Pablo Narvaez, CCIE

Current

• Systems Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer / DataCenter and Security Solutions Specialist at Cisco Systems

Past

• Senior Network Engineer / Project Manager at Affiliatied Computer Services
• Senior Network Engineer at NCR
• Systems Engineer at Getronics

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Education

• Mount Royal College
• Lethbridge Community College
• Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

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Industry

Telecommunications

Pablo Narvaez, CCIE’s Summary

Highly organized and detail oriented bi-lingual (Spanish/English) professional with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining core routing/switching, security solutions (network assessments & analysis, security architectures), DataCenter services/architectures (application acceleration, data content and load balancing, WAN optimization, web application security, SAN & storage solutions, server networking & virtualization services for cloud computing) and wireless technologies (wi-fi, mesh, indoor, outdoor). Demonstrated ability to evaluate and resolve complex technical problems. Engineering sales background with exceptional communication skills. Effective at conducting presentations with employees/customers at all levels.

Pablo Narvaez, CCIE’s Specialties:

Core routing & switching, security, datacenter and virtualization solutions. Pre-sales / Post-sales technical support to develop and close deals in named accounts.

Pablo Narvaez, CCIE’s Experience

• Systems Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer / DataCenter and Security Solutions Specialist

  Cisco Systems

  (Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

  - Responsible for engineering and selling Cisco solutions and architectures, including L2/L3 routing & switching, datacenter, storage, virtualization services, application optimization architectures, security, wireless access and other technologies.
  - Provide specific solutions and product consulting (technical and sales) for accounts in assigned territory
  - Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers
  - Drive the development of formal sales plans and proposals for assigned opportunities
  - Actively participate as a specialist on assigned virtual solutions team
  - Conduct product pilots and demonstrations to help close deals in named accounts
  - Provide pre-sales / post-sales technical support to extend customer relationship
  - Provide competitive analysis and support for assigned opportunities
  - Develop relationships with customers, vendors, partners and corporate service organizations to manage successful network implementations

• Senior Network Engineer / Project Manager

  Affiliatied Computer Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACS; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2004 — July 2004 (7 months)

  - Responsible for engineering and selling Cisco solutions and architectures
  - Provide Cisco professional services and IT consulting services for final customers (US and MX-based customers)
  - Provide high-level technical installation, implementation, and support of network-related equipment
  - Coordinate strategic network projects and perform contractual commitments for a diversified customer base
  - Conduct studies analyzing user’s requirements; identify alternative designs and solutions to ensure the client’s network needs are met.
  - Submit network connectivity specifications, offer recommendations based on study results, and prepare reports for presentation to final users / customers
  - Assist with network designs and implementation for assigned opportunities

• Senior Network Engineer

  NCR

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 2 months)

  - Responsible for engineering and selling Cisco solutions and architectures
  - Provide end-to-end IT solutions, network architectures and best
  practices for named accounts
  - Provide installation, maintenance and troubleshooting services of Cisco equipment (data / voice / video)
  - Provide IT consulting services for assigned territory
  - Provide technical training and orientation for other less experienced engineers
  - Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers

• Systems Engineer

  Getronics

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GTN; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 1998 — December 2002 (4 years 2 months)

  - Responsible for engineering and selling IT multi-vendor solutions at Enterprise and Service Provider level.
  - Hands-on experience with multi-vendor network equipment
  - Provide installation, maintenance and troubleshooting services of IT equipment
  - Perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers
  - Conduct product pilots / demonstrations to help close deals in named accounts
  - Provide pre-sales / post-sales technical support to extend customer relationship

Pablo Narvaez, CCIE’s Education

• Mount Royal College

  Diploma. International Communications / International Business , English, Communications , 1998 — 1998

  Dates Attended:
  Jan 1998 - Jul 1998

• Lethbridge Community College

  Diploma. English as Second Language , English , 1997 — 1997

  Dates Attended:
  Feb 1997 - Dec 1997

• Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

  B.Sc. IT and Electronics Engineering , Telecommunications Engineering , 1992 — 1996

  Dates Attended:
  Aug 1992 - Dec 1996

Additional Information

Pablo Narvaez, CCIE’s Interests:

CERTIFICATIONS: • CCIE - Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert # 9662 • CQS Security - Cisco Qualified Specialist on Security Solutions • INFOSEC - Information Systems Security Professional • CIPT PC - Cisco IP Telephony Project Coordinator • CIPT PSE - Cisco Product Solutions Essentials • CCNA – Cisco Certified Network Associate

Pablo Narvaez, CCIE’s Groups:

•    eOffice
•    Global Project Management
•    CCIE Professionals
•    CISCO
•    NCR Corporation Alumni
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    CCIE platinum user group
•    Networkers Club for all Cisco networkers (http://www.hightecher.com)
•    Solution Sales and Presales Networking Group
•    CCIE Network
•    Getronics (a KPN company)
•    PreSales Professionals
•    CISCO PROFESSIONALS
•    Affiliated Computer Services Employees and Alumni Group
•    Identity and Access Management (IAM)
•    Connect to Mexico (Open Networkers)
•    Latin America Telecom Specialists
•    Franchise World Network
•    The IT Sales Global Community
•    WiMAX360 Group
•    High Performance Computing (HPC).
•    Cisco Systems Networking Association
•    Technology Sales Professionals
•    Gente Monterrey
•    Worldwide CCIE Engineers
•    PreSales Group
•    Telecom Industry
•    Telecom Benchmark Forum
•    Open Security Exchange
•    Cisco CCIE Exclusive Group
•    Global Jobs Network
•    Connect to South America (Open Networkers)
•    Mexico IT and Technology Industry
•    Connect to China (Open Networkers) / 連接到中國

Pablo Narvaez, CCIE’s Honors:

- Systems Engineer of the year at Cisco (best project in Emerging Markets) - FY'06
- Winner of the English as Second Language (ESL) Speech Contest at Lethbridge Community College, Alberta, Canada - Fall 1997

Hobbies:
- History research, reading, bass fishing, video games (Online Gaming! ).

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