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Stephane Banoun

VP Global Sales Engineering — Presales Leadership for CSP, Network Intelligence & Cybersecurity

I lead global presales organizations that win strategic Tier-1 operator deals — and I build the demo labs, proposal standards, processes and enablement programs that let a presales team scale. Hands-on roots in DPI, 4G/5G, satellite, broadband wireless and network security.

Portrait of Stephane Banoun
30 yrsTelecom engineering
$90–150MSE-supported annual bookings at Allot
~15Tier-1 CSP wins supported
35–40%Win rate on supported opportunities
20+Demos & PoCs delivered per year
$35M+UAE network intelligence & security business
01 · Profile

Engineer first, presales leader by trade

Sales Engineering executive with 30 years in telecom, leading global presales organizations of 20+ engineers across EMEA, APAC and the Americas. Track record of winning strategic Tier-1 operator deals against major global vendors — and of building the processes, demo platforms, proposal standards and enablement programs that scale a presales team.

My technical path runs through every layer of the operator network: optical transport and SDH for power utilities, MPLS and IP services for enterprises, WiMAX broadband access, multi-orbit satellite networks — and today, DPI-based network intelligence and network security for converged 4G/5G, fixed and Wi-Fi operators.

DPI & Network Intelligence4G/5G coreNetwork security & DDoSSatellite GEO/MEO/LEOSolution architectureRFP & bid managementCompetitive positioningDemo / PoC labsCPQ & sizing toolsSE enablementAI / Copilot adoption
Depth of experience · years
Presales & bid leadership2005 → today
Satellite networks (VSAT, HTS, multi-orbit)2010–2020
DPI, network intelligence & security2021 → today
Mobile backhaul & 4G/5G2010 → today
Broadband wireless access (WiMAX)2008–2010
Transport & enterprise WAN (SDH, ATM, MPLS)1995–2008

Bar length = share of a 30-year career.

02 · Technical domains

Six network domains, one end-to-end view

The technologies I have designed, sized, demonstrated and defended in front of operator engineering teams — and where each was applied.

L7 · APP L4 · TCP/UDP L3 · IP GTP / L2 DPI ENGINE videosocialgaming

DPI & Network Intelligence

Inline Layer-7 traffic classification for operators: identifying applications, devices and subscribers to drive analytics, policy and monetization.

  • Application & encrypted-traffic classification
  • Per-subscriber policy, QoE & traffic management
  • Usage analytics & network-intelligence dashboards
  • Converged 4G/5G, fixed & Wi-Fi deployments
Applied at → Allot · e& / du UAE
volumetric · protocol · L7 attacksclean trafficDETECT · MITIGATE

Network Security & DDoS

Network-based security services that operators deliver to consumers and businesses, plus carrier-grade DDoS detection and mitigation.

  • DDoS protection as a managed service for enterprises
  • Network-native and off-net consumer security
  • Threat intelligence & identity-theft monitoring
  • Cloud-hosted (AWS) demo & PoC labs
Applied at → Allot · NetProtect-aaS, DDoS Business Secure
gNB / eNB 5G CORE / EPC AMF SMF UPF · N6 PCF · policy Internet fixed · Wi-Fi · mobile → converged

4G/5G Core & Mobile Backhaul

Where intelligence and policy meet the mobile data path — and how cell sites get connected when fiber isn't there.

  • Data-plane placement at SGi / N6 interfaces
  • Policy integration with PCRF / PCF
  • 2G/3G/4G cellular backhaul over satellite
  • Converged mobile, fixed and Wi-Fi networks
Applied at → Allot · Gilat (EE/BT, Orange, Vodafone)
GEOMEOLEOgateway

Satellite Networks — GEO / MEO / LEO

VSAT hubs, gateways and terminals for enterprise, consumer, backhaul and mobility — up to nationwide and multi-orbit architectures.

  • Ka-band HTS & multi-orbit VSAT platforms
  • Gateway, data-center & NOC architecture
  • Maritime and in-flight connectivity (IFC)
  • SCADA networks for critical infrastructure
Applied at → Gilat · SES mPOWER, NBN Australia, EE/BT
CPE CPE 802.16d/e · OFDM · FDD

Broadband Wireless Access

Sectorized WiMAX networks delivering last-mile broadband where DSL and fiber could not reach economically.

