| Name: | Robert M. Cannistra |
| Title: | Senior Professional Lecturer of Computer Science and Information Technology |
| Office Location: | Lowell Thomas 013 |
| Extension: | (845) 575-3000 ext. 2675 |
| Email: | Robert.Cannistra@Marist.edu |
| Personal Web Page: | http://academic.marist.edu/~jftw/ |
| Degrees Held: | A.S. Dutchess Community College B.S. State University of New York at Brockport M.S. Marist College |
| Certifications: | CCSP - Cisco Certified Security Professional Cisco Firewall Specialist Cisco VPN Specialist CCAI - Cisco Certified Academy Instructor CCAI Security - Cisco Certified Academy Instructor for Security CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional CCDP - Cisco Certified Design Professional CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate CCDA - Cisco Certified Design Associate CSE - Cisco Sales Expert in Enterprise Business CSE - Cisco Sales Expert in Small to Medium Business MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCP+I - Microsoft Certified Professional Plus Internet MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional CLP - Certified Lotus Professional CLS - Certified Lotus Specialist |
| Bio: | Mr. Robert M. Cannistra has held the positions of Northeast Regional Manager, Technical Services Manager and Senior Consultant for VLINK Solutions, previously known as AllTechData Systems, a Cisco Partner. His time at VLINK was spent designing, configuring, and implementing highly accessible data networks for various enterprise, service provider and Internet companies across the world. Upon the completion of each client implementation, Mr. Cannistra would create and instruct customized training classes to help the client administer, manage and troubleshoot the newly designed networks. He has taught part-time as an adjunct faculty member for RPI, in Troy, NY and as a technical instructor for MTI, in Poughkeepsie, NY. Prior to VLINK Solutions, Mr. Cannistra held the position of Senior Network Engineer for About.com, Inc. where he redesigned and scaled the network to handle several million Internet users. He specialized in Internet infrastructure at AT&T Solutions. While at Unisys Corporation he specialized in a proprietary distributed paperless workflow environment. Prior to Unisys he consulted for Kodak Imaging Services optimizing and upgrading their mixed NT/Novell network environment utilizing Lotus Notes collaboration tools. |
| Interests: | Mr. Cannistra's specializes in network infrastructure, design, implementation and troubleshooting. His interest lies within wireless controller solutions, policy-based routing and firewall technology. |
| Affiliations: | Member of (ACM) Association of Computing Machinery |
| Presentations: | "Network Security in the Data Center" at AFCOM in Dallas, TX, 09/2003 "Site-to-Site VPNs utilizing pre-shared keys" at the Northeast Regional Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 05/2006 "Security - Site-to-Site VPNs" at the Northeast Regional Cisco Academy Conference in Troy, NY, 05/2007 |
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