Affan Basalamah

Affan Basalamah is an experienced IT Network & Telecom consultant with a diverse background in various corporations, including higher education institutions, Islamic multinational businesses, and the largest telecommunications operator in Indonesia. He received his degree from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, where he also served as an IT/network administrator and later as Head of IT Infrastructure for the IT Directorate for over 10 years. During this time, he was involved in the construction of Indonesia’s first higher education network (INHERENT) and frequently spoke at IT conferences such as IDNOG and APAN.

Affan shares his knowledge as a volunteer community trainer. 

Shaila Sharmin

Shaila Sharmin has more than 10 years of working experience in ISP, Bank and WiMAX Network Architecture. She is a seasoned Operations Engineer and Management professional in the field of IP Core and System Security, and possesses extensive hands-on experience in Core and Enterprise Routing and Switching Technologies with major vendors. Shaila has in depth knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles, cyber threats types and vulnerabilities, security risks assessment and emerging technologies.

Shaila was educated in Bangladesh completing a Master’s Degree in Computer Science with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science and engineering. Furthermore, she has some vendor certifications (e.g. CISM, CCNP, NSE4 etc.) at her credit. Shaila actively speaks and volunteers at bdNOG, APNIC events.

Areas of Interests: SDN, IPv6, Routing and Switching, MPLS, BGP, Network and Information Security and Internetworking, Internet Governance and technical Policy.

Shaila shares his knowledge as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.

Mohammad Fakrul Alam

Mohammad Fakrul Alam is Senior Systems Engineer at NTT Limited.

Fakrul worked for several organizations which includes MSP, RIR, IXP, ISP, Financial Institutes. He has strong knowledge of, and operational experience in building and deploying scalable, reliable network infrastructure.

Fakrul is a founding member of bdCERT (Bangladesh Computer Emergency Response Team) and bdNOG (Bangladesh Network Operators Group). Active speaker in different international conferences which includes APRICOT, SANOG, PACNOG, IDNOG and other regional NOG’s and security conferences. Fakrul volunteers his time as an APNIC Community Trainer.

Muzamer Mohd Azalan

Muzamer is a network engineer with 8 years experience managing the core network for one of the biggest ISPs in Malaysia. He is currently Manager of Network Service IP Operation for Telekom Malaysia.

Muzamer shares his knowledge and experience as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.

Muhammad Fahad Khan

Fahad has more than 5 years of experience deploying and managing ISP network infrastructure and is currently serving as an Assistant Manager IP Core Networks.

Fahad is a network enthusiast and an active speaker who shares his knowledge and experience in his capacity as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.

Sarada Hettiarachchi

Sarada Hettiarachchi has a Masters degree in Computer Systems & Network Engineering from the University of Greenwich, UK and holds various industry accreditations. He is a regular speaker at the Global Cisco NetAcad Instructor Professional Development (GIPD) webinars and he is a member of Global Cisco NetAcad Advisory Board. He delivered many training sessions to students and workshops to the public while working at the Maldives National University from 2012 to 2013.

Since 2014, Sarada has worked as a Systems Engineer in the Datacentre at the University of Moratuwa and provided his expert knowledge as a consultant to implement many mission critical networks in Sri Lanka.

Sarada shares his knowledge as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.

Azhar Khuwaja

Azhar has over 20 years experience as an IT / Telecom Trainer. His areas of expertise are Network Security, Software-Defined Networking, ITIL, Optical Transmission (SDH/DWDM) and Access Networks (GPON-FTTX). He also designs & develops courseware, lab manuals and blogs for international training organizations.

Azhar has delivered trainings in over 30 countries. He has served as Senior Technical Trainer at ZTE Corp. China, Networking Instructor at Xintra College Ottawa, Technical Trainer at TELOS in Vancouver and Online Instructor at QuickStart. His industry roles include working as ATM / IP Network Support Specialist at Siemens Canada, NOC Support at Bell Canada, & Field Applications Engineer at Nu Horizons USA.

Azhar has obtained a Master of Engineering in Telecommunication from Australia.  He has taught at MAJ University, SZABIST, KIET, Mehran University and Xintra College. He has acquired certifications from CompTIA, Alcatel, Microsoft, EC-Council, AXELOS, MEF, Cisco, & Algonquin College.

Azhar shares his knowledge and experience as a volunteer community trainer for APNIC.

Yasir Shamim

Yasir is associated with Internet Network Operations in Australia and Pakistan. He has more than a decade’s experience in Routing & Switching with skills in IP/MPLS and BGP, Wired (Metro Ethernet, GPON) and Wireless( VSAT & RF P2P, P2MP). He completed his BS Electronics Engineering in Network and Telecommunication and ME in Telecommunication from Pakistan.

He actively volunteers his time for setting up the IXP infrastructure in Pakistan at hub cities and assisting internet service providers & network operators to secure the BGP advertisement by implementing RPKI ROA and ROV.

Yasir shares his knowledge as a volunteer community trainer.

Jessica Wei

Bei（英文名 Jessica）於 2007 年從華中科技大學電子工程專業畢業，同年加入 Huawei 擔任網路訓練專員。

在接下來的六年中，她為 Huawei 提供 LAN/WAN 系統、寬頻接入、IP 核心網路和 IP 行動回程網路方面的技術訓練，並致力於技術訓練課程的設計及 IP 訓練材料的編寫。在 Huawei 中國訓練中心，她為來自越南、巴布亞紐幾內亞、泰國、巴基斯坦和孟加拉等 15 個國家的工程師和管理員提供技術訓練。

她還前往孟加拉、委內瑞拉、哥倫比亞、埃及、馬來西亞、澳洲、泰國、印尼和新加坡提供訓練。

Tashi Phuntsho

Tashi 在 IP 和傳輸網路設計、作業和維護方面擁有十多年的經驗，曾擔任傳輸工程師和 IP 核心網路工程師。 其透過就路由和交換、網路架構、IXP 設計和部署、網路安全性、IPv6 部署、DNSSEC 等提供技術援助和訓練，參與 APNIC 社群的能力建設。 Tashi 在印度完成其電氣和電子工程本科學習，同時在日本做過下一代網路研究，在澳洲修完網路系統相關研究生課程。