Noel Rivera Author & Editor

Chris is a senior network engineer for Mantech and has worked for the department of defense. He is responsible for designing, installing, and maintaining the Cisco network infrastructure and mentoring junior network engineers. Carthern took his BS (honors) in computer science from Morehouse College and his MS in system engineering from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). He holds the following certifications: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Brocade Certified Network Professional (BCNP), and ITIL v3.  He is also an award winning photographer and indie movie producer. 

Noel Rivera is a systems architect with CACI who specializes in communications networks, IT security, and infrastructure automation. He has worked at NASA, DoD, Lockheed Martin, and CACI. Mr. Rivera holds a bachelors of electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and two masters degrees one in electrical engineering and another in computer science from Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Rivera holds the following certifications: Cisco Internetwork Expert in Routing and Switching (CCIE-RS), Cisco Internetwork Expert in Security (CCIE-SEC), Certified Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Juniper Network Certified Service Provider Professional (JNCIP-SP ), Juniper Networks Certified Cloud Professional (JNCIP-Cloud), VMWare Certified Data Center Virtualization Professional (VCP-DCV), VMWare Certified Network Virtualization Professional (VCP-NV), ITILv3 and is currently working on his Juniper Networks Certified Service Provider Expert certification (JNCIE-SP) and Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.

Dr. Wilson is a senior network consulting engineer. He specializes in optimization of routing and in security. He is responsible for assisting customers with resolving complex architectural and operation issues. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Colorado. His doctorate is in computer science with a focus on applications of artificial intelligence in information security. He maintains the following certifications: Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching, CCIE Security, all of the CCNP tracks, Cisco DevNet Professional, VMware VCP-NV, Certified Ethical Hacker, CISSP, MCSE, and PMP.