Hong Kong SAR
I have been an experienced Solutions Architect / Consultant / Trusted Advisor in the IT Industry especially on Financial Industry for more than 20 years. Besides offering the professional advices to the team and to the customers relating to all kinds of Networking / Data Center / Virtualization / Cloud technologies, I am also responsible for offering the outcome-oriented emerging business solutions for financial sectors based on value-driven solution proposition. These included Compulsory Recording solution for retail banking, High Frequency Trading and Precise Time Protocol solution for investment banks and dark pool companies, Multicast Video Broadcasting solutions with SDN, Global WAN optimization and Automation solution, Infrastructure Automation, BYOD solution with Cloud, Multi-Cloud solution. I have the experience working as the Global Pre-sales, Solution Architect to design, implement and manage projects in a wide variety of latest technologies in the industry. I am kind of the person who likes to "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish". That is why I am still interested in learning new stuffs throughout my entire life especially on innovative technologies and business models that can bring us into the new era. I hope my knowledge and experience can help me become a successful person in the future. Specialties: Specialized areas: IP and Video Telephony, MPLS, EVPN, Private Cloud and Public Cloud solutions, Storage Networking, Virtualization and Container, Routing and Switching, Architecture Design, Competitive and Market Analysis, Wireless and Mobility, Automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, Software Defined Network, DevOps, CI/CD Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional AWS DevOps Professional CCIE - Routing and Switching CCIE - Storage Networking CCIE - Voice CCIE - Collaboration CCIE - Service Providers CCIE - Wireless VMware VCP
- Work as Solutions Architect as well as a trusted advisor for customers on next-generation Private Cloud Platform with full scale of Automation and Orchestration using Python, CloudFormation, Chef recipes - Design and architect the Infrastructure-as-Code. Leverage tools like Ansible, Jinja2, Jenkins for implementing CI/CD - Work on "Open Hybrid Cloud” with the convergence of Cloud Computing, Container, SDN, NFV - Accessible to and comfortable with senior leadership / management on Public Sectors and Global FSI
• Global lead engineer for HSBC global retailed branch network and regional technology lead engineer in APAC for HSBC since 2013. I am responsible for driving innovative technologies and global strategies for the customer. In 2016 I have been focusing on driving the various kinds of SDN and Automation solutions such as Segment Routing, Intelligence WAN and ACI solutions. • Acting as the regional solutions architect in APAC of Thomson Reuters, Nomura, ING, Credit Sussie, UBS, Deutsche Bank and collaborating to support HSBC, JPMC, Fedex and Goldman Sachs from 2010 - 2013. During that period of time I worked on various kinds of technologies including Routing & Switching, Wireless, Voice, Data Center, Storage solutions. • Aligning with the initiatives of the Global Account teams to provide consistent support and sales model • Evaluating the Integrations of Cisco products, solutions and services with other vendor’s products • Focusing on Wireless solutions, Voice Solutions, Data Center and MPLS design of network infrastructure • Working closely with customers to develop some business cases such as Low Latency solution, PTP architecture, Segment Routing, Big Data solution and Video Content Delivery solution • Conducting competitive analysis against other vendors' solution offering
• Leading the Subject Matter Expert team of Unified Communications • Integrating the Cisco products, solutions and services with other vendor’s products • Managing the customer satisfaction in Banking and Finance sector • Providing consultant services of technical solutions and best practices based on the requirement of banking, finance and insurance clients • Providing consultant services of technical solutions and best practices on different kinds of voice and data center solutions