Habib Dashti

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About Habib Dashti

Profile: Dynamic IT professional with 17+ years experience in the networking, security and software industries. Highly motivated with excellent communication skill, versatile, with demonstrated ability to lead projects, learn new technologies and adapt to changing technological landscapes. Worked as Team Lead/Technical Lead for Cisco Systems; managing Software QA, Design, Engineering and troubleshooting. Possess thorough knowledge of product development, reactive technical support. Worked with multiple functional teams (TAC/CA/BUs) and across multiple theatres; APAC, Europe and US. Objective: Looking forward to a management position which will provide the opportunity to enhance my People Management and Project Management skills as well as get exposed to business operations. Academics and Accreditations: CCNA Cisco Systems BE in Electronics and Telecommunication JNNCE, Shimoga Technical Expertise: Catalyst 6500 and 7600 router, ACE, Cisco DDOS(AGM/ADM), Cisco firewalls/FWSM, Network Management(SNMP, MIBS), NAC, Routing Protocol, Policy Base Routing, Access Control Lists (VACL, PACL, RACL, DACL), Cat IOS/CatOS/VSS(Virtual Switching), Cisco ACS Server(Radius/Tacacs+), Deep Packet Inspection, Spanning Tree and VLAN Trunking protocols, DHCP Snooping. Cisco Systems Inc, Bangalore Mar 2006 – present Managed and lead the execution of various software QA projects of different sizes locally and offshore. Act as a SPOC for my QA team and ensure the project delivery. Some of my activities are listed below •Participate in the various stages of Project planning and execution which included evaluation of PRD, Executive Commit, review of Software/Hardware specifications. •Determining resource requirements for the Devtest Cycle. •Prepare the Devtest plan and identify the major/minor milestones. •Identified designs/approaches to ensure quality and predictability of test efforts.