Purak Oza

617-306-7482

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

 Passionate and dynamic telecommunications professional with strong technical knowledge of various Service provider

and Enterprise IP based interactive communications technologies and keen interest to apply it to different industry

verticals

 Adept in solutions architecture, requirements definition, pre-sales activities, system consulting services, systems

analysis and design, testing and creating Technical documentation with areas of expertise in IP based interactive

communications technologies - Session Border Control, IP Multimedia Subsystems Applications, VoLTE, VoWiFi, Wi-Fi

offload, Small cell, WebRTC, NFV, UC and Enterprise Communications enabling businesses & applications

 Proven track record of solving and troubleshooting complex VoIP/VoWiFi/IMS and enterprise communication

networks, analyzing varied customer environments, pre-sales trials/certification, PoCs, Channel and technology

partner relationship management

 Excellent interpersonal, communication skills with focus on customer satisfaction. Creative problem-solving and

negotiation skills with experience of spearheading numerous innovative/strategic technology projects during

professional career

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IP based interactive communications and Technologies

 Service Provider Technologies

 Enterprise Technologies

 Mobile/Wi-Fi Technologies

 VoIP/4G Technologies/Protocols

 Telecommunications Security

 Telecommunications Equipment

 Cloud Computing/NFV

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Oracle Communications (Oracle acquired Acme Packet in 2013)

Product & Solution Architect

March 2016 - present

 SBC pillar solution team. Solution lead for Oracle Communications Session Delivery Network portfolio including

VoLTE/VoWiFi, NaaS initiatives and Enterprise Cloud Solutions

 Provide technical direction for Oracle’s Session delivery product and solutions

 Architect solution integration activities, create solution technical integration documentation from product certifications

 Participate in strategic joint customer meetings and lead technical discussion reviewing IETF, 3GPP org standards,

providing technical direction to the discussion

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Lead technical knowledge dissemination sessions to sales teams on SBC product portfolio including Mobile Security Gateway

–ePDG/SeGW, IMS products such as SBC, USM/CSM, E-SBCs, Network management and monitoring products

Oracle Communications (Oracle acquired Acme Packet in 2013)

Principal Sales Consultant

June 2013 - present

Role: Technical Point of Contact and subject matter expert on Oracle’s Session Delivery products and solutions for Global

Sales teams, Channels Partners, Strategic Technology partners. Provide technical sales consulting, solution selling

support to strategic customers and partners helping them achieve pre-sales IOTs, product end-to-end Certifications and

closely engage with regional Sales teams & Product Line Management to provide subject matter expertise on Oracle’s

Session delivery portfolio. Lead VoWiFi and VoLTE/IMS Service Delivery (SBC, CSM, USM, Mobile Security Gateway)

 Technical lead for Oracle’s Wi-Fi calling, Wi-Fi offload, Mobile Security Gateway and VoLTE/RCS solution opportunities

as well as Communications enabling enterprise opportunities

 Lead Oracle’s VoWiFi Solution integration involving a complex architecture with Oracle ePDG, SBC, CSCF and other

IMS session core components along with third party partner products

 Technical Lead for Wi-Fi offload customer PoCs in Asia and RCS solution integration for major customer in Europe for

Hosted RCS solution

 Demonstrated Cloud based Network-as-as-Service for VoWiFi application involving Oracle Cross product portfolio from

OSS/BSS/BRM – service order management to Network service and application orchestration to spawn a data center

involving Oracle IMS session core virtual products with clicks in a few minutes!

 Build solution lab for partner integration around Oracle WebRTC solution and Oracle USM product to demonstrate

web-to-web, web-to-sip, web-to-pstn use-cases

 Help regional Sales teams with RFI/RFP response and creating/prioritizing RFEs

 Build and deliver technical presentations to channel/Partners, create Technical application notes

