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Iftaar Ali (MBA)

Iftaar Ali (MBA)

Attachee' ATO - Aeronautical Technical officer Techcian.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    ICT Pre-Sales & Product Development Manager - Samoa at Digicel Pacific

  • Education

    • Fiji National University - Fiji Institute of Technology

      2007 - 2008
      Diploma in (Telecommincation/Networking) Electrical & Electronics Engineering

      Activities and Societies: - FIT Radio Station 87.9FM Project in the final year, 2008. - Played rugby 7's; representing School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. - Class Representative in final year, 2nd Semester. Electrical/Electronics Engineering.

    • Fiji National University - PMI

      2011 - 2011
      Adv. Project management Certificate Project Management Pass

      Project Management training and certificate course

    • The University of the South Pacific

      2016 - 2016
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management, General

      Activities and Societies: AMBA Accredited Master of Business Administration (General and Strategic Management)

    • The University of the South Pacific

      2015 - 2015
      Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration {HR} Human Resource

      Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration Human Resources.

    • The University of the South Pacific

      2015 - 2015
      Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration {GM} General Management

      Activities and Societies: Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration. Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration {General Management}.

  • Experience

    • Airports Fiji Limited

      Dec 2008 - Jun 2009
      Attachee' ATO - Aeronautical Technical officer Techcian.

      Weekly/Monthly maintenance/troubleshooting assistance with the following:Park Air VHF transmitters and receiversInstrument Landing System (ILS)Very High Frequency Omni directional Ranger (VOR)Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)Non-Directional Beacons (NDB)Tait/ Icom air – Band VHF Transceiver (RTs)Control Tower equipment such as voice switch, touch screens, controllers consoles and communication linesAutomatic Weather Observation system (Anemometers).Troubleshoot with above equipment’s & provide assistance to senior staffs Show less

    • Digicel Pacific

      Jul 2009 - Jul 2014

      International Business, roaming and carrier services.- VAS, ITP, ISUP, SIP, TDM and STP/SCCP management. - IREG - O&M. - SMS, A2P & P2P, IW_SMS - troubleshoot and implementation.- SIGTRAN, M3UA, MTP/MAP (SS7) level trace analysis.- CISCO Router/Switch configuration/troubleshooting.- Dialogic (veraz) Igate switches O&M.- MSC/VLR/HLR/SGSN/GGSN - (Huawei) - Roaming & international - O&M of HK Hub CS (EMS/XMS) Veraz.- Digicel pacific assistance on troubleshooting International & Roaming issues.- monthly, weekly, daily checks/reports to CTO/IB management.- Trouble Ticket management- liaise with product vendors, roaming partners, hub, STP's when needed.- International Business Projects; SMS-Firewall ANAM lead. (Roll out).- ITP Cisco router customized to use as SMS-FW for Digicel Pacific and A2P traffic Show less

      • IREG/International Switch Engineer

        Oct 2011 - Jul 2014

      • IREG Engineer

        Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

      • IREG Tester

        Jul 2009 - Mar 2011

    • Digicel Samoa

      Jul 2011 - Sept 2011
      IREG/Switch Engineer - Roaming Project

      Migration of GT address under Roaming replicator, Implementation & testing of Samoa's own GT address, IREG testing (IR24, IR35, IR32), lead the team to work on roaming troubleshooting, create documents on implementation & migration.Also, indulged in with RP's to establish new agreements.

    • Digicel Pacific

      Oct 2014 - now

      Manage Project deployment and Lead Engineer for Host IP PBX solution of Digicel Fiji, Vanutu & Samoa.Design Client end-to-end solutionSystem administrator (Linux OS VMS consist: AS/PS/MS/NS/UMS/USS/DNS)Manage, upgrade, maintain and operate Cloud Telephony systemCustomer services and supportProfessional discussion with product vendors, Sales Engineers, suppliers and support team to improve IP PBX solution.Provide service information & training to Pre-Sales Engineer, ICT Sales and Technical Team members on regular basis.Troubleshooting.Core Network assistant;- GSN (SGSN/GGSN), HSS, HLR, BSS, MGW Show less

      • ICT Pre-Sales & Product Development Manager - Samoa

        May 2019 - now

      • Snr. Project & UC Solutions Engineer

        Nov 2018 - now

      • Project / Hosted PBX Solutions Engineer

        Oct 2014 - Oct 2018

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • BroadWorks Certified Operational Engineer - Professional

      Cisco
      Jun 2018
      View certificate certificate

    • PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Oct 2018
      View certificate certificate

    • Dialogic Certified

      Dialogic
      Feb 2018

    • NSE 2 Network Security Associate

      Fortinet
      Dec 2019

    • 3CX Basic Certification

      3CX
      Jul 2020

    • Presales Management - IT & Service Providers Certificate

      Udemy
      Jun 2020

    • Dialogic BorderNet 4000 Session Border Controller

      Dialogic
      Aug 2015

    • PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Sept 2018
      View certificate certificate

    • Dialogic Certified Engineer (Veraz)

      Dialogic

    • NSE 1 Network Security Associate

      Fortinet
      Dec 2019

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Iftaar Ali (MBA)
      Project Team leader Digicel Pacific Ltd Jun 2014 Roll out SMS_FW with Vendor for Digicel Pacific.Initial stage of project only and complete installation (before leaving Digicel)
    • Awarded to Iftaar Ali (MBA)
      Most Improved player - International Business Digicel Pacific Dec 2010 Most Improved player for international Business - 2010
    • Awarded to Iftaar Ali (MBA)
      Best Student in Telecommunication 2007 - 2008 Telecom Fiji Limited & Fiji National University Dec 2009 Special Award for best Student in Telecommunication at Graduation 2009.ICT products.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Secretary

      Issued by Mulomulo Muslim Youth - Nadi on Dec 2008
      Mulomulo Muslim Youth - NadiAssociated with Iftaar Ali (MBA)