The document summarizes the career of a director managing a team specialized in secured IP networking solutions since 2011. Some key achievements include: partnering with Microsoft to design large WLAN networks in Morocco and other countries; assisting a major Moroccan mobile network operator (MNO) in building a national Wi-Fi network; and developing expertise in leading WLAN technologies to provide solutions to partners across various industries. The role also involves managing a yearly turnover of approximately 30 million Moroccan dirhams through projects in sectors such as hospitality, education, and logistics.

1. 06/2011 till now SIGMATEL Secured IP Networking Solutions BU Director
Managing a team of 12 people, consisting of sales/pre-sales engineers, project managers and certified networking
engineers specialized in LAN/WLAN.
SIGMATEL is a global Telecom/System Infrastructure Integrator based in Morocco specialized in: Physical, System, Networking & Security infrastructures
including RadioSolutions,Telephony,Contact Centers …
Mission:
 Developmentof a Business Unit specializingin Secured IP Networking Solutions with a particular focus on Wireless-LAN and Radio
solutions
 Execution of three main tasks:
1. Building a recognized technology agnostic expertise, within Morocco and outside, in most leadingWLAN radio technologies
(ARUBA, RUCKUS, CISCO, ALTAI,AIRTIGHT,FIRETIDE),
2. Becominga real force of proposition to partnersindifferentverticalsdependingon their contextand needs (Telco, Education,
Hospitality,Logistics,etc.),
3. Process Industrializationwithinthe ProductionandEngineeringdepartment,
Turnover:
Handlinga yearlyturnoverof ~30MillionMAD (around30% ofthe SIGMATEL’syearlyturnover)
Major Achievements:
 2014-2015: Partnered with MICROSOFT tobuild, design and deploy significantWLAN networks in Morocco and outside (in Morocco:
designed and deployed University Cadi Ayyad of Marrakech campuses using ARUBA LAN/WLAN Technology, and prospected in
other African countries: Rwanda, and others, in Middle East: audited WLAN network of HIA Hamad International Airport at
DOHA/QATAR, and MicrosoftofficesinJeddah/Saudi, Amman/Jordan, Beirut/Lebanon, andCairo/Egypt)
 2014 - ongoing: National roll-outof a global Wi-Fi network to offload 3Gdata with a Moroccan MNO (INWI) in all Morocco. A full
Turn-Key project that englobes Site acquisition, Electrification, Civil Works, RF Design for Small Cell Outdoor environments and
Networking.
 2014 - ongoing: Built a recognized and technology agnostic expertisein most leadingWLAN radio technologies (ARUBA, RUCKUS,
CISCO, ALTAI, AIRTIGHT, FIRETIDE), and became a real force of proposition to partners in different verticals depending on their
contextandneeds(Telco, Education,Hospitality, Logistics, etc.).
 2014- ongoing: RealizedimportantWLAN projectsinHospitality, Education andLogistics verticals usingRUCKUS, ARUBA,ALTAI
 2013 - 2014: AssistedMoroccanMNO(INWI) inbuildingand EngineeringanationalRadioandCore Wi-Finetwork
 2012 - 2013: Proof of Concept (POC)deployment with the Moroccan MNO (INWI), of a citywide Wi-Fi solution using a Core Solution
forBilling/AAAandAuthenticationand OutdoorWi-Fiaccess
 2012: Assisted actively the Moroccan MNO (INWI)to Influence the Moroccan Telecom regulator(ANRT)to open the Wi-Fi Outdoor
spectrum for Telco use to provide Carrier-Grade Wi-Fi service as a newData access radio solution to offload their 3Gnetwork. This
task was a real challenge asitwasthe Key thatopened the whole WLAN marketforcompetition.
 2011-2012: Worked with Moroccan Ministries of Industry and ICT, Education and othergovernment entities tolaunch a global project
to equip all Moroccan university campuses with Wi-Fi and InternetConnection forAcademicuse with possibility to roam within and
between the differentcampuses.
 2011 - 2012:DevelopedCCTV solutions usingradio access solutions as transportmedium. Realized someprojects in private and public
sectors:
a. Private Sector: Interconnectingremote sites using Radio PTP backhaulingin the unlicensed 5GHzspectrum, and building
a CCTV solutionbasedonthe radio transportmedium
b. PublicSector: realizedanUrbanCCTVprojectusingradio technology astransportmediumforlocal police authorities
 2009- 2012: Started DevelopingWi-Fi Hotspotbusiness inMorocco(Hotels, Education, Logistics, Telco, …etc)