Osama Faris

Current

• President & CEO at FAR

Past

• President at IQ/EQ
• Systems Engineer at BridgeTech Systems
• Systems Engineer at Trilan Communications

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Education

• McGill University - Macdonald Campus
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (since 1995)

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Osama Faris’s Summary

As the Corporate Evangelist, my role is to thump my chest and tell the world how FAR is the ultimate provisioner of managed IT services and unified communications systems. We talk the talk and we drive the orange Nitro's - with four service vehicles on the road in the Greater Ottawa Area, our Quintessential Service Model ensures that our customers hear us and see us.

As an outsourced CIO, my customers can tap into my significant knowledge base of business processes, technology solutions and innovative methodologies. Its not just about tech, its all about making the tech tick.

Osama Faris’s Specialties:

Network design, voice/data convergence, Objectworld Certified Specialist, network auditing, security policies and procedures, best practices, business process engineering

Osama Faris’s Experience

• President & CEO

  FAR

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)

  FAR Support is a premier IT managed services company that caters to the SME market. Specializing in converged voice/data solutions, network management and security services, FAR provides business with 24/7/365 for all their IT needs. With its fleet of orange Dodge Nitro service vehicles, FAR provides Business IT Results, By Click or By Car.

• President

  IQ/EQ

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years )

• Systems Engineer

  BridgeTech Systems

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1996 — October 1998 (2 years 4 months)

  Deployed several networks for SME customers

• Systems Engineer

  Trilan Communications

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

  Supported networks for this systems integrator in the Montreal area

Osama Faris’s Education

• McGill University - Macdonald Campus

  Science , Microbiology , 1992 — 1995

  Awarded Girvin Robertson Prize in Microbiology for final year project

• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (since 1995)

Additional Information

Osama Faris’s Interests:

VoIP technologies, innovation, management techniques

Osama Faris’s Groups:

•    CIO Forum
•    CEBP
•    VoIP Focus Expert Group
•    VoIP Oriented
•    The Ottawa Network
•    SIP Trunking & Enterprise VoIP
•    Unified Communications Professionals Forum
•    FAR

Osama Faris’s Honors:

Girvin Robertson Prize in Microbiology

Osama Faris’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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