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Meet This Area's ZoneMasters Howard C. Berkowitz Chris Ackerman Leigh Anne Chisholm Don Dettmore Dan Farkas Richard M. Gosney Annlee Hines Dale Holmes Chuck Larrieu Barry Meinster Marc R. Menninger Priscilla Oppenheimer Galina Pildush Mark Poplar Katherine Tallis Ronald Trunk David Wolsefer Howard C. Berkowitz Howard C. Berkowitz is a product line manager in the Carrier Packet Solutions group at Nortel Networks, where he works in requirements and design for high-end routers and switches. His interests include traditional routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, RIP), new Internet routing paradigms, IP VPNs, and network provisioning and management. He has been a Certified Cisco Systems Instructor since 1993, doing both network design and education. He is a contributor to courses including Cisco Internetwork Design and Advanced Router Configuration as well as to Cisco seminars in switching, virtual private networks, and data-voice-video integration. He has also taught Cisco WAN products, and developed his own seminars in Internet routing with BGP and advanced interior routing and switching. An active participant in the North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG), American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), he is the author or coauthor of several RFCs in IP addressing. His current IETF work includes documents on multihoming, virtual private networks, and on OSPF network deployment. He is the author of Designing Addressing Architectures for Routing and Switching, and Designing Routing and Switching Architectures. His next book, the WAN Survival Guide, will be available in mid-2000. He has written dozens of articles for the industry press and spoken at numerous trade shows and user groups. Chris Ackerman Chris Ackerman works for Dimension Enterprises, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia, as a Senior Internetworking Engineer. He is a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (No. 4616), a Cisco Certified Design Associate, and a Cisco Support Pro. He has extensive experience in systems integration and networking in the information technology industry, including Voice over IP system design, development, and implementation and design and installation of LAN/WAN infrastructures. He has also served as Project Manager for Winframe System testing and development and for Novell application testing and deployment. Chris holds a bachelor's degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and has completed post-graduate work in Management Information Systems. Leigh Anne Chisholm Leigh Anne Chisholm has developed a strong background in internetworking as an independent technical consultant specializing in internetworking for Cisco environments. She has worked or consulted for a variety of governmental, legal, educational, and commercial organizations which have included Western Economic Diversification (Government of Canada), the law firm of Miller Thomson L.L.P., Legal Aid Society of Alberta, and the University of Alberta. In addition to her skills as a consultant, Leigh Anne brings her experience as an educator to CertificationZone.com. She has taught networking at the post-secondary level for the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and has co-authored the 1995 release of the New Riders' Publishing, "MCSE Study Guide: Windows 95 and Networking Essentials". Leigh Anne holds a Bachelor of Applied Information Systems Technology (Honors), and has completed her CNE, MCSE, CCNA, and CCDA certifications. Leigh Anne intends to challenge the CCIE written exam this month, and hopes to complete her CCIE certification by the end of this year. Don Dettmore Don Dettmore is a network designer for a leading worldwide IT Solutions provider to the financial industry. He is currently working on two network implementations with Fortune 500 companies. In addition to writing for CertificationZone.com, he is co-author of a new book for the CCNP Support exam. Don's worked with computers for over 10 years. For the last 5 years he has been doing network design and administration. He holds the CCNP certification, has passed the CCIE written, and will be taking the CCIE Lab in early 2001. In addition, he holds CNE and MCSE certifications. Dan Farkas Dan Farkas is a General Manager for Advanced Network Information (ANI), a high quality Cisco Learning Partner. Through ANI Dan not only trains Cisco customers, but also frequently trains Cisco engineers and programmers. For the last 5 years, Dan has been teaching a variety of network configuration, design and troubleshooting classes, including various router, LAN switching and voice/data integration classes. Dan has co-authored a book, published by Cisco Press, titled Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting. When he's not teaching or writing Dan can be found backpacking and scuba diving around the world or catching some great live music in San Francisco. Richard Gosney Richard Gosney is a Network Consultant working in the UK for Cisco Gold Partner and Advanced Security Specialist, Energis Integration Services. He has several years experience in the Internetworking arena with such companies as Unisys and Anixter, primarily working with IBM Networking Systems, although he is also a CCNP, CCDP and Cisco Security Specialist and is currently working towards the CCIE. He has worked on several corporate networks for such customers as Marks & Spencer, Scottish Widows, Abbey National and Barclays Bank. In his spare time Richard is a musician and was a semi-finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year, he also spends as much time as possible walking in the English Lake District. Annlee Hines Annlee Hines is currently a System Engineer with Nortel Networks, where she develops commissioning methods and procedures for new products and technologies. Her current assignment is working with IP VPNs and MPLS, with a strong probability of moving into optical products within a year. Self-taught, she has earned CCNA, CCDA, MCSE, NNCSS-Passport 7K and Passport 15K certifications. She has taught in Community College, in topics under all three of her Master's degrees (Management, Economics, and Government), but her real loves are network engineering and writing. She has self-published a not-so-great novel, and dreams of the day when there's enough time to write again. Meantime, she continues the fight against the growing pile of technical books. For hands-on, she gratefully acknowledges the support of Labnotes, and the Bare Nekkid Routers study group in the Dallas area. Dale Holmes Dale Holmes is a partner and Senior Technical Consultant for AllNet, LLC in Baltimore MD. He is CCNA certified, as well as MCSE and CNE, and he holds a UNIX systems and C programming certificate from George Washington University. He is the author of the CCNA ExamGear test prep program from New Riders Press, as well as co-author or technical editor for a number of other certification titles. He is currently living in downtown Baltimore, and can often be seen walking his dog Roxanne through