Firas Ahmed - CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide

Somit Maloo, CCIE No. 28603, CCDE No. 20170002
Firas Ahmed, CCIE No. 14967

CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide

Somit Maloo & Firas Ahmed

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Somit Maloo, CCIE No. 28603, CCDE No. 20170002, is a content lead from the data center team in the Learning@Cisco organization. He holds a masters degree in telecommunication networks and a bachelors degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering. He is also a penta CCIE in routing and switching, service provider, wireless, security, and data center technologies. Somit holds various industry-leading certifications, including CCDE, PMP, RHCSA, and VMware VCIX6 in Data Center and Network Virtualization. Somit has extensive experience in designing and developing various data center courses for the official Cisco. He started his career as a Cisco TAC engineer. Somit has more than 10 years of experience in the networking industry, working mostly with data center networks. You can reach Somit on Twitter: @somitmaloo.

Firas Ahmed, CCIE No. 14967, is a solution architect from the enterprise data center team at Cisco Customer Experience (CX). He completed a masters degree in systems and control engineering following a bachelors degree in computer engineering. Firas holds CCIE certificates in routing and switching, collaboration, wireless, security, and data center technologies in addition to industry-based certifications, including CISSP, PMP, VMware VCP6.5-DCV, ITIL, and GICSP. Firas has more than 15 years of experience in designing, developing, and supporting various data centers for enterprise and IoT customers. Firas has additional experience as a seasonal instructor in a number of community colleges in Toronto, where he taught various computer networking courses. You can reach Firas on Twitter: @dccor_firas.

Ozden Karakok, CCIE No. 6331, is a technical consultant on data center technologies and solutions at Flint Consulting. She worked at Cisco for 19 years as a technical leader supporting data center solutions. Prior to joining Cisco, Ozden spent five years working for a number of Ciscos large customers in various telecommunication roles. She is a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert in routing and switching, SNA/IP, and storage. She co-authored three Cisco Press books: CCNA Data Center DCICN 200-150, CCNA Data Center DCICT 200-155, and Data Center Technologies DCICT 640-916. Ozden holds a degree in computer engineering from Istanbul Bogazici University. You can reach Ozden on Twitter: @okarakok.