Mark Achkar

Experience

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  Quantech

  Nov 2007 - May 2008

  Technical Eng.
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  Tetracom sal, Lebanon – TERA Systems, KSA

  Feb 2008 - now

  Head of Networking Department/ICT Presales Manager

   Leading the Pre-Sales for Cisco, Meraki, HP-Aruba, Huawei, Avaya, Tipping Point, Barracuda, Sophos, Fortinet and F5 portfolio for Lebanon since 2012 and for Saudi Arabia since 2019 Leading the Presales for building passive and Structured cabling systems within buildings and over Campuses, using outside plant (OSP) over fiber and copper, FTTX and FTTH fiber distribution with full fiber components; ; R&M, Corning/3M, CommScope/Krone, Leviton, APC, Legrand, Panduit and Schneider etc.. Designed engineered solutions for multiple projects, while complying with the specs and BOQ. Awarded significant tenders (VoIP, LAN, Security, WLAN, SDN, WAN and Passive) for Lebanon since 2012 and for Saudi Arabia since 2019 Leading the Pre-Sales for building passive and active BOQ's in addition to the Single Line diagrams, LLD, HLD for Lebanon since 2012 and for Saudi Arabia since 2018 Writing technical and commercial proposals in English and Arabic Researching and partnering with new Vendors/technologies to penetrate the market  Active role in ensuring the achievement of the company’s sales target Ability to lead technical sessions and guide clients Acted as the mediator between client and sales team both in business and technical capacity. Onsite supervision and project management when needed Attending vendor training and events for new product releases and marketing strategies Performed presentations and demonstrations and built POCs Configuration and support of LAN, VoIP. WLAN, WAN products (Cisco, HP-Aruba, Huawei...) Developing business and creating new opportunities for new and existing clients Conducting training and knowledge sharing sessions for internal team Managing a team of 4 engineers, distributing load equally and projecting a career path for each engineer Show less

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  Tetracom

  Feb 2008 - now

  Head of Networking Department/ICT Presales Manager