the streets of the city. Feel free to stop him and ask him questions about Cisco certification. Chuck Larrieu Chuck Larrieu learned networking as the logical outgrowth of doing technical support at Merrill Lynch's San Francisco Institutional Sales Office, and later as Technology Manager for Van Kasper & Company (now First Security Van Kasper), a regional brokerage firm headquartered in San Francisco. It was there that he discovered Cisco routers and switches, and realized that the future of technology lay in connecting people, systems, and businesses. He now works as a Sales Engineer for SBC Datacomm, a premier network integrator and Cisco Gold Partner. Chuck is married, has three sons, struggles with the demands of job, family, and the pursuit of certification, and relaxes by taking long walks on local mountaintops. Barry Meinster Dr Barry Meinster, Ph.D. has spent over 30 years in education and IT training. Dr. Meinster has authored for IDG Books World Wide while assisting several other publishing and on-line training companies. He is certified in the following areas; MCT,MCSE,Cisco CCNA,CCNP and Oracle DBA OCP. Currently he heads Delaware Bay, a Philadelphia-based training company offering courses for people working toward Cisco's CCNA and CCNP certifications. Marc R. Menninger Marc R. Menninger is a consultant at Netigy (http://www.netigy.com), a professional services company that specializes in network management, architecture, performance and security. Marc's background is in secure networking and network performance testing. Marc was a computer/communications officer in the Air Force for five years prior to his happy transition to civilian life in 1997. Marc received his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Tampa, where he was also the editor of the University's literary journal. Marc has obtained his CCNA certification and is actively pursuing the CCNP track. Marc lives in San Francisco with his wife Olga and chihuahua Faye. Marc likes to spend his free time going to movies and exploring the city of San Francisco. Priscilla Oppenheimer Priscilla Oppenheimer has been developing data communications and networking systems since 1980 when she earned her master's degree in information science from the University of Michigan. After many years as a software developer, she became a technical instructor and training developer and taught more than 2000 network engineers from most of the Fortune 500 companies. Her employment at such companies as Apple Computer, Network General, and Cisco Systems gave her a chance to troubleshoot many network design problems, and the opportunity to develop a practical methodology for network design. Her book Top-Down Network Design teaches that methodology. Priscilla has extensive experience working on Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, ATM, Frame Relay, ISDN, AppleTalk,TCP/IP, and Novell NetWare networks. She is a Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP),Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and Certified Network Expert (CNX) in both Ethernet and Token Ring. Galina Pildush Galina Diker Pildush, CCIE #3176, CCSI, is the President and a Senior Consultant at Advanced Communications Experts (ACE) Inc. She provides training and course development for Global Knowledge Network Inc., a leading Cisco Training partner in the world. After earning her M.Sc. in Computer Science, she worked for thirteen years for major world-wide corporations in the areas of internetwork design, architecture, network optimization, implementation and project management. She has been an academic teacher at York University, teaching Computer Science, Data Communications and Computer Network courses. Gaining extensive technical experience in Internetworking and Cisco-line of products, she reached her Routing and Switching CCIE certification in 1997. Currently Galina holds CCIE in ATM and LAN Switching. Deploying her passion for teaching, Galina teaches variety of Cisco courses. Upon achieving her CCIE, Galina decided to dedicate majority of her professional carrier to training and mentoring CCIE candidates by taking on a role of a technical director for the two very successful CCIE preparation programs � NetGun Academy and CCIE BootCamp at Global Knowledge Network Inc. Areas of interest and specialization are ATM, internetwork design and optimization, and Voice over IP. She has just completed a book on ATM titled Cisco ATM Solutions. Besides the demanding professional work, Galina, her husband, their 2 children and their dog, who is a Canadian Champion, enjoy spending those rare moments together in travels, skiing and cycling. Mark Poplar Mark Poplar is an accomplished network engineer with extensive experience designing networks, installing and configuring routers, switches, servers, and other Cisco and Microsoft products. A team leader at a network consultancy firm, he provides technical support and troubleshooting services to more than one hundred mid-sized corporations. He holds eight professional certifications, including CCDA, CCNA, MCT, MCSE, MCP, and CAN. A graduate of California State University and Kent State University, he has published three books, Prep Guide for the CCDA Exam, Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching Exam Prep, and CompTIA's Network & Exam Prep. He has also contributed to Microsoft Certified Professional magazine Katherine Tallis Katherine Tallis is a senior WAN Engineer with Lockheed Martin Corporation. While working as a graduate student in Psychology she started writing statistical programs for mainframe computers and eventually migrated into technical support and consulting. She has spent more than 15 years working in Federal and private industry on networks ranging from a single office with a handful of devices, to global WANs with hundreds of routers, Novell servers, and workstations. Katherine just completed her CCNA certification and is currently working on her CCNP. Ronald Trunk Ronald Trunk has over twenty years experience in Network Design and System Integration. He has worked or consulted for a variety of governmental, financial, legal, educational and commercial organizations including the U.S. Postal Service, GTE Spacenet, Security Pacific National Bank, Maryland National Bank, the International Monetary Fund, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, University of California and numerous smaller firms in both the U.S. and Europe. Ronald has currently been promoted to Network Architect at TimeBridge Technologies, Inc. Ronald is CCIE #5942. David Wolsefer David Wolsefer is a Sr. Internetworking Engineer and consultant for Nortel Network's ISP/ASP Data Center practice. David is also Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) #5858, and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). His areas of expertise include LAN/WAN infrastructure, network security, and ISP/ASP data center design and implementation. David holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and has completed extensive post-graduate work in Applied Mathematics. |
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