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DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide

NAVAID SHAMSEE, CCIE No. 12625
DAVID KLEBANOV, CCIE No. 13791
HESHAM FAYED, CCIE No. 9303
AHMED AFROSE
OZDEN KARAKOK, CCIE No. 6331

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CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide

Navaid Shamsee, David Klebanov, Hesham Fayed, Ahmed Afrose, Ozden Karakok

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Navaid Shamsee, CCIE No.12625, is a senior solutions architect in the Cisco Services organization. He holds a masters degree in telecommunication and a bachelors degree in electrical engineering. He also holds a triple CCIE in routing and switching, service provider, and data center technologies. Navaid has extensive experience in designing and implementing many large-scale enterprise and service provider data centers. In Cisco, Navaid is focused on security of data center, cloud, and software-defined networking technologies. You can reach Navaid on Twitter: @NavaidShamsee.