After getting a bachelor's degree in Computer Science have always worked with networking.
Started for a small integrator designing and deploying cisco & 3Com networks. After doing that 4 years moved to a 50/50 role, partly doing SonicWall support, partially doing IT and revamping and redesigning the entire IT infra structure, including migrating from a WinNT and Exchange 5.5 to a Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 redundant setup.
After 2 years moved to a security vendor as Subject Matter Expert, followed by a QA role, Sales Engineer role and finally a Technical Marketing Engineer role evaluating competitive vendors.