet. Provided support & Trouble shooting on network independently and supported Server / client end, with Windows 2000 Advance Server and Professional 2000, Windows XP and Windows ME/98 Supporting and troubleshooting of hardware (PC's, Printers, Plotters, replacement of cards etc.) and software end. Procured Computers, Hardware / Software and accessories, specifically Employees and Members Card Printing. Show less
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LANDMARK RESOURCES MULTINATIONAL OIL & GAS COMPANY (A Subsidiary
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Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Network Administrator
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Apr 2000 - Jun 2002
Responsibilities, Project Management & Execution:- Implemented leased line (Digital Cross Connect) connectivity of STU and Router. Network Upgrade. Lotus Notes administration for mailing and office automation, locally and internationally. Red Hat Linux as firewall and proxy servers. Sun Solaris running specialized application of landmark services for petroleum services industry solutions. Documentation Team member to attain CMM/ISO in networking. Designed infrastructure, planned architecture with server's role and established network for more than 500 nodes .Setup company's own ISP for internal requirement. Configured setup with multiport serial card. Establish & Implement DVB/IP Asymmetric solution. Maintenance of connectivity for operations round the clock along with support team. Routing established for upward traffic from leased line and down link via satellite. Circuit upgrade for CIR and BIR. Implemented Metropolitan Area Network for two site branches in same city with Remote Access Server Show less
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Chief Technology Officer
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Aug 1997 - Mar 2000
Responsibilities, Project Management & Execution:- Set up internet mailing facility on UNIX for disbursement of UUCP accounts working on store and forward. Designed and implemented network infrastructure for small scale industries and big organization. Installed LAN solution with switches/hubs and UNIX servers. To run core business of I.T in the region and to promote internet/emailing services. Assemble and sold computers and its accessories. Worked as supplier or I.T equipment to the organization on bids and tender on large scale. Show less
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DIGICOM PAKISTAN (PVT) LIMITED
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Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Internet Service Provider
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Sep 1994 - Aug 1997
Client end support for UUCP on Novell, Windows and UNIX networks. Install variety of modems and email/internet facility for standalone as well as on network. Design Email System on UUCP for more than 1000 clients. Run Islamabad Centre for the company with technical support as system administration of UNIX. UUCP communication with 5 branches in other cities of country. Windows NT Server (PDC &BDC), Sun OS with NETRA Internet Configuration, IP Monitor, Iris, Packet Monitor MS Proxy, Wingate Proxy. Show less
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GAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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Blue Area Islamabad, Pakistan
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Data Processing Officer
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Aug 1993 - Sep 1994
Responsibilities, Project Management & Execution:- Client end support for UUCP on Novell, Windows and UNIX networks. Install variety of modems and email/internet facility for standalone as well as on network. Design Email System on UUCP for more than 1000 clients. Run Islamabad Centre for the company with technical support as system administration of UNIX. UUCP communication with 5 branches in other cities of country. Windows NT Server (PDC &BDC), Sun OS with NETRA Internet Configuration, IP Monitor, Iris, Packet Monitor MS Proxy, Wingate Proxy. Show less
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The Coca-Cola Company
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Computer Operator
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Feb 1992 - Dec 1992
Managed overall activities of computer operations, running standalone and L.A.N. environment. Designed and implemented automated personal information and salary system on FoxPro on LAN. Purchases new systems and implemented them on network. Managed overall activities of computer operations, running standalone and L.A.N. environment. Designed and implemented automated personal information and salary system on FoxPro on LAN. Purchases new systems and implemented them on network.
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Education
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2000 - 2002
Master in Information Technology
Master, Information Technology -
1994 - 1996
Allama Iqbal Open University
Graduation, Bachlor in Buisness Administration -
1992 - 1993
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Post Graduate Diploma, Computer Science -
1988 - 1990
Punjab University
B.Sc, Mathematics and Statistics -
1986 - 1988
Sir Syed College
Higher Secondary School Certificate, Science
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