Matt Locknane is an accomplished engineer and educator with over 25 years of IT architecture, consulting, operations and educational experience. Working for leaders in the Information Technology field such as Cisco, Electronic Data Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Computer Sciences Corporation, US Internetworking and others, Matt has been privileged to consult with and train Fortune 500 companies for the duration of his career. Matt joined Lumos in 2016 as both a consultant and trainer and has conducted global deployments in every major vertical including government, IT & telecommunications, financial, healthcare, legal, education, retail and manufacturing.  His work at Lumos includes development of new Data Center courseware, professional services engagements, education of audiences including Cisco employees, channel partners and customers globally. Matt is an active Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Data Center since 2014.