Ammar Ahmadi, CCIE No. 50928, has nearly a decade of experience in data center design, implementation, optimization, and troubleshooting. He currently consults for Cisco Gold partner AHEAD INC, where he has been designing and supporting large-scale ACI fabrics since the early days of ACI. Occasionally, he breaks from design work to produce network modernization roadmaps or demonstrate the possibilities of software-defined networking (SDN) to customers.

Ammar also owns and operates Networks Reimagined LLC, which focuses on SDN enablement and training. He can be reached at ammar.ahmadi@networksreimagined.com.