Raza H. Abedi

rabedi@iba.edu.pk, rhabedi@yahoo.com_____

 

PROFILE

 

·           One year experience as technical specialist with Canatom NPM, a subsidiary of SNC Lavalin for the projects of Ontario Power Generation’s nuclear generating stations.

·           Four years experience designing, installation and commissioning fire alarm system, fire suppression systems and security systems with MAB Group in Karachi.

·           Three years of experience in the Information Technology (LAN/WAN) environment.

·           Five years of teaching experience in Information Technology and Network Engineering.

·           In depth knowledge of Internetworking technologies, interfaces, standards & Protocols and Telecommunications networking concepts including ISDN, Frame Relay, T1, E1, T3 and ATM.

·            Well acquainted with Cisco IOS

·           Excellent problem solving skills with proven trouble shooting experience.

·           Detail oriented with strong organizational and multitasking skills.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Assistant Professor                                                                                     Aug. 2009 – Present

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

·            Presently working as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at IBA

·            Pursuing PhD and actively involved in research in Wireless Sensor Networks

                       

Assistant Professor                                                                                     Sep. 2008 – Aug. 2009

Air University, Islamabad

·               Worked as Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering.

·               Taught undergraduate courses in the area of Network Engineering and Digital Electronics

 

Assistant Professor                                                                                     Sep. 2006 – Aug. 2008
International Islamic University Islamabad

·             Provided consultation to MS students of Telecommunications and Computer Engineering on their projects

·             Taught undergraduate courses in the area of Data Communication & Computer Networks and supervising laboratory work.

·             Taught Advanced Computer Networks to MS Telecom students

·             Supervised undergraduate student in their final year projects in the area of Voice Over IP Network and Next Generation Networks

·             Responsible to manage and maintain Telecom lab and Networking lab.

·             Helped the department to build new laboratories and enhanced the existing labs facilities to fulfil the requirement of Pakistan Engineering Council for the accreditation of Electronic Engineering program.

 

Instructor

Winnet Systems (IT Institute) Toronto                                                     Oct. 2004 – Dec. 2005

·               Taught Cisco Certified Network Associate Courses and provided technical support in Internetwork Lab environment

·               Implemented OSPF in a point-point frame relay topology and migrated the routers to new OSPF areas to reflect the network transition.

·               Configured installed and maintain ISDN backup network infrastructure for providing WAN solution.

 

Technical Specialist                                                                                     Nov. 2003 – Sep. 2004

CANATOM NPM (Mississauga, ON Canada)

·               Prepared Environmental Qualification Assessments (EQAs) for Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in accordance with procedure N-PROC-RA-0044 for equipment and components required to be environmentally qualified and maintained in an auditable form for the entire period for which the covered items are installed in the plant.

·               Reviewed Environmental Qualification List Development Packages (EQLDP) using Windows NT, Power Supply List (PSL), VISIO, On-line wiring (OLW), PassPort, Instrument List and Environmental Qualification Information System (EQIS).

·               Reviewed Environmental Qualification Assessment (EQA) reports to ensure that, the equipment and components are reliable and qualified to perform safety related functions during Design Base Accident and Radiation Harsh conditions.

 

Site Assessor                                                                                                  Jun. 2002 – Oct. 2003

Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd. (Toronto, ON Canada)

·          Worked with Jacques Whitford on behalf of Ministry of Education as Site Assessor.

·          Responsible for conducting site surveys of educational institutions in Ontario for assessing the health of all electrical and mechanical systems including HVAC system, Electrical Distribution, Fire Alarm, Security, Lighting, Plumbing and elevator systems.

·          Prepared detailed documentation regarding the condition of equipment.

·          Provided cost estimates for various building management systems based on predefined criteria.

 

Teaching Assistant                                                                                      Oct. 2001 – Apr. 2002

Dalhousie University (Halifax, N.S Canada)

·               Prepared power point presentation and lab exercises highlighting internetworking technologies and network devices configuration for Cisco Certified Network Associate course.

