Kevin Redmon is the youngest of 12 children and was born in Marion, Ohio. Since joining Cisco in October 2000, Kevin has worked closely with several Cisco Design organizations, as a Firewall/VPN Customer Support Engineer with the Cisco Technical Assistant Center, and now as a Systems Test Engineer in the Systems Development Unit in RTP, NC, supporting the Cisco Validated Design for BYOD. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a Masters of Science in Information Security from East Carolina Universityas well as several Cisco Certifications. Kevin enjoys innovating new ideas to keep his mind fresh and currently has a patent listed with the United States Patent and Trade Office. Kevin spends his free time relaxing with his wife and baby girl in Durham, NC (USA).