Devin Akin

Current

• Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at CWNP, Inc.

Past

• Senior Network Access Design Engineer at EarthLink
• Sr. Systems Engineer at Foundry Networks
• Network Engineer at Bellsouth.net

• Sr. Network Engineer at BellSouth Internet Services
• Sr. Systems Engineer at Sentinel Technologies

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Education

• IT Certifications

Recommended

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Connections

429 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

Devin Akin’s Summary

CWNP (formerly Planet3 Wireless) Smyrna, GA
Chief Technology Officer, VP of Business Development – Owner, Co-founder January 1999 – Present
• As the principal psychometrician, courseware developer, and author, I manage a team of employees and contractors who develop exams, practice exams, study guides, video training, and courseware.
• As the principal instructor and primary subject matter expert, I teach, manage, and support a global group of up to 30 instructors and create industry-standard training and certification materials for the Wi-Fi market
• Strategic technology and product consulting for Fortune 500 companies and various government entities including supervising on-going product beta testing for over 20 Wi-Fi equipment manufacturers
• Global public speaking engagements, including expositions, seminars, webinars, conferences, and user groups
• Initiation and maintenance of Wi-Fi education programs for school systems; both K-12 and university systems
• Authored a total of 9 books with Sybex, McGraw-Hill, and CWNP, and served as technical editor/reviewer on more
• Authored 4 whitepapers for CWNP that have reached distribution in 120+ countries, and authored many articles for global IT publications such as Network World and Certification Magazine
• Editorial board member of Wireless Vulnerabilities and Exploits (WVE.org) project
• Served as a de facto industry analyst for a large number of Wi-Fi equipment manufacturers
• Partner/vendor relationship establishment, maintenance, and monetization with approximately 30 Wi-Fi vendors

Devin Akin’s Specialties:

802.11 WLAN networking
Network infrastructure design
Network security

Devin Akin’s Experience

• Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  CWNP, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)

• Senior Network Access Design Engineer

  EarthLink

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ELNK; Internet industry)

  June 2001 — November 2001 (6 months)

  I designed and built access networks such as dial-up, ADSL, Cable, and Wireless across the U.S.

• Sr. Systems Engineer

  Foundry Networks

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; FDRY; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2000 — May 2001 (9 months)

  I was a post-sales support engineer responsible for design, installation, configuration, and support of L2-L4 routing/switching installations across the SouthEast U.S.

• Network Engineer

  Bellsouth.net

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

• Sr. Network Engineer

  BellSouth Internet Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BLS; Internet industry)

  August 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 2 months)

  I was half of a 2-man team that managed the State of Florida's routed network that connected public schools, law enforcement departments, and other public entities. A purely Cisco environment was implemented with ATM and Frame Relay.
  
  I was on the ADSL design and support team and was responsible for CPE selection, testing, and rollout.

• Sr. Systems Engineer

  Sentinel Technologies

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1997 — July 1999 (1 year 11 months)

  I was responsible for design, implementation, and support of Novell, Microsoft, and Cisco networks for a number of large customers.

Devin Akin’s Education

• IT Certifications

  Microsoft: MCSE, MCT
  Novell: Master CNE
  Cisco: CCNP, CCDP, CCSP
  CWNP: CWNE, CWNT

Additional Information

Devin Akin’s Websites:

• My Company

Devin Akin’s Interests:

Startups, IT education/certification, and golf.

Devin Akin’s Groups:

•    CWNP Certified IT Professionals

Devin Akin’s Honors:

* Nominee – Executive Alliance (2004), Information Security Executive of the Year in Georgia Award

Devin Akin’s Contact Settings

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