·               Configured, administered and troubleshoot routers, switches and hubs for internetworking lab

·               Designed Campus Area Network for University of Barbados using Dynamic Packet Transport (DPT) and Gigabit Ethernet technologies as a campus backbone to interconnect five smaller campuses and provided partial cost estimates.

·               Configured PRI/BRI ISDN and Frame Relay on Cisco routers.

·               Designed, documented and provided cost estimate for small Internet Service Provider (ISP) network running Windows NT 4.0, MS Exchange and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

 

Master’s of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax Canada             Sep.2000 – Apr. 2002

 

Site Engineer                                                                                                Jan. 1999 – Jun. 2000

GSI Consulting (Toronto, ON Canada)

·               Responsible for site inspection for obtaining technical information regarding various components of Building Management System including Fire Alarm, Elevator Controls, HVAC, Security Systems, Generators and other Electrical Equipment.

·               Performed site testing of Fire Alarm Systems, Elevator Controls and Building Access Control Systems for the Y2K compliance.

·               Prepared detailed site inspection documents and site test documents.

·               Investigated and performed Quality Assurance of date sensitive and non-date sensitive equipment.

·               Conducted detailed technical equipment investigation with the manufacturer and on the internet regarding the compliance with year 2000.

 

Installation Engineer                                                                       Sep. 1997 – Nov. 1998

Ministry of Transportation (Toronto ON, Canada)

·               Provided Technical Support to end users and created/maintained user accounts.

·               Upgraded workstations from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 over the network using Ghost Software in IBM Token Ring network.

·               Migration of Windows 95 Client from IBM LAN Server to Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and Installed Network/Local Printers (Hardware & Software).

·               Installed software including MS Office 97, MS Project 98, Thunder-Byte Antivirus software, Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0, GroupWise Network & Remote and Lotus Notes Over the network using the WinInstall Utility.

·               Worked with a team of consultants in an environment consisting of IBM Token Ring network, Cisco 2500 Series Routers, Telstra Hubs and 100BaseT fast ethernet backbone with UTP Category 5 cable.

 

Engineering Manager                                                                                  Jan. 1993 – May 1997

MAB Fire Protection (Karachi)

·               Designed fire alarm, fire suppression, security and communication systems for commercial complexes, education institutions, hospitals, industrial/military installations.

·               Responsible for preparation of project proposals, tendering documents, bill of material and cost estimation for fire, security and communication systems.

·               Surveyed commercial, industrial and institutional buildings and prepared site drawing with regard to the requirement of fire alarm system, security systems (CCTV systems, access control systems, intrusion detection systems etc.) and communication systems (including computer networks and voice & video communication).

·               Designed access control systems, building monitoring systems, voice communication systems (Intercom & public address system) and fire alarm systems at industrial and office complexes of Siemens Engineering Company Ltd.                

 

Assistant Executive Engineer                                                                      Sep. 1989 – Dec. 1992

Pakistan Steel Mills, Karachi

·               Responsible for planning and organasing the preventive plant maintenance of electrical control & elecrtical power panels, electrical motors starters and generators of Gas Turbine Power Plant.

·               Ensured electrical department’s compliance with safety requirements in cooperation with the safety department.

·               Checked any inconsistencies among paper plant and physical plant.

·               Coordinated on behalf of electrical department with other departments regarding routine maintenance and preventive plant maintenance.

                                                                                                                                       

 
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

                        Master’s of Engineering (Internetworking)              2002

                        Dalhousie University, Halifax NS

 

                        Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)                                     1989

                        NED Engineering University, Karachi

 

                        Microsoft Certified System Engineer                                    1998

           

                        Cisco Certified Network Associate                            2000

 

Publications

  1. Raza H. Abedi, Sayeed Ghani and Dr. Sajjad Haider, “Selection of Cluster Heads in Wireless Sensor Networks using Bayesian Networks” International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering (ICCESSE), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 28-30, 2010.