Faisal Khan

Experience

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  Nortel

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2001

  Reliablity Engineer for Network Dependability Solutions and Performance Networks (NSPaN)
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  Cisco Systems

  Jun 2002 - Jan 2012

  Designed, built and managed large Enterprise Customer Networks with exceptional consultancy skills. Provided system level consulting expertise to design consultants, sales and deployment teams for medium to large Enterprise customers as a Data Center specialist. Developed Network solutions and designs on many Pre-Sales engagements partnering with account Executives showcasing Cisco product solutions, setting up demonstrations and explaining features and benefits to customers and designing and configuring products to meet specific customer needs. Show less Network Consulting Engineer for major multiple Advanced services customers. In this role, I provided quality solutions, design and network optimization deliverables to drive success within customer accounts.My day to day activities include performing analysis and diagnostics of numerous complex networking problems and network designs of complex network architectures involving various routing, switching and security technologies.My role gives me an opportunity to collaborate with Account teams, Virtual teams, Business Units and other internal resources to deliver the highest level of support to AS customers. Show less

  • Network Solutions Architect

    Sept 2008 - Jan 2012

  • Network Consulting Engineer

    Sept 2005 - Sept 2008

  • Customer Support Engineer

    Jan 2003 - Sept 2005

  • Lab Support Engineer

    Jun 2002 - Jan 2003
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  Brocade

  Feb 2012 - Jan 2017

  Sales Systems Engineer

  Provided Pre Sales technical support across the product portfolio in conjunction with programmatic business initiatives. Delivered portfolio and technology updates to Partners and customers in a structured knowledge transfer environment, as well as, assistance with network design, competitive differentiation, and product demonstration on individual partner sales pursuits as required. Acted as the technical liaison on the behalf on the partner with Brocade internal organizations to assist in enablement of the partner’s technical capability.Performed a high-level specialized pre-sales systems engineering role for Brocade that involved in-depth technical presentations for customers, partners, and events. Helped customers with technical designs; including analysis, configuration, and pricing that meet customer requirements and help solve customer business or technology problems. Assisted with required equipment specification and design for customer demonstrations, P.O.C., or lab testing in conjunction with other Brocade stake holders. Provided mentorship/guidance on technology trends to clients, partners, and employees. Conducted learning sessions with the channel partner’s technical personnel to build their technical knowledge of Brocade products and solutions. Ensured that the channel partner has the technical tools, customer service information and tech support required to be self-sufficient after the sale. Worked with OEM teams and Product Management to leverage solutions and provide feedback on customer requirements. Show less

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  Big Switch Networks

  Feb 2017 - Mar 2020

  Technical Solutions Architect
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  Aviatrix

  Mar 2020 - now

  Why did I join Aviatrix? Because Aviatrix is trying to solve a very unique problem that no other company have been able to solve successfully thus far…and I want to be part of this creative journey. In a Multi-Cloud era, Enterprises are facing a lot of challenges such as not having an Enterprise grade Network Architecture, inconsistent Operations, lack of visibility and “build your own” automation. These challenges have made Enterprises second guess their cloud strategy. The “Do it Yourself” approach offered by all the Cloud Providers have resulted in Enterprise Teams building out isolated environments on their own with no clear Architectural consideration and are almost impossible to deploy, troubleshoot, manage and operate. Not to mention the hundreds of hours spent building a single proprietary Cloud Network with its own set of API and constructs that would need to be recreated from start if Enterprise was to consider moving to a second Cloud Network.Aviatrix is a startup based in Silicon Valley who have pioneered the Enterprise Multi-Cloud Networking Architecture and Security Services. Aviatrix does this by abstracting the complexity of public clouds providing centralized management, consistent operations, visibility and orchestration by providing a unified Data plane. It doesn’t matter if customers are trying to deploy a cloud Network in a Single Cloud Single-Region or Multi-Cloud Multi-Region. With Aviatrix technology, customers can use the native constructs within the cloud or extend the capability and scale by using Aviatrix Gateways to build a repeatable Network & Security Architecture that’s consistent across clouds.I am excited to learn more and help customers build a Multi Cloud Network Architecture….. Show less

  • Director, Solutions Engineering (US Central)

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Sales Engineering Manager

    Oct 2021 - Jan 2024

  • Sr. Systems Engineer

    Mar 2020 - Oct 2021