About the Author

Matthew "Cat" Castelli has 16 years' telecommunications and network experience, in architecture, field and sales, and design engineering. Matthew is currently the deputy network and secure solutions program and product manager with EDS on the NMCI (Navy/Marine Corps Intranet) program, serving as the architecture, engineering, and information assurance lead for the enterprise implementation of the U.S. Navy's classified network. He has been a network architect engineer with a major network carrier, the senior sales engineer for a performance management software company, a principal consultant with a Cisco Preferred Solutions Partner (PSP), and a technical consultant/data network engineer for another major network carrier. Matthew holds CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, and CCDP certifications and is currently pursuing a bachelor of science in management, while learning how to fly private aircraft. Cat is also a regular member of the Farm Creek Poker Club.

Matthew, or "Cat," can be contacted via Cisco Press or directly at mjcastelli@earthlink.net and will reply as promptly as possible.