Preethi brings four years experience in deploying Cisco IP telephony, and a ten year background in network infrastructure, to her role as IPC consultant in our Americas operation. Her specialist focus areas are grounded on certifications in CCNP (Routing and Switching) and a Master of Science in Telecommunications degree from DePaul University, Chicago. She has gained great insight and systems expertise in designing and deploying Cisco IP telephony systems, integrating Cisco IP telephony with traditional PBX systems, and the design and deployment of data networks. She has been integrally involved in numerous complex and ambitious projects that delivered critical business systems to major clients, including deploying integrated communications solutions at a client’s Budapest site, and deploying an IP telephony network that connects the emergency rooms of 15 hospitals over a VPN, and later developing a Linux-based XML application that allows these hospitals to share information using the IP phones.