It’s time again for Cisco Live on the East Coast! Cisco Live 2018 comes to us again from the Sunshine State in Orlando, FL. It’s good to be out of the blazing heat of Las Vegas and back to the relative sweltering broil that is central Florida in June. This year, Cisco Live is coming in early in the summer to kick off the conference season instead of rounding it out.
The event itself has changed a bit this year. The Imagine Pass is the lowest level of pass that will grant access to the conference. The Imagine Pass is also much more expensive than the social pass options from years past. This could have an effect of limiting the number of attendees and folks that are attending the conference. But time will tell if people find the extra value in all the new additions to the conference and choose to pay the extra cost to attend.
Making The List
The best way to let people know that you’re in Orlando and ready to have some fun at Cisco Live 2018 is getting yourself added to the Cisco Live 2018 Twitter List! It’s been going strong for many years now and helps all kinds of people announce that they’re at the event and ready to take part in all the activities.
Want to get on the list? The rules are easy:
- Send my your Name, Twitter Handle, Blog or Website, and a short note about yourself
- Please send me your personal handle. You may DJ for a corporate account, but unless that’s your only handle please send us the “real” you.
- A short note is just that. Not a paragraph or a PBS biography. The table space is short, so brevity is key. Popular items include CCIE numbers, DJ’ed corporate accounts, or amusing things. Be creative!
Here is the most up-to-date version of the 2018 Cisco Live Twitter List:
| Name | Twitter Handle | Blog / Website | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hollingsworth | @NetworkingNerd | http://networkingnerd.net | CCIE #29213 |
| Hank Yeomans | @HankYeomans | ||
| Jordan Martin | @bcjordo | https://thenetworkcollective.com | CCIE #43772 |
| Bryan Baize | @bbaize | http://blog.certchaser.com | CCIE #16139 |
| Jody Lemoine | @ghostinthenet | http://ghostinthenet.info | CCIE 41436 |
| Jeff Fry | @fryguy_pa | https://www.fryguy.net | CCIE #22061 / JNCIE-ENT #567 |
| Teren Bryson | @someclown | http://blog.packetqueue.net | Doing Stuff With Things, and Stuff |
| Eric Stewart | @BotFodder | http://runningoffatthemouth.com/ | |
| Blake Krone | @blakekrone | https://BlakeKrone.com | That guy, that does that thing, you know technology? |
| Jim Jones | @k00laidit | https://koolaid.info | |
| Alan Wang | @lightingguy32 | ||
| Samuel Clements | @samuel_clements | http://www.sc-wifi.com/ | CCIE 40629 (Wireless), CWNE #101, CWJA #5, Ekahau Master #2 |
| Stew Goumans | @WirelessStew | http://www.WirelessStew.com | |
| Kevin Nelson | @Kevin_NetEng | ||
| Kevin Blackburn | @TheRoutingTable | https://www.theroutingtable.com | |
| Scott McDermott | @scottm32768 | http://www.mostlynetworks.com | Alpacas & Wi-Fi |
| Patrick Nefkens | @Dutch_Fi | https://dutch-fi.eu | |
| David Knill | @dbknill | http://www.davidknill.com | CCIE #6105 |
| Evan Mintzer | @evanmintzer | http://www.itsecdef.com | |
| Darrel Clute | @darrelclute | https://www.darrelclute.net | |
| Amy Arnold | @amyengineer | http://amyengineer.com | Snark and networking. Snarky networking? |
| Pat Jensen | @jensenpat | http://collab.engineer | CCIE Collab #53452. I hike in swamps. |
| Aaron Conaway | @aconaway | http://aconaway.com | Woot! |
| Matt Haedo | @matthaedo | https://packetflow.io | CCIE #failedthreetimesbuthopetopassonfourth |
| Daniel Cavazos | @wirelessguy_ | http://wirelessguy.net | WiFi Guy who supports WLAN Pros – Ventev Wireless Sales Engineer |
| Michael Whaley | @PilotMike | http://pilotmikekc.com | |
| Tom Ugoretz | @tjuges | CCIE #51603 | |
| Jay Franklin | @jay25f | https://mpls.rocks | CCIE #50944, Proud Supporter of the Anti-Sizzler movement. |
| Erik Peterson | @ucgod | ||
| Daren Fulwell | @darenfulwell | http://networkshokunin.blogspot.com | CCIE #20443, CCDE #2015::41, CLUS newbie! |
