About the Author

James Henry Carmouche, CCIE No. 6085, is a technical marketing engineer on the Cisco Enterprise Systems Engineering team, where he is currently responsible for architecting, constructing, and validating enterprise-class network systems solutions. As part of his solution development responsibilities, Henry researches and publishes solution reference designs for use by customers, technical sales staff members, and marketing staff members. Prior to joining ESE, Henry worked as a technical marketing engineer in the Cisco Government Systems Unit, where he was responsible for bringing advanced security products to market, building technical marketing collateral and presentations, and designing new product introduction training for the GSU's newly introduced security platforms. In addition to his product and solution development experience, Henry has more than six years of technical consulting experience, including three years as a network consulting engineer in the Cisco Advanced Services Group. Henry earned an M.B.A. degree from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University. Henry currently lives in Chapel Hill, NC, with his wife and two sons.