Kyle Barnes (CCIE No. 46535, CCNP DC, CCDP) is a Customer Delivery Architect with Cisco and has more than 13 years of experience in the IT industry. He has worked in both the private and public sector alike, supporting different capacities ranging from network engineer to consultant to architect. It is with his real-world experience and aptitude of simplifying the complex that Kyle has developed a skillset of solving difficult networking scenarios. Kyle’s philosophy of understanding the business requirements first has been his North Star when approaching any complex scenario. Most importantly, Kyle’s humility (as he writes this in the 3rd person) has made him an incredible relationship builder with both peers and customers alike.