Akhil Behl

Akhil Behl is a Solutions Architect with Cisco Advanced Services, focusing on Cisco Collaboration and Security Architectures. He leads collaboration and security projects worldwide for Cisco Advanced Services and the Collaborative Professional Services (CPS) portfolio. Prior to his current role, he spent 10 years working in various roles at Linksys as a Technical Support Lead, as an Escalation Engineer at Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC), and as a Network Consulting Engineer in Cisco Advanced Services. Akhil has a bachelor of technology degree in electronics and telecommunications from IP University, India, and a master's degree in business administration from Symbiosis Institute, India. He is a dual Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE No. 19564) in Collaboration and Security. He also holds many other industry certifications, such as PMP, ITIL professional, VCP, CEH, and Information Security Management.

Akhil is a prolific speaker and over the course of his career, he has presented and contributed in various industry forums such as Interop, Enterprise Connect, Cloud Connect, Cloud Summit, Cisco Networkers, IT Expo, and Cisco SecCon. He has several research papers published to his credit in various international journals and in IEEE (ieeexplore). He is the author of Cisco Press titles

'CCIE Collaboration Quick Reference'

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And

'Securing Cisco IP Telephony Networks'.

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Akhil is married to Kanika Behl and they have two lovely sons named Shivansh Behl and Shaurya Behl. Akhil enjoys spending time with his family and playing PS3 games when he gets some spare time. His hobbies includes currency collection and reading about latest technological developments.