About the Author | Brad Edgeworth, CCIE No. 31574 (R&S and SP), is a SD-WAN technical solutions architect at Cisco Systems. Brad is a distinguished speaker at Cisco Live, where he has presented on various topics. Before joining Cisco, Brad worked as a network architect and consultant for various Fortune 500 companies. Brad's expertise is based on enterprise and service provider environments, with an emphasis on architectural and operational simplicity. Brad holds a bachelor of arts degree in computer systems management from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Brad can be found on Twitter as @BradEdgeworth.Ramiro Garza Rios, CCIE No. 15469 (R&S, SP, and Security), has over 20 years of experience in the networking industry and currently works as a solutions architect in the Cisco Customer Experience (CX) organization. His expertise is on enterprise and service provider network environments, with a focus on evolving architectures and next-generation technologies. He is also a Cisco Live distinguished speaker.Before joining Cisco Systems in 2005, he was a network consulting and presales engineer for a Cisco Gold Partner in Mexico, where he planned, designed, and implemented both enterprise and service provider networks.David Hucaby, CCIE No. 4594 (R&S), CWNE No. 292, is a technical education content engineer for Cisco Meraki, where he focuses on eLearning for the Meraki product lines. David holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky. He has been authoring Cisco Press titles for almost 25 years.Jason Gooley, CCIEx2 (RS, SP) No. 38759, has over 30 years of experience in the industry and currently works as a technical evangelist for the Worldwide Enterprise Networking and Software Sales team at Cisco Systems. Jason is passionate about helping others in the industry succeed. In addition to being a public speaker, Jason is a published Cisco Press author, developer of CCIE exams, an online training instructor, and a blogger. Jason is also co-founder and organizer of the Chicago Network Operators Group (CHI-NOG). He is the founder and host of MetalDevOps, which is a YouTube video show about the intersection of metal music and technology |