Mihai Dobos has a strong background in networking and security technologies, with hands on project experience in open source, Cisco, Juniper, Symantec, and many other vendors.
He started as a Cisco trainer right after finishing high school, then moved on to real-life implementations of network and security solutions. Mihai is now studying for his Masters degree in Information Security in the Military Technical Academy.
Siju Oommen George works as the Senior Systems Administrator at HiFX Learning Services, which is part of Virtual Training Company. He also over sees network, security, and systems-related aspects at HiFX IT & Media Services, Fingent, and Quantlogic.
He completed his BTech course in Production Engineering from the University of Calicut in 2000 and has many years of System Administration experience on BSD, OS X, Linux, and Microsoft Windows Platforms, involving both open source and proprietary software. He is also a contributor to the DragonFlyBSD Handbook. He actively advocates the use of BSDs among Computer Professionals and encourages Computer students to do the same. He is an active participant in many of the BSD, Linux, and open source software mailing lists and enjoys helping others who are new to a particular technology. He also reviews computer-related books in his spare time. He is married to Sophia Yesudas who works in the Airline Industry.
Amos Y. Jeffries' original background is in genetic engineering, physics, and astronomy. He was introduced to computing in 1994. By 1996, he was developing networked multiplayer games and accounting software on the Macintosh platform. In 2000, he joined the nanotechnology field working with members of the Foresight Institute and others spreading the foundations of the technology. In 2001, he graduated from the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Science (Software Engineering) degree with additional topical background in software design, languages, compiler construction, data storage, encryption, and artificial intelligence. In 2002, as a post-graduate, Amos worked as a developer creating real-time software for multi-media I/O, networking, and recording on Large Interactive Display Surfaces [1]. Later in 2002, he began a career in HTTP web design and network administration, founding Treehouse Networks Ltd. in 2003 as a consultancy. This led him into the field of SMTP mail networking and as a result data forensics and the anti-spam/anti-virus industry. In 2004, he returned to formal study in the topics of low-level networking protocols and human-computer interaction. In 2007, he entered the Squid project as a developer integrating IPv6 support and soon stepped into the position of Squid-3 maintainer. In 2008, he began contract work for the Te Kotahitanga research project at the University of Waikato developing online tools for supporting teacher professional development [2,3].