Shahzad Zafar
About Shahzad Zafar
Shahzad Zafar is a Senior Engineer at TELUS, specializing in mandated regulatory services with over 16 years of experience in telecommunications.
Title at TELUS
Shahzad Zafar works as a Senior Engineer, Mandated Regulatory Services at TELUS in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In this role, he specializes in developing and integrating Next Generation 911 solutions with modern telecommunications infrastructure.
Work Experience
Shahzad Zafar has extensive work experience in the telecommunications industry. Before his current role at TELUS, he worked at D+H as a Systems Administrator from 2004 to 2007. Prior to that, he served as an Instructor Consultant at HiTech Institute from 2003 to 2004. He was a Senior Solutions Architect at Nortel Networks from 2000 to 2001 and a Divisional Engineer at Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) from 1998 to 2000.
Education Background
Shahzad Zafar holds a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in IT & Telecommunications from the University of Adelaide. He also earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
Expertise in 5G Technology
At TELUS, Shahzad Zafar has been leading the architecture and design for 5G E911 and 5G Wireless Public Alerting since 2007. He is highly specialized in platform and network function virtualization integrations with 5G and LTE Core and RAN.
Regulatory Services Leadership
With over 16 years of experience, Shahzad Zafar has been at the forefront of mandated regulatory services in the telecommunications industry. He has developed strategy, architecture, and end-to-end delivery of Next Generation 911 location solutions at TELUS.