About the Technical Reviewers

Alex Honore, (CCIE Security No. 19553) has been with Cisco since 2005 and currently works as a Technical Leader in Cisco’s Security Business Group, specializing in leading-edge network and threat analytics. He was a senior engineer in Cisco Technical Services for 9 years, focusing on advanced troubleshooting and escalation support for VPN, Security, and Content Networking solutions in the Technical Assistance Center (TAC), as well as consulting for Cisco Advanced Services and speaking regularly at Cisco Live on the topic of IPsec VPNs. Alex holds a M.Sc. degree of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from the Faculty of Engineering in Mons, Belgium.

Olivier Pelerin (CCIE Security No. 20306) has more than 16 years of experience in networking and security. He joined Cisco TAC (Cisco Technical Assistance Center) as a customer support engineer back in 2005. He is still working for TAC as a Technical Leader, focusing on escalations around VPN solutions. He has been involved in FlexVPN since the start and is co-leading the development of the packet tracer on ISR-NG/ASR1000. Olivier is a distinguished speaker at CiscoLive. He holds a degree in Geography from Univesité Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).