Ramesh Kaza, CCIE No. 6207, is a technical leader in the World Wide Voice Practice Group (Customer Advocacy) at Cisco Systems. He has been with Cisco for five years. Ramesh has provided planning, design, and implementation support to many customers in deploying the Cisco IP Communications solutions. Prior to working on IP Communications, he was involved in validating the network designs for enterprise and service provider customers. He is a speaker at the Cisco Networkers event and has presented topics titled “Troubleshooting IPT Networks” and “Designing Large-Scale IPT Networks.” Prior to joining Cisco Systems, Ramesh worked for Software Technology Parks of India–Bangalore as a member of the technical staff, and he has played a major role in building the Internet backbone. Ramesh holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering.

Salman Asadullah, CCIE No. 2240, is a technical leader at Cisco Systems. As a recognized expert within Cisco and the industry, he has been designing and troubleshooting large-scale IP and multiservice networks for more than eight years. Salman represents Cisco in industry panel discussions and technical platforms such as NANOG, APRICOT, SANOG, ASEAN, IETF, IPv6 Forum, Networkers, and so on. Salman influences technology directions and decisions with Cisco business units and the Internet community. He has produced several technical documents and white papers and is a coauthor of Cisco CCIE Fundamentals: Network Design and Case Studies. Salman has also developed CCIE exams for IP and multiservice technologies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from The University of Arizona and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Wichita State University.