Stephen is a leading Solution Architect in the area of unified communications. He’s based in the United Kingdom, where his expertise in XML and voice applications, and Cisco routing and switching is in great demand on unified communications projects. As team leader he masterminds operations from initial design right through to the implementation stage. Stephen has immersed himself in this specialist field and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, diploma in information technology, a CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert), MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and CCSE (Checkpoint Certified Security Expert) certifications. Career highlights include the design and build of an offshore MPLS VPN solution with integrated quality of service and rapid reconvergence to support all offshore facilities, including voice. He has been the team lead on multiple projects, the largest of which involved 20,000 phones over 1,600 sites.