AzInTelecom LLCChief Operating Officer
Oct. 2015 - Aug. 2017Zarifa Aliyeva Street 77, AZ1000, Baku, Azerbaijan RepublicAs the company's COO, I was in charge of coordinating the development and rollout of cloud-based services for public sector clients, along with IaaS and SaaS for various ministries and government agencies. Other duties include supervising business development and partnership building activities involving multiple CIS telecommunication providers, and overseeing the establishment and staffing of additional organizational units, including the Network Operations Center. Significant accomplishments include: • Played an essential role in directing the organization towards the completion of ISO 20000 and ISO 27001 certifications by Det Norske Veritas. • Enabled the Ministry of Communications to cut overall project cost from $65M to $18M, thereby leading to the purchase of much needed hardware, software, technical support, and consulting services for the launching of the first government-owned Tier-III data center. • Built a stable cash flow through juggling and stabilization of uncollected revenue streams, which reached $20M in billables per year. • Optimized overall government spending on hardware by $27M through the development and launching of cloud service portfolio with flexible pricing to kickstart the first IaaS operator in the country. • Delivered key contributions to the creation of government cloud concept, while guiding public officials and the technical team through the transition to a modern service provider as part of a large-scale restructuring program. • Enhanced the organization's financial well-being and credit standing upon implementation of multiple debt management and budget optimization initiatives. • Built a new team, which was credited with the successful conversion of a conventional fixed operator into a modern and world-class cloud and data services provider.