Speaker Details

Sherif Awad is a Senior Network/Cloud Computing Architect in the IP and Optical Networking division at Nokia. Sherif Awad is has over 19 years’ experience in IP/MPLS SW development, architecture, design, training and consulting. In the past few years he has focused on the SDN/Cloud and SD-WAN technology areas and played a leading role in key Nokia Nuage VSC/VNS customer trials and production deployments in both the service provider and enterprise space. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science Honors CO-OP) degree from the University of Ottawa in Canada and the Nokia SRA (#192), Nuage DC, Nuage VNS, MEF SDN/NFV & Openstack COA professional certifications.