Hamdi Bennour

Design end-to-end solutions leveraging VMware’s portfolio, including vSphere Foundation, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Tanzu, NSX, Aria, vSAN and Private AI.

• $21M ETISALT UAE and MISR VMware Cloud Foundation Deal: Spearheaded the upgrade and optimization of existing data centers to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability. This stepped up E& to be able to start the GPUaaS public provider project.
• $1.6M ADJD Deal: Led efforts to streamline operational tasks, accelerating the private cloud adoption journey and achieving an ROI exceeding 30%.
• $2M MALAFFI Cloud Transformation: Positioned MALAFFI as the preferred cloud provider for healthcare affiliates, driving improved service delivery and operational efficiency.

Architect scalable and resilient hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and modern application solutions.

• Transformed Redington’s private cloud by seamlessly migrating all workloads to VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), significantly enhancing operational agility and accelerating time-to-market.
• Standardized the operations of DU and KFH in Kuwait using Aria Operations, resulting in a 40% reduction in operational time and improved efficiency.

Engage with customers to understand business requirements and map them to VMware technologies.

• Collaborated with Technical Adoption Managers to assess over 4 strategic accounts, creating a comprehensive Value Model. Delivered detailed documents that aligned added value with business objectives, ensuring tailored solutions for each account.

Lead proof-of-concepts (PoCs), demonstrations, and workshops to showcase VMware capabilities.

• Successfully delivered multiple Proofs of Concept (PoCs), with the majority resulting in successful outcomes and positive business impact. Among the accounts : MALAFFI (NSX PoC), ADJD (VCF PoC), ETTISALAT (PoC AVI VCF and NSX)...

Act as a trusted advisor for cloud, automation, security, networking and AI strategies.

• We have seen the first Gen AI RFP published by ETTISALAT lately.
• Many customers show cased big interest and many PoCs are scheduled.

Provide technical leadership on enterprise cloud migrations, Kubernetes adoption, and AI/ML workloads.

Work with engineering, product management, and sales teams to align VMware solutions with customer needs.

Develop reference architectures, best practices, and deployment guides.

Deliver technical presentations, whitepapers, and industry insights.

• Almost 1 presentation per week.

Collaborate closely with GSS to expedite issue resolution and enhance customer support efficiency.

• Design end-to-end solutions leveraging VMware’s portfolio, including vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Tanzu, NSX, Aria, and vSAN.
• Architect scalable and resilient hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and modern application solutions.
• Engage with customers to understand business requirements and map them to VMware technologies.
• Lead proof-of-concepts (PoCs), demonstrations, and workshops to showcase VMware capabilities.
• Act as a trusted advisor for cloud, automation, security, and networking strategies.
• Work with engineering, product management, and sales teams to align VMware solutions with customer needs.
• Develop reference architectures, best practices, and deployment guides.
• Deliver technical presentations, whitepapers, and industry insights.
• Deliver technical presentations, whitepapers, and industry insights.

Partner Enablement & Technical Advocacy:

• Train and empower Cisco channel partners on Cisco’s latest networking, wireless, security, and collaboration technologies.
• Deliver technical workshops, demos, and hands-on labs to enhance partner capabilities.
• Develop technical sales strategies that align Cisco solutions with partner go-to-market (GTM) initiatives.

Solution Design & Architecture Support:

• Guide partners in designing and deploying Cisco Enterprise Networking and Security (Catalyst, Meraki, ASA FW), Data Center (ACI, Nexus), and Cloud Solutions.
• Provide technical pre-sales support to help partners win deals and differentiate Cisco from competitors.
• Assist in the creation of partner-specific solution offerings and validated design architectures.
• Analyze market trends, partner capabilities, and competitor solutions to provide strategic guidance.
• Support partners in RFP responses, POCs, and technology evaluations.
• Work closely with Partner Account Managers (PAMs), Distribution teams, and Cisco Sales Engineering to drive joint partner success.
• Influence Cisco’s partner programs, incentives, and certifications by providing feedback from the field.
• Collaborate with Cisco’s TAC and CX teams to ensure post-sales partner and customer success.

• Architect end-to-end solutions leveraging Cisco’s Networking, Security, Collaboration, Wireless, and Datacentre portfolio.
• Engage with customers to understand business challenges and map them to Cisco’s solutions.
• Lead proof-of-concepts (PoCs), demos, and technical workshops to showcase Cisco innovations.
• Provide deep expertise in Cisco Networking (Catalyst, Nexus, Asa Firewalls and ACI), Security (Firepower), and Meraki API, Terraform.
• Act as a trusted advisor for network transformation, security modernization, and cloud networking.
• Develop and deliver technical roadmaps aligned with customer goals.
• Work with engineering, product management, and sales teams to align Cisco solutions with business needs.

• Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines for processing market feeds from exchanges (FIX, TOPCAC, RLC, MMTP, SBE, OPTIQ, V900).
  Ensure real-time availability of stock market information, analytics, and reporting systems

• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work closely with quantitative analysts, traders, and exchange operators to optimize execution strategies.
  Collaborate with network, security, and infrastructure teams to enhance system performance.
  Lead code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and drive best practices in software engineering.

• Designed and Developed the Market Information Streaming platform, leveraging technologies such : Language : Java/Spring, C#, Messaging System : Kafka, SBE, FIX, Database: Oracle ...
  

• Architect and maintain low-latency, high-speed network infrastructure for stock trading operations.
• Optimize network traffic, multicast, and market data distribution across trading platforms.
• Design EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, architectures for efficient traffic routing and exchange connectivity.
• Ensure network security, encryption, and DDoS protection for stock exchange systems.
• Develop security policies aligned with financial regulations (SEC, MiFID II, FINRA, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS).
• Work with SOC teams to monitor, detect, and mitigate cyber threats in real time.
• Lead disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BCP) strategies for network infrastructure.
• Conduct stress testing and simulation exercises to ensure network resiliency.