Marko Berend, CCIE No. 13074, is specialized in the area of Mobile Wireless and Network Management Systems for large service providers. He has more than 8 years of experience in working in dynamic service provider environments as well as designing, planning and implementing Routing/Switching and MPLS solutions for the enterprise segment. He is typically working along side with Cisco Advanced Services on engaging projects worldwide. Recently he obtained his Cisco instructor's certification and holds courses for Cisco NMS products and hopes to expand his portfolio to mobile wireless courses in the future. |  | Jan Bervar, CCIE No. 2527, is one of the leading security experts, specializing in the area of security information systems. He has more than 12 years of experience in planning and implementing security systems. Jan has contributed in planning, operations, testing, supporting and using demanding security solutions not only in Slovenia, but also all over the world. He also shows his great skills as an instructor and lecturer for specialized Cisco Systems courses at home and around the world, where he shares his knowledge mostly with Cisco Systems engineers. |
Technology re-inventions? Marjan Bradeško, CCIE No. 1556, has been in the networking business so long that he had already seen some of them. In 20 exciting years, he migrated from a network engineer through instructor, course developer, proctor and instructional designer to today’s role in business development. He became CCIE in days when cabling was a tricky part of the lab exam. He took part in numerous development projects and has enjoyed lecturing very much. He has been striving to couple technical knowledge with learning methods. Marjan strongly believes that the best way to learn network technologies is - to use them. |  | Matjaž Črv, CCIE No. 4378, is a product development manager with more than 12 years of experience in data communications. He specialized in Unified Communications (Voice, IP-telephony), one of the fastest growing area in communications. Matjaž has been involved in many IP-telephony and other networking projects in Slovenia, contributing mostly in consulting and design. He is also leading a team for development and delivery of network and service management to NIL's customers. |
With nearly a decade of history in customer support, Štefan Dominko, CCIE No. 22712, has done a lot of work in design, implementation and verification of customer networks. Mostly he works with routers and switches, but recently he has added firewalls and other Cisco equipment to his roster. Štefan takes special care of enterprise customer networks, making them more scalable, documented, clear and robust. Recently he also achieved CCIE certification in routing and switching technology. |  | Major professional challenges of Janez Gruden, CCIE No. 15601, were in training delivery and development of Cisco courses as well as providing consulting services for customers at home and round the world. In the early days of his 11 year career at NIL, Janez started in the area of Enterprise routing and switching environment, then he specialized in the Service Provider transport technology, where he has contributed to planning, operations and testing mostly MPLS VPN solutions. |
Samo Jerman, CCIE No. 20241, is a security expert, specializing in the area of networks and information systems. He has been working with networks for the last 4 years, with the last two years on designing, implementing and supporting network and security systems. Apart from work, he tries to spend as much quality time with his family as possible, not leaving much left for sport and hobbies. |  | Robert Lesar, CCIE No. 17091, is one of the leading internetworking experts, specializing in the area of routing and switching. He has more than 6 years of experience in the information technology (IT) industry. Robert is a content developer for Cisco courses from CCNA, CCNP, CCIP and CCSP tracks, and was lead developer for the ISCW and ONT courses. He also shows his great skills as an instructor for specialized Cisco Systems courses and lecturer at home and around the world, where he shares his knowledge mostly with Cisco Systems engineers. Robert is also Cisco Systems Proctor, his job is to help candidates to pass a rigorous test to become a Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI). |
Milenko Markov, CCIE No. 16894, is a Routing&Switching expert, also interested in Unified Communications and Unified Computing Systems. Milenko has been working with Cisco solutions for last 9 years, experienced all aspects of networking problems and solutions. Apart from everyday work as networking engineer, he is also working as Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI). |  | Damijan Markovič, CCIE No. 17025 is one of the leading experts for local and wide area networks. He is specialized in Cisco optical and switching devices beside Enterprise network management. He has more than 13 years of experience in planning and implementing corporate networks. In addition, Damijan has also played an important role in planning, operations, testing and supporting Enterprise a nd SP solutions not only in Slovenia but also all over the world. His skills are also shown as a senior instructor for specialized Cisco Systems courses and lectures at home and around the world. |
Ivan Pepelnjak, CCIE No. 1354, is a 25-year veteran of the networking industry. He has more than 15 years of experience in designing, installing, troubleshooting, and operating large service provider and enterprise WAN and LAN networks and is currently chief technology advisor at NIL Data Communications, focusing on advanced IP-based networks and web technologies. His books published by Cisco Press include MPLS and VPN Architectures and EIGRP Network Design. |  | Boštjan Potočnik, CCIE No. 24496, is an expert in the area of local and wide area networks. He has gained more than 6 years of experience in designing, implementing and supporting local and wide area networks. Boštjan has been involved in many network projects, not only in Slovenia, but also abroad. He also achieved Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI) certification to deliver specialized Cisco courses. |
Mile Radaković, CCIE No. 21521, is a Routing & Switching and Security expert. Mile has been working in networking for five years, designing, implementing and troubleshooting LAN and WAN networks. Major fields of interest are service provider networks, wireless networks and network security. Mile is also working as Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (CCSI). |  | Stojan Rančić, CCIE No. 17461, is a security expert, specializing in the area of networks and information systems. He has been dealing with these subjects for the last 6 years. In addition, he has a strong background in open-source systems, services and solutions, as well as virtualization technologies. He also shows his great skills as an instructor and lecturer for specialized Cisco Systems courses at home and around the world, where he teaches Cisco engineers as well as end users. |
Mitja Robas, CCIE No. 12907, is one of the leading data center experts, specialized in the area of data centers, LAN and WAN networks. He has more than 8 years of experience in planning and implementing data centers, LAN and WAN networks. Mitja has contributed to planning, operations, testing, supporting and using demanding data centers, LAN and WAN network solutions not only in Slovenia but also all over the world. He also shows his great skills as an instructor for specialized Cisco Systems courses and lecturer at home and around the world, where he shares his knowledge mostly with Cisco Systems engineers. |  | Dragan Spasojević, CCIE No. 22495, is an internetworking expert who started working at NIL as a student. After five years working in the area of routing and switching, Dragan had gained enough experience and skills to reach the highest step in the Cisco certification program. In addition to his experience in technical support, he delivers specialized Cisco wireless courses. Who knows? Maybe his second CCIE track will come from wireless networking. |
Boštjan Šuštar, CCIE No. 2387, gained his CCIE certification in 1997 and has since been recertifying as a Routing and Switching CCIE, although he also has experience in the security and service provider areas. As an advisor, he took part in planning networks in Slovenia and abroad. He is also a developer and instructor for specialized Cisco Systems courses. |  | Nikša Tomulić, CCIE No. 11548, is certified since 2003. He is dealing with challenges in the area of Professional Services, where he takes the key role in providing NIL's range of services for different markets. |
Robert Turnšek, CCIE No. 2388, gained his certification in 1997 and has since been recertifying as a Routing and Switching CCIE. He also has lots of experience in Microsoft, VMware and Lotus. As an advisor and implementer, he took part in planning, designing and implementing networks in Slovenia and abroad. |  |  |