  • WiMAX 802.16d (fixed) and 802.16e (mobile)
  • FDD radio planning & nationwide rollouts
  • Integration with operator home gateways
  • Multi-country supply for operator groups
Applied at → Alvarion · Orange, Telefónica / Iberbanda
SDH STM-1/4 MPLS ATM · VoIP · VPN 75 sites · 54 citiesOPGW · WDM · microwave

Transport & Enterprise WAN

The foundations: optical rings, utility-grade telecom and secure international data networks for governments and enterprises.

  • SDH STM-1/STM-4 rings & WDM over OPGW
  • Microwave & submarine fiber for offshore sites
  • ATM, MPLS VPN, VoIP & IP Centrex
  • Secure global remote access
Applied at → Alcatel · Verizon Business (MCI WorldCom)
03 · Experience

Three decades across the network stack

From utility telecom engineering in 1996 to leading a global presales organization today.

Alcatel
Verizon Business
Alv.
Gilat Satellite Networks
Allot
199620002008201020212026
Utility telecomEnterprise WAN & bidsBroadband wirelessSatelliteDPI & security
4G / 5G Fixed Wi-Fi DPI + POLICYclassify·enforcesecure·analyze Analytics Security svc DDoS CONVERGED OPERATOR NETWORK
Fig. 1 — Inline DPI, policy and security services across a converged operator network.
Allot Communications · Hod Hasharon, Israel

VP Global Sales Engineering

Jan 2021 – Present · Worldwide presales (~22 engineers, EMEA · APAC · Americas) across CSP, Cybersecurity and Network Intelligence portfolios
$90–150M SE-supported bookings / yr~15 Tier-1 CSP wins35–40% win rate~20 demos & PoCs / yr
e& (Etisalat UAE) / du — landmark DPI win. Led technical strategy, demonstrations, solution positioning and the proposal against Huawei and the incumbent DPI vendor. Recognized internally as a major company win; part of $35M+ UAE network-intelligence and security business on a converged 4G/5G / fixed / Wi-Fi smart network.
Demo & PoC infrastructure. Built and maintain Allot's global demo environments — the Allot Secure Demo Platform, AWS-based ACTI and DDoS Business Secure environments, and a CSP demo center with predefined customer use cases — extended for every new solution, with SE training on each new use case.
Solution Proposal Document (SPD) framework. Authored Allot's proposal standard, used on CSP opportunities worldwide and updated with every product launch.
Process & governance. Created the global Sales Opportunity Mode of Operation and presales governance framework.
New offerings & enablement. Drove technical introduction of ACTI, DNIaaS, NetProtect-aaS, DDoS Business Secure (NPaaS), OffNetSecure and Identity Theft Monitoring; launched the global SE training & certification program (quarterly QPR sessions) and lead Copilot/AI adoption for Sales and Presales.
Technical deep dive — what the SE team designs and defends

Allot's CSP solutions sit inline in the operator data path, so every proposal is first a network-integration exercise:

  • Placement & sizing — throughput, sessions and subscriber counts per site, redundancy and bypass design, placement relative to the mobile core (SGi/N6) and fixed/Wi-Fi aggregation.
  • Integration — subscriber awareness and policy control interfaces (PCRF/PCF, RADIUS), OSS/BSS and analytics data export.
  • Use-case design — traffic and QoE management, network intelligence reporting, network-based consumer and SMB security, DDoS protection as a service.
  • Proof — scripted demos and PoCs on the cloud-hosted labs, mapped to the customer's RFP compliance and gap analysis.
DPINetwork IntelligencePolicy & QoE4G/5G coreDDoS mitigationNetwork-based securityAWS labsRFP / SPDMicrosoft Copilot
Ka-band HTS · multi-orbit GATEWAY NOC 4G site maritime IFC VSAT NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
Fig. 2 — Satellite hub, NOC and remote terminals: cellular backhaul, maritime and in-flight connectivity.
Gilat Satellite Networks · Petah Tikva, Israel

Director, Global Sales Engineering

Jan 2018 – Dec 2020 · Global team of 18 presales engineers · technical owner of all strategic deals above $5M across GEO, MEO and LEO VSAT platforms
SES / mPOWER $25M+ — technical lead for the next-generation multi-orbit (GEO/MEO/LEO) VSAT platform for enterprise, 4G/5G backhaul and maritime / in-flight connectivity.
NBN Australia $19M — nationwide satellite network for enterprise services: 10 gateways, 2 data centers and 2 NOCs.

