About the Authors


Monique Jeanne Morrow is currently a Distinguished Consulting Engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc. She has more than 20 years experience in IP internetworking that includes design, implementation of complex customer projects, and service development for service providers. Monique has been involved in developing managed network services, such as remote access and LAN switching in a service provider environment. Monique has worked for both enterprise and service provider companies in the U.S. and in Europe. In 1999, Monique led the engineering project team for one of the first MPLS-VPN deployments for a European service provider.

Monique has presented in various conferences on the topic of MPLS. Additionally, Monique is coauthor of the book Designing IP-Based Services: Solutions for Vendors and Service Providers. Monique is also the coauthor of MPLS VPN Security and MPLS for Decision Makers. She is working on a book that presents enterprise drivers and concerns for IP-based service delivery.

Monique is active in both the IETF and ITU-T SG 13 with a focus on OAM. She has a master's of science degree in telecommunications management and an MBA. Additionally, Monique is vice chair of IPsphere Forum.

Monique is currently engaged in MPLS OAM standards development and has been engaged in international carrier discussions on the topic. Monique was a co-guest editor of a special issue of the IEEE Communications Magazine on the subject of "OAM in MPLS-Based Networks," which was published in October 2004. She was also a guest editor of a special issue of the IEEE Communications Magazine on the subject of "Challenges in Enabling Inter-Provider Service Quality on the Internet," published in June 2005 and on the subject of, "GMPLS: The Promise of the Next Generation Optical Control Plane," published in July 2005. Finally, Monique is working on NGN for service providers and GRID technology.

Azhar Sayeed is currently the director of product management for the Cisco Network Software and Systems Group. He has more than 16 years of networking and communications industry experience. Azhar is currently responsible for product management and roll out of MPLS, Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, broadband technologies IP routing, and Qo) features in Cisco IOS software. Cisco IOS software is the network system software that powers the majority of Cisco hardware platforms.

Prior to joining Cisco in 1998, Azhar worked for Cabletron Systems as a product line manager for the ATM group. He designed and implemented product development strategies and brought products to market. He has held additional industry positions including that of an ATM aviator with Digital Equipment Corporation where he supported presale operations of the High Performance Networks group for Digital.

Azhar started his career as a field engineer, installing X.25 and Frame Relay gear for large service provider and enterprise networks. Since then, he has been involved with ATM and MPLS in DEC, Cabletron, and Cisco.

Azhar has published several research papers from his master's thesis and dozens of magazine articles on MPLS and QoS. He has been invited to speak at several conferences, such as MPLS 2002 through MPLS 2005. He has also spoken at MPLS Con 2002, Broadband Year, Comdex, N+I, Supercomm, APRICOT, MPLS World Congress, and so on.

Azhar's interests include network protocols and wireless and broadband technologies. Azhar holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and communications and a master's degree in electrical engineering. He is also a member of IEEE and IEEE communications society.




MPLS and Next-Generation Networks(c) Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
ISBN: 1587201208
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 162

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