About the Authors

David A. Westcott is an independent consultant and technical trainer with more than 25 years of experience in information technology, specializing in wireless networking and security. In addition to providing advice and direction to corporate clients, David has been a certified trainer for more than 17 years, providing training to government agencies, corporations, and universities around the world. David was an adjunct faculty member for Boston University’s Corporate Education Center for more than 10 years and has developed and delivered courses on wireless networking, wireless mesh networking, wired networking, and security.

Since installing his first wireless network in 1999, David has become a Certified Wireless Network Trainer, Administrator, Security Professional, and Analysis Professional. David is also a member of the CWNE Roundtable, a selected group of individuals who work with the CWNP Program to provide direction for the CWNE exam and certification. David has earned certifications from Cisco, Aruba Networks, Microsoft, EC-Council, CompTIA, and Novell. David lives in Concord, Massachusetts. A licensed pilot, he enjoys flying his Piper Cherokee 180 around New England when he is not flying around the world commercially. David is CWNE #7 and can be reached via email at [email protected].

David D. Coleman is the global training manager for Aerohive Networks, www.aerohive.com, creators of the award-winning cooperative control wireless LAN (WLAN) architecture. David is in charge of Aerohive training programs for all partners and customers throughout the globe. David has instructed IT professionals from around the globe in wireless networking administration, wireless security, and wireless frame analysis. The company he founded 10 years ago, AirSpy Training (www.airspy.com), specialized in corporate Wi-Fi training, and he has worked with Aruba Networks, Avaya, Cisco Networks, Motorola AirDefense, and Polycom. He has trained numerous computer security employees from various law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Marines, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and other federal and state government agencies. David has written multiple books and white papers about wireless networking, and he is considered an authority on 802.11 technology. When he is not traveling, David resides in Atlanta, Georgia. David is CWNE #4, and he can be reached via email at [email protected]. You can also follow David online via Twitter at www.twitter.com/mistermultipath.

Peter Mackenzie is currently the head of technical operations for U.K. company MarQuest, where he is the principle instructor for both the CWNP and WildPackets Academy courses. Peter is also a certified Motorola instructor. Peter has taught courses in various countries around the globe. When not instructing courses, Peter provides consultancy services specializing in wireless networking and network analysis to many industries including local government, education, and retail. Peter also heads up the wireless installation team at MarQuest working with many different wireless vendors and holding many of their certifications, along with the vendor-neutral CWNE and CWNT certifications. Peter is CWNE #33 and is a member of the CWNE Roundtable. Peter can be reached at [email protected].

Ben Miller is a wireless services professional based in Los Angeles, California. Ben is an active trainer and writer covering a variety of topics pertinent to wireless LANs. He authors Sniff WiFi (www.sniffwifi.com), a blog about practical wireless protocol analysis and security. Ben is the course director for the Global Knowledge Wireless Curriculum, overseeing course development, instructor readiness, and equipment testing for Wireless LAN Foundations and Wireless LAN Security and Analysis. He was a guest speaker for the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) – New England chapter event on wireless local area network security. In addition, he has been an advisor to the CWNP Program and a contributor to the CWNP Forum for vendor-neutral wireless certifications. In his spare time, Ben is a feature writer covering mixed martial arts and professional wrestling for the Wrestling Observer and a story editor for No Trace Camping, a production company based in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1999 with a bachelor’s of science degree in chemical engineering with an emphasis in polymer science. He is also CWNE #12.