Zafar Daud

Zafar Daud has extensive work experience in the telecommunications industry. Zafar is currently working as the RVP of Sales - North America at OpenVault LLC. Prior to this, they served as the Sales Director - Cable MSO at Infovista, where they focused on network lifecycle automation and worked with CSPs globally. Before that, Zafar was a Sales Leader at Spirent Communications, responsible for the complete Spirent portfolio at Comcast. Zafar also worked as the Director of Sales - US Cable MSO at Guavus, managing key accounts such as Comcast Cable and Charter Communications.

Zafar has a background in technical roles as well. Zafar was a Systems Engineer - Sales at Cisco Systems, where they provided pre-sales engineering support and technical presentations to customers. Prior to Cisco, they worked as a Sales Engineer at ARRIS, providing technical pre-sales support and feedback to the product management team.

Earlier in their career, Zafar served as a Regional Account Manager at Mega Hertz, managing primary accounts in the US Mid-Atlantic territory. Zafar also worked at Comcast, first as a Senior Associate Engineer, then as the Senior Manager of Engineering and Technical Operations and Director of Engineering Operations.

Zafar's work experience dates back to their time as an Electrical Engineering Intern at the Albert Kahn Family of Companies. Zafar has a strong background in sales, business development, account management, and technical support in the telecommunications industry.

Zafar Daud's education history shows that they obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E) from the University of Michigan from 1996 to 2000. Prior to that, the specific details of their education are unknown as the start year and end year are not provided. However, it is known that they attended Kendriya Vidyalaya, although the degree name and field of study are not mentioned.

In addition to their formal education, Zafar Daud has obtained several certifications throughout their career. These include:

- RPA Basics and Introduction to UiPath from Coursera in October 2022.

- 5G Core - Architectures, Concepts and Call Flows from Udemy in March 2022.

- Understanding 5G Network Security from Udemy in March 2022.

- DevOps Foundations from Lynda.com in April 2020.

- Software Testing Foundations: Test Management from Lynda.com in April 2020.

- Digital Transformation from Lynda.com in June 2019.

- Real-Time Cyber Threat Detection and Mitigation from Coursera in May 2018.

- Enterprise and Infrastructure Security from Coursera Course Certificates in May 2018.

- Architecting Big Data Applications: Real-Time Application Engineering from Lynda.com in February 2018.

- Hadoop Platform and Application Framework from Coursera Course Certificates in December 2016.

- Big Data Integration and Processing from Coursera Course Certificates in November 2016.

- Fundamentals of Visualization with Tableau from Coursera Course Certificates in October 2016.

- Usable Security: Design and build secure systems with a human-centric focus from Coursera Verified Certificates in March 2015.

- VCP5 Datacenter Virtualization - VMware Certified Professional from VMware in January 2014.

- VTSP 5.5 - VMware Technical Solutions Professional from VMware in November 2013.

These certifications indicate Zafar Daud's ongoing commitment to expanding their knowledge and skills in various areas of technology and engineering.