Hank Preston

Network Programmability Evangelist
DevNet

Hank’s two passions are technology and theatre. Bringing them together drives him towards a borderline obsession on creating entertaining presentations, labs and demonstrations that breakdown complex technology topics for audiences. After spending several years working on and behind the scenes on stage productions, what started as a hobby turned to a profession when Hank entered the IT industry with a focus on web and database development and engineering.

Drifting from development into infrastructure engineering brought him to Cisco as a Systems Engineer, focusing on Data Center and Cloud Architecture for large enterprise customers.

And after six years as an SE, Hank has taken up the mantle of a Developer Evangelist with DevNet where he can focus full time on reminding everyone that technology can and should be fun to work with.

Hank holds a Master Degree in Information Systems as well as several certifications including CCIE R/S 38336 from Cisco.

Find Hank at:

twitter: @hfpreston

GitHub: http://github.com/hpreston

Hank Preston's Articles

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  Developer

  Part 2: NetDevOps Goes Beyond Infrastructure as Code

  October 11, 2017 - 1 Comment

  In NetDevOps, it is standard to have a “Continuous Development” approach to network changes.  Proposed network changes are picked up by build servers which manage the progression from “Development” to

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  Developer

  Part 1: Embrace NetDevOps, Say Goodbye to a “Culture of Fear”

  October 9, 2017 - 7 Comments

  Network Builders focus on the care and feeding of the network, making sure it’s available for the “consumers”. The Network Consumers are the users of the network, and expect to

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  Developer

  Using CLI as Training Wheels with NETCONF/YANG

  August 9, 2017 - 1 Comment

  Get all the details behind what we announced at Cisco Live! “Introducing an entirely new era of networking.” Here’s how you can get started, with Cisco DevNet.

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  Digital and Social

  DevNet Uncensored @Cisco Live! What happens in Vegas Goes on #CiscoChat

  June 12, 2017 - 9 Comments

  DevNet Zone Cisco Live US 2017 is nearly here, and we have planned SO much for the DevNet community. Even for those unable to make it to Las Vegas.

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