Umer Waqar

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ABOUT UMER WAQAR

Security Clearance (Secret / Level 2)-> Certified Cybersecurity Analyst for Energy / Utilities / Critical Infrastructure20+ years of experience in Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Software, Telecoms & Startups involving Solution Engineering, pre-sales Support, Architecture, Managed Services, Deal Leadership, Digital Transformation & Service Development. Enjoys building teams and solving complex problems by leveraging latest innovations in IT. Led several multi-million-dollar global projects. Key skills:pre-Sales, Managed Services, Outsourcing, Service Development, Custom/Complex Solutioning, RFPs, Pricing Strategy, Team building, Driven Leadership, Trusted Technology Advisor, ConsultantMajor achievements: • Solution Architecture of Royal Dutch Shell’s global Network Security transformation from on-premises to Zscaler Cloud – a major initiative by Shell & AT & T to move their security perimeter to the cloud edge • Led the RFP for the Network and Telecoms component of the LNG Canada Project as Executive Deal lead at AT & T (biggest investment in Canadian history -$40B) • Influenced and contributed to AT & T’s Go-To-Market Strategy and offerings of Gartner’s SASE/SDWAN Network and Cybersecurity framework. Helped AT & T Business to offer market competitive SASE offers from Fortinet, Cisco, Paloalto and Vmware ($8 – 10B market) • Network Architecture of Calgary’s biggest hospital (Alberta Health Campus – Alberta’s $1.31B investment) including design of AHS datacenters and interconnection of all of Calgary’s hospitals with a Layer-2 network using Fiber • Upgraded Golder Associate’s Canadian Network (40 cities) from legacy to DMVPN and VoIP • Designed and built 2 major redundant datacenters for Call Genie including Network, Cyberecurity, Server/Virtualisation and Voice/VoIP infrastructure • Network & Cybersecurity Assessments followed by road-mapping, pricing, SoWs and proposals for Grantierra Energy, Total Cardiology & Attabotics – mixed vendor environments (Meraki, Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper, Ubiquiti) • Architecture and implementation planning of Private LTE (APN) Network of a Robotics manufacturing company (Attabotocs) • Major Network Security architectural change planning for Calgary Zoo, a Fortinet redundant stack at 2 major sites • Network Architectural documentation of Burnco datacenters and The City of Grand Prairie’s city outdoor Cameras Network – mixed vendor environment (Cisco, Fortinet, Meraki) • Led the Architecture, development, roll-out, Sales and Operations of Savytel’s VoIP based IP Telephony Service