Kazi Obaidur Reza
5/3 West End Street, Central Road,Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven professional with extensive experience as CEO at DCDR iDEAS, excelling in data center management and project leadership. Proven expertise in disaster recovery planning and team development, successfully enhancing operational efficiency and client satisfaction. Adept at strategic planning and vendor management, consistently delivering high-quality outcomes.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Executive Officer
DCDR iDEAS
Dhaka
12.2021 - Current
- Providing consultancy services in Data Centre and Data Centre Disaster Recovery site as a project basis, system integration, or any product line distribution
- Providing expert opinion on designing networking infrastructure, system security, server storages as well as passive infrastructure like power, cooling technologies of Data Centre
- Providing Rated certifications on Data Centre to different banking and non-banking financial organization as local partner of EPI, EXIN a leading certification provider in the world
Operations Manager Data Center Disaster Recovery Site
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)
Jashore
10.2019 - 11.2021
- Act as a project director and providing guidelines on planning, designing, provisioning and procuring phases of a data center disaster recovery site
- Manage IT team workflows and established priorities, effectively maintaining schedules and consistently meeting objectives of it
- Handle team disciplinary actions and implemented motivational strategies to increase overall performance and work quality
- Consulting with technicians, users, and management to assess data center needs and system requirements
- Organize routine maintenance to keep data center systems performing effectively and secured against unauthorized access
- Determine feasibility, cost, and resource requirements for any proposed system change
- Supervise technical support team effectively serving over clients
- Administered yearly budget with minimal waste or excess by carefully controlling expenses and managing procurement
Operations Manager Data Center and Additional Director Communication
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)
Dhaka
09.2015 - 10.2019
- Directed and planned installation and maintenance of data center hardware and software
- Developed greater understanding of power efficiency of data center
- Maintained good working relationship with co-workers and management of data center
Network Administrator
National Telecommunication Monitoring Center
06.2009 - 03.2014
- Organized routine maintenance to keep data center systems performing effectively and secured against unauthorized access
- Managed IT team workflows and established priorities, effectively maintaining schedules and consistently meeting objectives
- Supervised technical support team effectively serving over clients
- Maintained good working relationship with co-workers and management with a team
- Worked on compliance requirements in conjunction with other departmental managers
Education
Masters - Business Administration major in Human Resource Management (HRM)
North South University (NSU)
Dhaka, Bangladesh01.2011
4-Years Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronic And Communication Engineering (EECE)
Military Institute of Science And Technology (MIST)
Dhaka, Bangladesh01.2007
Skills
- Data center management
- Data analysis
- Workforce management
- Proven skills in DC-DR functionalities
- Networking infrastructure
- Team leadership
- Project management
- Budget administration
- Disaster recovery planning
- System integration
- Vendor management
- Problem solving
- Client consultation
- Effective communication
- Maintenance scheduling
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Staff development
- Negotiation
- Conflict resolution
- Revenue management
- Strategic planning
- Business planning
- Coaching and mentoring
- Time management
- Sales management
Volunteer Experience
Shared experiences on Data Centre management to the engineers of 4-tier national data center of Bangladesh to participate and qualify Accredited Operations Specialist (AOS) certification from Uptime Institute.
Certification
- Certified Accredited Operations Specialist, Uptime Institute, 2017, AOS certified from Singapore, foil number AOS 357.
- Certified Data Center Functions and Operation Management, EXIN, EPI, 2017
- Certified Geographic Information System specialist, Verint System Vb, 2010, Netherlands
- Certified Monitoring Center Next Generation specialist, Trovicor GmBh, Utimaco safeware, 2011, Germany
- Certified Data Center Profession, 2018, New Jersey, USA
- The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), 2018, MikroTik, New York, USA
- Microsoft Ad exchange, 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Windows Server 2016, 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Cisco-Hyperflex, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Electronic Government Procurement (EGP), Electronic Filing (E-Nothi), Web portal, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Training
- Big Data Management - Organized by IEB
- Data management in cloud infrastructure - Organized by BASIS
Affiliations
- Member of IEB (Institute of Engineers Bangladesh)
- Member of BICSI #381345
- Member of IEEE
- Member of ASHRAE #0084418121
- Member of AGC
Accomplishments
- Force Commander recognition
- Border Guard Bangladesh Medal Sheba
Languages
English: Fluent
Bangla: Fluent (Native)
French: Intermediate
Hindi: Intermediate
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Chief Executive Officer
DCDR iDEAS
12.2021 - Current
Operations Manager Data Center Disaster Recovery Site
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)
10.2019 - 11.2021
Operations Manager Data Center and Additional Director Communication
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)
09.2015 - 10.2019
Network Administrator
National Telecommunication Monitoring Center
06.2009 - 03.2014
Masters - Business Administration major in Human Resource Management (HRM)
North South University (NSU)
4-Years Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronic And Communication Engineering (EECE)
Military Institute of Science And Technology (MIST)
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