raed.mesmar's CV
raed.mesmar
Director, Networks and Infrastructure
Profile summary
Trilingual Director of Networks and Infrastructure with 25 years shaping telecommunications engineering and operational outcomes. Known for steering mission critical network operations center deployments, optical transport architectures, and multi-region technical functions. Committed to driving infrastructure strategy, regulatory compliance, and digital transformation initiatives.
Career highlights
Operations Management: Directed engineering and technical operations while managing infrastructure strategy, regulatory compliance, multi-region technical functions, and mission-critical network infrastructure across various organizations.
Network Architecture and Migration: Engineered network operations centers, executed national DWDM capacity migrations with zero unplanned outages, and managed optical transport platforms across regional installations.
Workflow Automation and Efficiency: Automated Change Management workflows using Microsoft Power Automate to eliminate manual processing bottlenecks and integrated platform management systems to elevate provisioning efficiency.
Security Governance and Certifications: Maintained security governance and co-managed ISO 27001 certification implementation while holding multiple professional credentials including CISM and CCNA.
Key skills
Professional experience
Reported to the Chief Technology Officer while directing a mixed engineering organization of direct and indirect reports. Defined infrastructure strategy and regulatory compliance protocols during a major organizational separation.
- Engineered a seventy-seven percent reduction in Mean Time to Detect by dropping detection latency from thirty minutes to seven minutes through proactive monitoring and automated event correlation.
- Automated Change Management workflows across twelve Other Licensed Operators using Microsoft Power Automate to eliminate manual processing bottlenecks.
- Sponsored the deployment of the Huawei Autin platform to drive the transition toward a Zero-Touch Operational Model across national infrastructure.
- Architected and commissioned a warm Disaster Recovery facility fifteen kilometers from primary headquarters with a recovery time objective under one hour.
- Directed the integration of NCE and CROSS platforms managing five hundred thousand network addresses to elevate provisioning efficiency and inventory accuracy.
Reported to executive leadership while directing multi-disciplinary technical teams and shaping enterprise delivery operations. Defined technology strategy, owned solution architecture, oversaw contract negotiations and procurement strategy, and steered SLA governance.
- Developed a local delivery partner ecosystem that directly contributed to 300% revenue growth through optimized execution frameworks and improved cost structures.
- Delivered digital transformation initiatives, conducted business continuity and service management due diligence, and presented strategic risk mitigation roadmaps to executive boards.
Directed multi-region technical functions across global network services and mission-critical infrastructure, reporting directly to executive leadership. Shaped operational strategy by overseeing core routing architecture, security governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks across international operations.
- Governed provisioning and architecture for Cisco and Ciena optical transport platforms across regional installations.
- Served on the Security Committee and co-managed ISO 27001 certification implementation while acting as Primary Technical SPOC to the Telecom Regulatory Authority.
Reported to the technical operations director, steering transmission engineering across core network infrastructure. Shaped engineering processes for mobile services while overseeing backhaul network design and resilience planning.
- Executed transmission operations and maintenance on KeyMile platforms supporting 10,000 mobile core services.
- Maintained the central Network Architecture Database alongside GSM backhaul network design, resilience engineering, and core capacity planning.
- Executed national DWDM capacity migration of mobile and core network capacity from legacy transport to DWDM across 12 Licensed Operators with zero unplanned outages.
Education
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- GPA: 3.6 / 4.0
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- GPA: 3.3 / 4.0
Languages: Arabic (Native) | English (Professional) | German (Basic)
Certifications
Languages
Arabic · Native
English · Professional
German · Basic