| Dmitry Figol | @dmfigol | http://dmfigol.me | CCIE R&S #53592, Python and network programmability enthusiast, Twitch streamer |
| Jeremy Filliben | @jfilliben | http://www.jeremyfilliben.com | CCDE instructor, consultant |
| Joe Cremer | @joe_cremer | My 16th Networkers/Cisco Live | |
| Shaun Bender | @welles | http://OnWhereYouStop.com | |
| Tim Miller | @broadcaststorm | http://broadcaststorm.tumblr.com | |
| Silvia Spiva | @silviakspiva | https://blogs.cisco.com/author/silviaspiva | #DevNet |
| Chris Miles | @bgp_mane | https://thecontrolplane.com | EPCOT Superfan |
| Sergei Udovenko | @Sergeiu | ||
| Matt Ouellette | @mattouellette | http://packetpilot.com | @WoofAurora the Packet Pup |
| Michael Bryenton | @Zepperdude | I’m an oldie but a goodie! | |
| Denis Morin | @morind74 | First Time @ Cisco Live | |
| Brett Lykins | @lykinsb | https://network-notes.com | Cisco Live always autocorrects to Cisco Love. |
| Tauni Odia | @tauniodia | ||
| Robert Boardman | @robb_404 | http://robb404.com/ | @notsominifig |
| Philip Bachmann | @philipbachmann | First-timer, open-minded, doing R&S + WiFi, Swiss | |
| Bill Shields | @HighTechBill | https://blogs.cisco.com/author/billshields | Sr. Marketing Manager handling all things UCS hardware |
| Eric Taylor | @yetimnstr | First Time Cisco Live Attendee | |
| Matt Elliott | @NetworkBrouhaha | https://networkbrouhaha.com/ | CCIE #56011 (Data Center), music lover, beer nerd |
| Michal Grebac | @MichalGrebac | http://www.2ring.com/ | |
| Tessa Mero | @tessamero | https://communities.cisco.com/people/tmero/content | DM or tweet at me! I’m very responsive and friendly! |
| Tony Cuevas | @cuevas27 | ||
| Chris Traganos | @ctraganos | https://m.io/enterprise | VP of Product @ M.io |
| Meredith Schulz | @meredithschulz | http://m.io/ | If you use Slack and Spark, let’s talk! |
| Rich Bayes | @CollabRich | https://libertytech.net/ | Collaboration Guru and Xapi expert! |
| Fred Baker | @fpbaker | CCIE #3555 | |
| John Welsh | @samplefive | http://engineeringdeathmatch.com/ | Filming more EngDM episodes! |
| John McDonough | @johnamcdonough | https://blogs.cisco.com/author/johnmcdonough | Coordinator of UCS Compute via Python and PowerShell |
| Jason Beshara | @JasonBeshara | It’s my first time, please be gentle | |
| Stephen Frahm | @PDX_UCCE | ||
| Kathleen Mudge | @KathleenMudge | #CLUS Social Media | |
| Santino Rizzo | @santinorizzo | ||
| Andrew May | @ciscodrew56448 | CCIE Collab 57448 | |
| Michael Kozicki | @mkozicki | CCIE #5367 | |
| Jenn Bryson | @someclownswife | Supreme overlord of the Bryson household, prefers to called Empress of the Entire Universe, but answers to Jenn too | |
| Kristin Hollingsworth | @mrsnetwrkngnerd | Wife of @networkingnerd | |
| David Hosler | @nostradamus_007 | ||
| Steve kostyk | @lightbulb1 | #ineedaplusoneforcciebash | |
| Mark Ashby | @NetworkGuy17 | Just a network guy trying to get a connection! | |
| Marcus Lundbom | @mlundbom1 | http://ccie45333.wordpress.com/ | |
| Keith Starks | @lostleadintampa | ||
| Judy Carter Grundstrom | @judyjudycarter | https://www.ciscolive.com/us/ | I’m the Digital Content Manager for Cisco Live. |
| John Hibbs | @johndhibbs | BRKINI-2764, CCIE #49206 | |
| Marcelo | @reis_marcelo | TECDCN2202: Deploying L2/L3 services over VXLAN using Cisco NSO https://bit.ly/2HwIspJ | |
| Rodger Nutt | @ibogey99 | Optical Transport! | |
| Shaun Muller | @difrncmkr | CCIE #39530 – CiscoLive Speaker | |
| Leonir Hoxha | @ccie49534 | http://ccie49534.com/ | CCIE #49534 |
| Omar Santos | @santosomar | https://blogs.cisco.com/author/omarsantos | Cybersecurity |
| Nick Russo | @nickrusso42518 | http://njrusmc.net/ | CCIEx2 42518 / CCDE 20160041 |
| Ben Greenbaum | @secintsight | DEVNET-2164: Threat Grid API | |
| Sunpreetsingh Arora | @sunpreetsinghar | ||
| Annie Murphy | @annieatcisco | Ciscolive.com host and breakout speaker session | |
| Robert Novak | @gallifreyan | http://rsts11.com/ | BRKINI-2021 |
| Palmer Sample | @PalmerCCIE | https://www.pants.org/ | CCIE R&S 54946 |
| Kevin Kuhls | @sdn_dude | ||
| Ashley Roach | @aroach | #DevNet | |
| Hakan Palm | @modernistdc | LTRACI-2756 Learn to create ACI App Center Apps https://bit.ly/2HQKrbR | |
