Jeffry Handal

Jeffry Handal is a Principal Solutions Engineer for Cisco Systems. He completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University (LSU); and has over 20 years of experience in the area of information communication technology with a special interest in IPv6, cybersecurity, AI and big data, and experimental networks. Before joining Cisco, Jeffry was a very active customer always pushing the envelope designing and maintaining networks with new technologies, testing new protocols, and providing Cisco and others a large-scale testbed for new products, features, and functionality. Currently, he plays an active role in several Cisco groups (e.g., Crisis Response, IPv6 Ambassadors, Security Technical Advisory Group, Meraki). Outside of work, Jeffry is an active volunteer in organizations ranging from search and rescue operations with the Air Force to humanitarian technology groups such as NetHope. He sits on several boards within IEEE, actively promote