Wayne Lawson
CCIE # 5244, CCNA, CCDA, Nortel NCSE, MCSE, CNE, CNX
Ethernet, CBE
President & CEO - IPexpert, Inc.

Wayne has over 9 years of networking experience with a concentration in WAN design and support. Wayne has spent his 9 years in networking with 3 major institutes (4 years in the USMC, 3 years at International Network Services and 2 years with Cisco Systems). During Wayne's 2 years at Cisco he was published on the topics of "Building Cisco Remote Access Networks" (ISBN: 1-928993-13-X) and "Configuring Cisco AVVID" (ISBN: 1-928994-14-8). Wayne is currently employed as a Sr. WAN Consultant for Vertical Networks, Inc. and resides in Michigan with his wife and daughter.

Alex Goldstein
CCIE #7467, CCNP, CCNA, CCDA

Alex has spent the past 18 years in the technology field, working in both sales and engineering. Alex has a range of experience from IP and IPX LAN's to large-scale BGP WAN implementations. Alex has also been published as a contributor the Syngress Media CCNP study guide. Presently Alex resides in Michigan, and works at The Newman Group.

David Sloan
CCIE # 6976 Certified Cisco Systems Instructor, Skyline Computer

David has 19 years of experience supporting communications systems, with the last nine in networking. David has worked for DoD contractors, systems integrators, and large financial institutions. During this time he has worked on a number of large scale IP, IPX, and SNA integration projects. David is currently a Certified Cisco Systems Instructor with Skyline Computer. He resides in Kansas City with his wife and four children.

Kevin Downes
CCIE # 1987, CCDA, CNX Ethernet, CNE, Bay CRS, CBE
Senior Principal Consultant, Netigy

Kevin has over 13 years of experience designing and supporting various network infrastructures. Kevin has a wide range of past experience including Banyan Vines, Novell, Cisco Routers and Switches, Bay Routers, IBM Routers, Cascade Frame Relay Switches, ATM, Cisco and NetSpeed DSLAM technology (ADSL and DSL), and most recently SONET and Optical Networking. Kevin has been published on multiple topics to include: "Cisco CLCS Exam Certification Guide", "Cisco Systems Internetworking Design Guide", "Cisco Systems Internetworking Troubleshooting handbook", "Cisco ACRC Exam Certification Guide" and has written various articles for the Banyan Vines Technical Journal and Enterprise Networking magazine on topics ranging from IPV6, Private Network Addressing (NAT & PAT), SNA, Cisco Routers and Designing Large Scale Mobile Access Networks. Kevin currently resides in Mesquite, Texas with his wife and two children.

Tom Rice
CCIE # 6978, CCNA, CCDA
Sr. WAN Engineer, The Newman Group, Inc.

Tom has over 18 years of experience designing, supporting and implementing various large-scale Local (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN). Tom has a wide range of past experience including Windows NT, UNIX, Novell, Cisco Routers and Switches, Network General Sniffer, IBM AIX, Cisco PIX Firewall, Cisco VPN (3000 series) and Motorola 6250 with a special concentration in Cisco Infrastructures including RIP (v1 and v2), IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, SNA, IPX RIP, IPX EIGRP, IPX, NLSP, APPLETALK, ISDN, T1, T3, Fractional T1, ATM, Frame Relay, ISDN and SDLC. Tom currently resides in Michigan with his wife and two children.