| Sajith Kaimal | @sajithkaimal | Cisco Customer Care and Journeys – BRKCCT-1005 | |
| Evgeny Mirolyubov | @ankanani | ||
| Craig Williams | @security_craig | http://talosintelligence.com/ | Be sure to check out BRKSEC-2010 June 14 @ 1pm for Talos Insights: The State of Cyber Security! You’ll hear about the latest in @TalosSecurity threat research! |
| Mitch Kumar | @mitchkumar | CCIE Data Center #47369 | |
| Frank Kicenko | @fkicenko | Frank’s Session List | Context Service APIs [DEVNET-2325] |
| Jason Davis | @SNMPguy | Network Management Lead at CLUS NOC; BRKRST-1014, BRKNMS-2628, BRKNMS-2658 | |
| Minse Kim | @audiolab | #CL2018, [BRKEWN-2034] Anatomy of real-time wireless analytics and troubleshooting using Intelligent Capture with Cisco Aironet | |
| Rasika Nayanajith | @mrncciew | mrncciew.com | CCIE#22989 CWNE#153 |
| Chris Brown | @ChrisKnowsIT | Cisco Champion, NetVet, Nice Guy | |
| Brian Underwood | @UnderwoodNC | Cisco Champion, Healthcare IT, NetVet | |
| Harold Ritter | @haroldritter | CCIE #4168 | |
| PJ Smith | @pjsmithks | https://www.singlewire.com/blog | Imagine a world of intuitive collaboration including emergency notifications! |
| Thomas Renzy | @ThomasRenzy | Presenting DEVNET-1797 (Automating ACI with Ansible) and WISP Labs LABACI-1011 (Python with ACI) and LABACI-1013 (Ansible with ACI) | |
| Jeremy Bresley | @jeremybresley | Cisco SE | |
| Nicole Wajer | @vlinder_nl | BRKRST-3304 BRKRST-2301 #IPv6 #CSO – Chief Stroopwafel Officer | |
| Peter Jones | @petergjones | about.me/petergjones | |
| Alex Oparanozie | @lexzon | CCIE #35159 Love Tech and gadgets #CFC | |
| Kristy Patullo | @kpatullo30 | FLPSEC-1404 Cloud Security | |
| Jason Gmitter | @jgmitter | https://dcnextgen.blogspot.com/ | June 11th 1:30 – Tetration and ACI Better Together BRKACI-2110. Cloud Workload Protection across any floor tile. |
| David Prall | @pralldc | http://dprall.net/ | BRKRST-2042, CCIE #6508 |
| Ed Weadon | @avalonhawk | ||
| Rob Coote | @Rob_Coote | https://networkcanuck.com/ | Canadian, eh. |
| Joost van der Made | @IAmJoost | http://www.iamjoost.com/ | CCIE #19958, TECINI-1463 HyperFlex Ins and Outs ! |
| Wendell Odom | @WendellOdom | https://www.certskills.com | Networker. CCIE 1624 |
| Jonatan Jonasson | @xnatti | https://routing.is | CCIE #35262 from Iceland |
| Mario Gingras | @gingmar | https://gingmar.wordpress.com | |
| Tom Ammon | @tomammon | http://blog.tomammon.net | |
| Jerome Tissieres | @AboutNetworks | https://AboutNetworks.net | Swiss network engineer since 1996 |
| Jose Pereira | @zrpereira | ||
| Bill Burnam | @stilgar | http://networkingnotes.net/ | |
| Eyvonne Sharp | @SharpNetwork | http://esharp.net | Co-Founder of NetworkCollective |
| Eric Perkins | @perk_zilla | Network engineer stuck in the middle with you… | |
| Maria Urlea | @MariaUrlea | 🙂 | |
| Ashley Massone Testa | @AshleyMassone | ||
| Michael Percival | @mpercival18 | ||
| Andrew Wertkin | @awertkin | http://www.bluecatnetworks.com/ | DNS and network security guy. CTO @BlueCatNetworks. Visit me at Booth #1919! |
| Steve Weiss | @StevenWeiss219 | http://www.masergy.com/ | that guy from Chicago |
| Evan Berger | @evberg01 | https://www.ibm.com/collaboration/ibm-partnership/ibm-cisco | The sort of person you know if you know that sorta of person |
| Jared Wolfe | @wifi_wolfe | CLUS Newb | |
| Jason D’Silva | @jdsilva | http://blog.brokennetwork.ca/ | I like networking 🙂 |
| Richard McIntosh | @802Tophat | http://802tophat.wordpress.com/ | |
| Dennis Farrell | @dfarrell978 |
Getting On The List
Getting on the list is easy. You can send me an email at tom@networkingnerd.net. You can also DM or mention me on Twitter. You can also use the very handy form below! The list is opt-in, so unless you tell me to add you to the list I won’t put you on there.
Make sure you check out the Cisco Live website for all the latest details on the event, including the keynote speaker, entertainment for the Customer Appreciation Event, and even the list of classes.
I can’t wait to see you all in Orlando in June!
The Networking Nerd 