: IMS Service Delivery, EPC, Session Border Control for IP Networks

: OTT communications, RCS, Interconnect/Roaming

Wi-Fi Calling/VoWiFi, Small Cell, VoLTE, Wi-Fi Offload

: SIP, H.323, DIAMETER for EPC/IMS, SIPREC, GTP

GGSN, WS, JSON

: Microsoft Lync/SFB, SIP Trunk, Communications Broker, Avaya, CUCM,

Call/Session Recording, UC, BroadWorks, WebRTC

: GSM, UMTS, VoLTE/IR.92, Wi-Fi

: SeGW, IKEv2, IPsec, Tunneled Session Management, TLS/SRTP

: Oracle Acme Packet products -SBC, USM/CSM, Mobile Security Gateway

: WebRTC Session Controller, TSM, Oracle ECAS, HSS,

BroadWorks AS, Avaya SM, CUCM, Oracle x5-2, Oracle x3-2/Netra

: OpenStack, KVM, Oracle Application Orchestrator, NSO, OSS/BSS/BRM

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purakoza@gmail.com

Acme Packet, Inc. (Acquired by Oracle Corp) Senior Systems Engineer

March 2010-May 2014

Role: Provide technical pre-sales support towards Acme Packet’s Session Delivery Network products and solutions for

Acme Packet Partners.

• Provide technical consulting, systems engineering support to partners helping in partner integration efforts,

certification

• Create/execute test plans for customer's Acme Packet network deployment including installation, configuration

and troubleshooting system onsite (or remote) and providing follow up support for open issues

• Work with Technical Support organization to provide technical transfer knowledge of customer's configuration and

network topology as the system goes into live production network

• Function as the primary technical support person during trial or proof of concept

• Provide technical product overview/presentation and training to customers

• Track and execute technical activities and milestones throughout the pre-sales process

Acme Packet, Inc. Corporate Systems Engineer

Role: Responsibilities included providing support to worldwide systems engineering organization, participate in product

improvement initiatives, and deliver technical presentations, setup customer demos, Proof-of-Concepts/trials

• Provide internal escalation path for all regions and assist field Systems Engineers

• Recreate field issues in Lab environment and conduct performance testing, capacity testing, traffic dimensioning

exercises, functional testing for Sales and Systems Engineering

March’08-Feb ‘10

• Configure, build and fully support customer demonstrations

• Conduct and participate in partner interoperability testing to develop and execute test cases,

Fidelity Investments, Boston MA. Co-op Systems Engineer

May’07-Dec’07

Role: Co-op engineer executing Technology evaluations for Fidelity Investment and Devonshire technology lab

• Prototyping and configuring Network topology used for FMC testing/evaluation -Asterisk IP PBX, creating, modifying

Asterisk Dial plans, modifying rules in Cisco PIX firewall, switch and wireless routers to accommodate vendor

solutions

• Configuring, maintaining VoIP lab infrastructure with various telecommunications equipment including Dual mode

mobile handsets, SIP phones, Ingate/Acme Packet SBCs, Asterisk PBX, MS Lync 2007

• Preparing test plans, conducting performance tests, documenting results and writing Evaluation reports

• Liaison with vendors, lead functional testing and analysis of project, researching new technology topics

• Evaluation of SIP and Voice Call Continuity (VCC) over IMS enabled clients on various Dual mode handsets

Airvana, Inc. Chelmsford, MA. Systems Integration and Testing Engineer – Internship

Sep’06-Dec’06

 Responsible for integration, upgrade and testing of each nightly build of the software on various 1x EV-DO Network

elements such as Access Terminals, Radio Node, Radio Node Controller and PDSN

 Conducted Smoke tests daily on all software versions and debugging and resolving errors encountered

 Liaison with Automation and Release engineering teams to achieve consistent test results

 Assisted in automation of new features using scripts in Tcl/Tk and CSL

Direct Information Pvt. Ltd. (d/b/a directi.com), Mumbai, India

Business Development Associate

Jan 2004 – May 2005

• Assisted clients technically on Domain Name registration and management, Payment gateway solution & Web Hosting

through the implementation of CRM tools and a web based interface

• Collaborated with Client Solutions Leads, Sales, Marketing and Partners to assess customer business operations and

developed and proposed fully integrated DNS and Web Hosting solutions

• Handled inquiries, sales/marketing, Relationship management (Technical & non-technical)

• Mentored newly joined employees on awareness of ICANN, Registries, Registrars, products, processes

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 Master of Science (Telecommunications Systems Management) - Northeastern University,

 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Telecommunications) - Mumbai University, India

Interests and Hobbies

 Sports – Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming. Music –playing drums

 Organizing events

References available on request

Dec 2007

May 2003