Anthony Bruno - CCDA 640-864 Official Cert Guide (4th Edition)

Official Cert Guide

Anthony Bruno, CCIE No. 2738
Steve Jordan, CCIE No. 11293

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CCDA 640-864 Official Cert Guide

Anthony Bruno, CCIE No. 2738
Steve Jordan, CCIE No. 11293

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Anthony Bruno, CCIE No. 2738, is a senior principal consultant with BT with more than 20 years of experience in the internetworking field. Previously, he worked for International Network Services, Lucent Technologies, and as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. His other network certifications include CCDP, CCVP, CCSP, Cisco Data Center Network Infrastructure Specialist, Cisco Security Solutions & Design Specialist, JNCIS-ER, Project+, ITILv3 Foundation, and CWNA. He has consulted for many enterprise and service provider customers in the design, implementation, and optimization of large-scale data and IP telephony networks. Anthony leads architecture and design teams in building next-generation networks for his customers. He completed his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of MissouriRolla in 1994 and his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Puerto RicoMayaguez in 1990. He is also a part-time instructor for the University of PhoenixOnline, teaching networking courses.

Steve Jordan, CCIE No. 11293, is a senior consultant with Extropy with more than 15 years of experience in the internetworking field. Previously, he worked for General Datatech in Houston, Texas. His other certifications include VMware VCP4 and Cisco DC specializations in Network Infrastructure, Storage, and Unified Computing Design. He specializes in data center architecture involving network, storage, compute, and virtualization technologies. He has extensive experience with large-scale data center environments and has designed and implemented network solutions in the financial, energy, retail, manufacturing, and telecommunications industries.

Steve was also the coauthor for the previous edition of the CCDA Exam Certification Guide, Third Edition.