Ahmed A. Al Kareem is an executive manager of network infrastructure design at Etihad Etisalat in Saudi Arabia. He has over 15 years of experience in telecommunications engineering, including designing fiber networks, managing implementation teams, and supervising core network projects. Al Kareem holds an MBA, is a certified optical network engineer, and has extensive training in telecom technology and management.

1. Ahmed A. Al Kareem
Curriculum Vitae for Ahmed A. Al Kareem
Ahmed Awad Al-Kareem Abdullah Ahmed
University Sudan Universityof Science and Technology
Faculty Faculty of Engineering.
Department Telecommunication Engineer
Graduation Year 2004
MBA 2016 (Ongoing) Geneva Business School
Work Experiences:
1. Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) from 11/2006 up to date
Duties:
Currently, I am taking care ofthe design for MPLS network, the FTTH (fiber to the home),
access technology such as SDH and MPLSTP to provide global connectivity for the internal
and external client within the mobily network The job responsibilities include
 Manage the Design /Configure / Integrate activities in the IP/MPLS application components,
including the different network layers (VPNs, QoS, TE, etc.)
 Assure-IP/MPLS network capability of serving all forecasted services.
 Provide enterprise strategic direction for regional and global network architecture while
working with key stakeholders to establish appropriate standards and controls to maximize
service levels while minimizing cost
 Design all new customer and expansion the existing GPON for Home user.
 End to end solution for FTTH medium and large scale compounds.
 Design 3G and LTE back hole over the mobily network.
 Design MPLSTP and SDH rings to provide Metro Ethernet solution.
 Select between different vendor (Alcatel-Huawei-Cisco-Ciena-Zone-ZTE) base on required
solution and budget
 Develops strategy, roadmaps and defines the budget needs and works to secure all projects
needs to deliver the project time and within the budget scope.
 Escalates high severity issues and chronic problems to appropriate management.
Duties:
Supervise the implementation and acceptance of Mobily Transport networks such as
DWDM/OTN Core networks and SDH/GPON/MPLS-TP Access networks in the Central,
Eastern, Northern and North Western Regions. The job responsibilities include :
 Select, control and manage implementation teams to deliver all kind of access & core
projects within the implementation schedules and SLA constraints
 Manage all vendors to achieve the projects within time, quality and cost
 Manage all kind of projects from multi-vendors (HUAWEI/ALU/CEINA/CISCO/ZTE)
which cover multitude of technologies (DWDM/OTN/SDH/MPLS-TP/GPON)
 Lead the teams to accomplish all business sales & wholesales projects according to SLA
Address Riyadh, KSA.
Mobile 966566232500
Work 966560313432
E-Mail a.alkareem@mobily.com.sa
abofaris2009@live.com
Title Executive Manager Network infrastructure design
Date 1/07/2014 to date
Department Transport Design
Title ChiefEngineer, Core Networks
Date 10/2011 to 1/01/2014
Department TXM Core Engineering – Center

2. Ahmed A. Al Kareem
Curriculum Vitae for Ahmed A. Al Kareem
Duties:
Senior Testing Engineer of Mobily long distance fiber network (SNFN) Testing & Acceptance
Team, I have developed and conducted STP (Site Test Procedures) and RFSTP (Ready for
Service Test Procedures) for SNFN 13,000 Long Distance(SDH-DWDM-RFTS-NTP) Network
spanning 13,000 Km comprising of more than 150 Terminal, Gateway and Repeater sites
scattered throughout the Kingdom. The job responsibilities include:
 Provide all kind of accepting test for the new site in the network
 Provide the remote technical support to the teams on the sites
 Planning, scheduling and monitoring all testing activity.
 Control the testing result and assist in monitoring the outstanding issue (OILS)
 Develop and improve technical procedures that are necessary and required for the
implementation work.
 Work with the planning team to evaluate new bidders in new projects.
 Attends and prepare for all meeting with the contractor.
2. Sudan Telecom Company (Sudatel)
Duties:
 Operation and Maintenance of Optical Fiber Networks (SDH/PDH).
Certifications:
 MBA in international management (finished in May 2017)
 Certified Optical Network Engineer (2010)
 CCNA Cisco certified Network Associated (2006)
 BSC in Electronic Engineering – Telecommunication (2004)
Training Courses
1-Telecommunication Courses:
 FTTX & RFTS Installation &Testing (JDSU)
 Certified fiber to the home professional condensed seminar
 MPLS-TP Testing and Configuration (Ciena)
 Implementing Data Over DWDM
 Core Networks Training Program”
 CISCO ONS-15454 MSPP (SDH)(DWDM)
2-Management Courses:
 Principle of finance
 Project Management Professional (PMP)
 Coaching People for high Performance
 Fundamental of Supervisor &Management Skills
 Operational leadership
 Time and Stress Management
Title Senior Testing Engineer
Date 11/2006 to 1/10/2011
Department SNFN-Telecom Section
Title Operation and Maintenance Engineer
Date 12/2004- 12/2005
Department Transmission