Principal Solutions Architect, x CTO, Author, and Mentor with 20+ years of experience in designing solutions for Telecommunications, Global Service Providers, Data Centre, Cloud, Smart Cities, and Fortune 100 companies. Lead and Architected multimillion dollars projects in Europe, Middle East, and APAC.

Has a proven record of proposing and building new services and products that aim to lower TCO, enhance ROI, and increase profit. With highly developed problem solving, analytical Skills, Leadership and strategic planning.

• Defined a 3-year technology roadmap for the company and defined learning path per domain.
• Introduced 8 new products and services the increased company revenue by 40% in the first year.
• Vast experience in new technologies such as Segment Routing, EVPN, 5G, Network Slicing, SDWAN, Network Orchestration/Automation, and Network Observability.
• Designed Unified Architecture for a merge/acquire of 4 large Service Providers in Australia using (segment routing, MPLS, BGP-LU, and RSVP)
• Architected DC upgrade, IP Mobility, and VLAN extension utilizing LISP, FabricPath, and Firewall Clustering
• Created and developed Internal career advance & training sessions for SDN, NFV, NSO, and Network Programmability.
• Designed, tested, and implemented Fast Convergence, and Routing Policy assessment and IX-Peering recommendation report for a Large Telco in Australia.

• Designed private cloud architect for Research Institute using Cisco gears joined with VMware Virtual Cloud Director and vShield Edge
• Won 2nd place in “Best Design Award” for 2008, which promote the best business designs for large customers
• Achieved Cisco Certified Design Expert “CCDE” one out of almost 500 persons worldwide
• Assessed, and built end-to-end QoS within SP network for business, residential, mobile, voice, and video which lowered TCO and reduced the cost of running parallel networks
• Proven record of suggesting new services and ideas which aim to lower TCO, enhance ROI, and increase profit (e.g. VNO service with Big Telco)
• Professional Services Consulting, support sales/presales team, preparing and evaluating RFP, RFI, and RFQ
• Extensive technology in Telecommunication, Service Providers, DC, Cloud, Banking, Government sectors, and R&D

This book is your ultimate tool to master the network design skills and mindset in a practical way. Four huge scenarios were comprehensively prepared and well-written to help mimic both your real-life job and the CCDE practical exam questions. It was specifically designed to add and strengthen your knowledge and build your confidence, making you ready for not only the CCDE exam but your future position as well.