About the Technical Reviewer

Chad Mitchell, CCIE No. 44090, is a Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco Systems supporting the Department of Defense and supporting agencies. In his daily role, he supports the sales teams as a technical resource for all Cisco Security products and serves as the Identity Services Engine subject matter expert for the Cisco U.S. Public Sector team. Chad has been with Cisco since 2013, supporting the DoD and other customers, as well is a contributing member to the Policy & Access Technical Advisors Group. Prior to joining Cisco, Chad spent 7 years as a deployment engineer and systems administrator implementing Cisco Security products for customers. Although his primary area of expertise is enterprise network access control with Identity Services Engine, he is well versed on all Cisco security solutions, such as ASA firewalls, Firepower NGFW/IPS/IDS, and Stealthwatch to name a few. He also has first-hand experience deploying them in customer production environments. His other certifications include: CCDA, CCNP, Network+, Security+, and many other industry certifications.