Director of Sales Engineering, EMEA

Nov 2010 – Dec 2017 · Presales for satellite networks across Europe, Middle East and Africa
EE / BT UK $10M — first-of-its-kind 4G/LTE satellite backhaul for emergency and public-safety services: 1,000+ fixed and vehicle sites over Ka-band.
Orange $2M & Vodafone $3M — 2G/3G cellular backhaul across Africa and Europe.
UK National Grid — SCADA satellite network for critical energy infrastructure.
Technical deep dive — designing satellite networks at national scale
  • Ground segment architecture — gateway count and placement, geo-redundant data centers and NOCs, hub capacity planning per beam.
  • Link budgets & capacity — Ka-band rain-fade margins, spectral efficiency and contention planning per service class.
  • Cellular backhaul over satellite — optimizing 2G/3G/4G transport over high-latency links, including vehicle-mounted and fixed sites for public-safety LTE.
  • Multi-orbit — terminals and hub software working across GEO, MEO and LEO constellations for enterprise, maritime and aero mobility.
VSATKa-band HTSGEO / MEO / LEOCellular backhaulLTE public safetyMaritime & IFCSCADAGateways & NOC
NATIONWIDE WIMAX · FDD 802.16d fixed · 802.16e mobile · OFDMA
Fig. 3 — Cell-planned WiMAX coverage delivering last-mile broadband to homes and businesses.
Alvarion · Tel Aviv, Israel

Senior Presales Manager, Western Europe

Jul 2008 – Oct 2010 · Technical presales for France, Benelux, Spain and Portugal
Orange $10M — worldwide supply of WiMAX 802.16d/e for FT-Orange affiliates, delivering broadband services via the Livebox home gateway.
Telefónica / Iberbanda $25M — nationwide WiMAX FDD wireless broadband access network across Spain.
Technical deep dive — broadband wireless access
  • Radio access — OFDM/OFDMA air interfaces; fixed (802.16d) and mobile (802.16e) profiles; FDD spectrum planning.
  • Network design — sectorized base-station coverage, capacity per sector, backhaul and ASN-gateway architecture.
  • Service integration — CPE integration with operator home gateways for triple-play broadband.
WiMAX 802.16d/eOFDMAFDDRF planningCPE integration
IP Centrex SDH STM-1/STM-4 loop · 98 city halls MPLS · ATM · VoIP 75 embassies worldwide METRO FIBER + GLOBAL WAN
Fig. 4 — Metro SDH ring with IP Centrex, and an international MPLS network for a government ministry.
Verizon Business (formerly MCI WorldCom) · Paris La Défense, France

Bid Manager, Complex Solutions Europe

Jan 2005 – Jun 2008 · Complex multi-region connectivity solutions for global enterprises — secure remote access and international data networks
Air Liquide €1M — secure global remote access for 8,000 users.

International Project Manager / Deputy Manager

Jul 2000 – Dec 2004
SIPPEREC €15M — fiber-optic and IP Centrex solution connecting 54 cities and 98 city halls around Paris over a dedicated STM-1/STM-4 SDH loop.
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs €8M — privacy-first international data network to 75 embassies worldwide using ATM, MPLS and VoIP.
Technical deep dive — carrier networks for public sector & enterprise
  • Metro transport — protected SDH rings at STM-1/STM-4 rates carrying voice and data for a municipal syndicate.
  • Hosted voice — IP Centrex replacing site PBXs across dozens of municipalities.
  • International WAN — ATM and MPLS VPN with VoIP and strict confidentiality requirements across 75 countries.
  • Remote access — secure global remote-access service for an 8,000-user enterprise workforce.
SDH STM-1/4IP CentrexATMMPLS VPNVoIPSecure remote accessBid management
microwave subsea fiber 64 offshore platforms OPGW · SDH/WDM 400 km interconnection UTILITY & OIL-AND-GAS TELECOM
Fig. 5 — Offshore platforms on microwave and subsea fiber; optical fiber in the ground wire of a 400 km power line.
Alcatel (Energy) · Massy, France

Technical Manager & Telecom Consultant

Oct 1996 – Oct 2000 · Telecom consultancy for international power and oil & gas utilities — mission-critical infrastructure
ZADCO, Abu Dhabi — front-end engineering design for offshore operations across 64 platforms via microwave and submarine optical cables.
Tunisia–Libya power interconnection — engineered and integrated the SDH network over 400 km of OPGW, with WDM and network supervision.
Technical deep dive — telecom for critical infrastructure
  • OPGW — optical fiber built into the overhead ground wire of high-voltage lines, giving utilities their own long-haul transport.
  • SDH/WDM — protected transport and wavelength multiplexing for operational, voice and data services between national grids.
  • Offshore — mixed microwave and submarine fiber topologies linking production platforms to onshore control.
  • Supervision — centralized network management for high-availability operations.
SDHWDMOPGWMicrowaveSubsea fiberNMSFront-end engineering
04 · The presales engine

How I build a presales organization that scales

Winning one deal takes great engineers. Winning consistently, across three regions, takes a system: a shared process, reusable proof, a proposal standard and continuous enablement.

