Catherine Paquet, CCNP, CCSP, is a network security specialist in the field of internetworking and return on security investment. Her internetworking career started as a LAN manager; she then moved to MAN manager, and eventually became the nationwide WAN manager. Catherine was the course director/master instructor for the Ciscos Remote Access and Security courses at one of the largest authorized Cisco Learning Partners, and she was recently the director of technical resources for the same company, where she was responsible for the instructor corps and the equipment offerings in Canada.
Diane Teare, CCNP, CCDP, PMP, is a professional in the networking, training, project management, and e-learning fields. She has more than 25 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting network hardware and software, and has been involved in teaching, course design, and project management. She has extensive knowledge of network design and routing technologies, and is an instructor with one of the largest authorized Cisco Learning Partners. She was the director of e-learning for the same company, where she was responsible for planning and supporting all the company’s e-learning offerings in Canada, including Cisco courses. Diane has a bachelor's degree in applied science in electrical engineering and a master's degree in applied science in management science.