Ali Ikram

Internee - IT Department

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Timeline
About me
Technical Manager META & Eastern Europe at Ivanti (Operated by IVM EME)
Education
- Institute of Business Management
  2011 - 2014
  MBA Marketing
- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
  2006 - 2010
  BS Telecom Telecommunication Engineering
  Activities and Societies: • PRESIDENT of Dramatics and Extra Curricular Society - Plan, Organize and Manage Events like Concerts, Annual Dinners, Picnics, Fun Carnivals etc - Manage & Lead a team of 50 individuals • EVENT ADMINISTRATOR of Procom.Net 2010 - Deploy the Infrastructure - Plan & Manage the Event - Lead the Team of 100+ Individuals • CAPTAIN of the Basket Ball Team - Won - Inter University Tournament Karachi 2009 - Runners Up - Inter University Tournament Islamabad 2009 • GROUP LEADER in Final Year Project- Project was an "AUTONOMOUS SURVEILLANCE SUBMARINE" in collaboration with the Pakistan Navy.- The project's purpose was to remotely control a submarine through dual mode of Communication, wired and wireless. A detailed work on ATmega microcontrollers, Visual Studio, C#, Electronics and mechanical engineering was done.
Experience
- Royal Bank of Scotland
  Jul 2009 - Aug 2009
  Internee - IT Department
  Job Description• IT Technical Support• Configure Switches and Routers• Documentation of IT & Networking issues• Compliance Reports
- SYSNET PAKISTAN (PVT.) LTD
  Jan 2010 - Feb 2012
  System Engineer | Solution Engineering
  JOB DESCRIPTION:• Designing and implementing IT Solutions majorly in the fields of Server Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Web Security, Web Filtering, Two Factor Authorization, Active Directory Services, Procurement of IT Hardware & Software etc from vendors like (VMware, Citrix, Microsoft, Websense, RSA, Mcafee, Symantec, HP, Dell etc)• Preparing RFPs, RFQs, Presentations, Maintenance Contracts, Technical Compliances, BOQs and Tendor Responses.• Technical Presentations at Client End• Conducting Technical POC and Demonstration at Client End• Understanding and gathering the Client's Technical Needs via Meetings• Raising Technical Queries• Maintaining Project Progress Reports• Designing Network and Architectural LLDs and HLDs of the Solution on MS Visio Show less
- New Horizon computers
  Feb 2012 - Apr 2013
  Solution Architect | PreSales
  Serve as a recognized subject matter expert and thought leader with deep expertise in converged infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, service management) for virtualized/cloud solutions. Orchestrate and lead pre-sales and delivery of holistic data center optimization and transformation solutions for large enterprise customers. Assess, Consult, Design & Implement Virtualization & Cloud Solutions along with Data Center strategy, capacity planning, migration/consolidation & Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery. Show less
- Gaditek
  Apr 2013 - Mar 2014
  Senior Systems Engineer
- Citrix
  Apr 2014 - Apr 2016
  System Engineer | PreSales
- RES Software
  Apr 2016 - Jan 2018
  Presales Engineer
- Ivanti
  Apr 2016 - now
  - Technical Manager
    Jul 2024 - now
  - Presales Manager
    Apr 2022 - Jul 2024
  - Presales Consultant
    Apr 2016 - Apr 2022
Licenses & Certifications
- MCITP PRO: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization
  Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
  Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deployment
  Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
  Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
  Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring
  Microsoft
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
  VMware Inc.
- Citrix Certified Associate - Apps and Desktops (CCA)
  Citrix
  Mar 2014
- Citrix Certified Professional - Apps and Desktops (CCP)
  Citrix
  Mar 2014
- Citrix Certified Sales Professional 2013 (CCSP)
  Citrix
  Mar 2014
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization
  Microsoft
  Jun 2011
- Citrix Certified Administrator - XenApp 6.0 (CCA)
  Citrix
  Apr 2011
- Citrix Certified Administrator - XenDesktop 4.0 (CCA)
  Citrix
  Apr 2011
- VMware VSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [4.1]
  VMware
  Apr 2011
- Citrix Certified Sales Professional CCSP 2012
  Citrix
  Jan 2011
- VMware Technical Sales professional 5 (VTSP)
  VMware
  Jan 2011
- VMware Sales Professional 5 (VSP)
  VMware
  Jan 2010
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Ali Ikram
  Lead Technical Presenter - Journey to the Cloud VMware Apr 2013 Delivered a technical presentation on the journey to the Cloud powered by VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 & VMware vCloud Suite to Heads of IT Departments of various companies in Islamabad. Compared the legacy computing environments with those of Virtualized and Cloud Environments.
- Awarded to Ali Ikram
  Lead Technical Presenter - Virtualizing Business Critical Applications VMware Jan 2013 Delivered a technical presentation on VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 and virtualizing business critical applications (Oracle, Exchange, SAP, CRM etc) along with a live demo of the said environment.
- Awarded to Ali Ikram
  Lead Technical Presenter on Virtualization with VMware VMware Dec 2012 In a joint collaboration with VMware, delivered a technical presentation on VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 with a live Demo to Company Delegates in PC Lahore.
- Awarded to Ali Ikram
  ITCN ASIA 2011 Microsoft Open Door Aug 2011 Presented a Live Demo of Citrix VDI Suite (XenDesktop & XenApp) on Microsoft Hyper-V at Microsoft Open Door Seminar during ITCN ASIA 2011.