Author Biographies:
Louis D. Rossi started his career as a computer programmer for U. S. Trust on Wall Street in the late 60s. He then spent eleven years teaching math and science at several different high schools in upstate New York. In 1981 he became a trainer for Tandy Radio Shack in Jacksonville, Florida. He fell in love with the work and began earning key instructor certifications. In 1993 he obtained his Novell CNE certification and his Certified Novell Instructor certification, followed by his MCNE in 1994. In 1996 he received his CCSI certification. Since then, he has combined his two passions, teaching and networking, to provide Novell and Cisco training to thousands of network professionals around the country. He is currently writing a series of booklets that will help users reduce the amount of time it takes to construct specific network configurations. Lou is based in Tallahassee, Florida, and can be reached at [email protected].
Lou's oldest son, Louis R. Rossi, graduated with a degree in Physics from Florida State University in 1992 and began his career in network engineering four months later. Young Lou has obtained many certifications including Novell CNE-3, Novell CNE-4, Certified Novell Instructor (CNI), Master CNE (MCNE), Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI), and in October of 1997, he obtained his Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification on his first attempt. Like his Dad, Lou has conducted hundreds of Cisco router, Catalyst Switch, and Novell Operating System classes throughout the United States. He has successfully designed, implemented, and troubleshot networks for a diverse list of clients, including Citicorp International, Chase Manhattan, and Watson Wyatt International. In September of 1995, he formed Andrews Rossi Incorporated, a network engineering, consulting, and training firm, based in St. Augustine, Florida. He can be reached at [email protected].
Tom Rossi graduated from the University of Florida in 1993 with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. After spending several years in computational fluid dynamics, programming, and relational database design, he began his own consulting company, Capernaum (http://www.capernaum.com). Tom, like his father and brother, entered the network engineering training field, beginning with Microsoft training. He completed his MCSE in August of 1996. Since then, Capernaum has become a Microsoft Solution Provider in Jacksonville, Florida. Tom obtained his CCSI in 1997. Tom can be reached at [email protected].
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