With a background in networks & distributed systems, Robert is a Principal Engineer at Verizon and currently leads Verizon's Developer Relations & Experience efforts for the 5G Edge portfolio. In this capacity, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Verizon 5G Edge Blog, designs developer tutorials & training modules, and works with large enterprise customers to solve their business challenges using automation, hybrid networking, and the edge cloud. Robert is also an AWS Partner Ambassador and a member of New Relic's Technical Advisory Board.

Nick Russo

Pluralsight Author

Nicholas (Nick) Russo, CCDE #20160041 and CCIE #42518, is an internationally-recognized expert in IP/MPLS networking and design. To grow his skillset, Nick has been focused advancing Network DevOps via automation for his clients. Recently, Nick has been sharing his knowledge through online video training and speaking at industry conferences. Nick also holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Janani has a Masters degree from Stanford and worked for 7+ years at Google. She was one of the original engineers on Google Docs and holds 4 patents for its real-time collaborative editing framework. After spending years working in tech in the Bay Area, New York, and Singapore at companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Flipkart, Janani finally decided to combine her love for technology with her passion for teaching. She is now the co-founder of Loonycorn, a content studio focused on providing high-quality content for technical skill development.

Jan-Erik Sandberg is an international author and a requested speaker and has coached agile teams since 2001, being a veteran coder. Sandberg is currently CTO at Blue Robot, the world’s first cloud based Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). Jan-Erik has worked as a leader for a wide range of teams, from small DevOps all the way up to being part of senior management of an internationally listed company represented in 20 countries. His/her main expertise is large scale internationally distributed teams. Jan-Erik is the founder of the premier community organization for blockchain development, BlockchainRebels.com, started Norway's first community-based group on Agile in 2001 and is known as an active participant in the Microsoft Developer Community, both locally and internationally as an MVP for 5 years.

Michael Teske is a principal security author with Pluralsight helping people build their skills toolkit. Michael has 25+ years of experience in the IT Ops/Cloud/Cybersecurity industry including 17 of those years as an IT instructor at a technical college, focusing on Microsoft server infrastructure, security and automation. Michael attained his MBA with an emphasis in Computer Information System Security several years ago. Michael still keeps up with the industry as an independent consultant in his spare time. Michael finds personal and professional growth by helping others discover the world of technology by sharing his passion as a tech enthusiast in all aspects. He understands the worker shortage in the cybersecurity space and continues to be an advocate for an industry that has provided a fulfilling career for himself.

Brandon DeVault is a Security Researcher focused on threat hunting at CrowdStrike. He is also a member of the Florida Air National Guard with a variety of offensive and defensive experience. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Brandon worked full-time as an author with Pluralsight and at Elastic, creating and delivering security content. He also worked with Special Operations Command, where he had two deployments to Afghanistan on deployable communications teams. His experience spans incident response, threat hunting, penetration testing, satellite communications, and system/network administration.

Jordan Morrow

Pluralsight Author

Jordan Morrow is known as the "Godfather of Data Literacy," having helped pioneer the field by building one of the world's first data literacy programs and driving thought leadership. Jordan is Vice President and Head of Data and Analytics at Brainstorm Inc., and was previously Head of Data, Design and Management Skills at Pluralsight. He served as the Chair of the Advisory Board for The Data Literacy Project, has spoken at numerous conferences around the world and is an active voice in the data and analytics community. He has also helped companies and organizations around the world, including the United Nations, build and understand data literacy.