Qualifyfit · competition Discovernetwork · use cases Design & sizearchitecture · CPQ Demo & PoClabs · use cases Propose & winSPD · compliance Mode of Operationgovernance for every opportunity Global demo labsSecure Demo Platform · AWS · CSP center SPD frameworkone proposal standard, worldwide Enablement & AIcertification · QPR · Copilot
QualifyFit, competition, win strategy
DiscoverCustomer network and use cases
Design & sizeArchitecture, sizing, CPQ
Demo & PoCGlobal labs with ready-to-run use cases
Propose & winSPD proposal, compliance and gap analysis
Built on
Mode of OperationGovernance for every opportunity
Global demo labsSecure Demo Platform · AWS · CSP center
SPD frameworkOne proposal standard, worldwide
Enablement & AICertification · QPR · Copilot

Reusable proof

Cloud-hosted demo platforms with ready-to-run customer use cases, extended for every launch — so any SE can demo any solution.

A proposal standard

The Solution Proposal Document framework gives every CSP bid the same architecture, compliance and quality baseline.

Continuous enablement

Global SE training and certification with quarterly QPR sessions, plus Copilot/AI adoption across Sales and Presales.

05 · Signature deals

Wins that shaped operator networks

A selection of strategic opportunities I led technically, filterable by domain.

e& / du — UAE

$35M+

Landmark DPI / network intelligence win against Huawei and the incumbent vendor on a converged 4G/5G, fixed and Wi-Fi network.

DPI · SecurityAllot

SES / mPOWER

$25M+

Next-generation multi-orbit VSAT platform for enterprise, 4G/5G backhaul and maritime / IFC.

SatelliteGilat

Telefónica / Iberbanda

$25M

Nationwide WiMAX FDD wireless broadband access network across Spain.

Broadband wirelessAlvarion

NBN Australia

$19M

Nationwide satellite network for enterprise services — 10 gateways, 2 data centers, 2 NOCs.

SatelliteGilat

SIPPEREC — Paris region

€15M

Fiber SDH loop and IP Centrex for 98 city halls in 54 cities.

Transport & WANVerizon Business

EE / BT UK

$10M

First-of-its-kind 4G/LTE satellite backhaul for emergency services — 1,000+ fixed and vehicle sites, Ka-band.

Satellite · LTEGilat

Orange — worldwide

$10M

WiMAX 802.16d/e supply for FT-Orange affiliates, delivered through the Livebox gateway.

Broadband wirelessAlvarion

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

€8M

Privacy-first MPLS / ATM / VoIP network to 75 embassies worldwide.

Transport & WANVerizon Business

Orange & Vodafone

$5M

2G/3G cellular backhaul over satellite across Africa and Europe ($2M + $3M).

Satellite · backhaulGilat

Air Liquide

€1M

Secure global remote access for 8,000 users.

Enterprise WANVerizon Business

UK National Grid

SCADA

Satellite SCADA network for critical energy infrastructure.

SatelliteGilat

ZADCO & Tunisia–Libya grid

64 · 400km

Offshore telecom for 64 platforms; SDH/WDM over 400 km of OPGW for a power interconnection.

Utility telecomAlcatel
06 · Education, languages & certification

Grounded in engineering

1995

SUPÉLEC (now CentraleSupélec), France

Diplôme d'Ingénieur (MSc) — Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunications. One of France's top engineering Grandes Écoles, part of Université Paris-Saclay (#1 in France, #13 worldwide, Shanghai 2026).

1995 – 1996

National Service — French Ministry of Territorial Development

Designed and deployed a LAN/WAN network for ~1,000 users.

Certification

Cisco Sales Expert (CSE)

Languages
Frenchnative
Englishfluent
Hebrewprofessional working
Based in

Israel — leading teams across EMEA, APAC and the Americas.