Will Schmied

Will Schmied, BSET, MCSE, is a directory, storage and messaging engineer for a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. He has written for Microsoft, Pearson and several other organizations. He has also worked with Microsoft in the MCSE exam-development process and is the founder of the popular MCSE certification portal, www.mcseworld.com. When not working, Will can usually be found spending time with his children, breeding Labrador Retrievers or dishing out frags on his X-Box.

Will Schmied

Will Schmied, BSET, MCSE, CWNA, TICSA, MCSA, Security+, Network+, A+, is a Senior

Systems Administrator for a world renowned children’s research hospital. As a freelance writer,

Will has worked with many publishers, including Microsoft Press and Pearson Education. Will

has also worked directly with Microsoft in the MCSE exam-development process and is the

founder of the popular Internet certification portal, www.mcseworld.com.

Will holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology from Old Dominion

University along with his various IT industry certifications. Before becoming a civilian, he

served in the U.S. Navy for over 12 years in the nuclear power field.

Will currently resides in northern Mississippi with his wife, Chris; their children, Christopher,

Austin, Andrea, and Hannah; their dog, Charlie; and their cats, Smokey, Evin, and Socks.

When he’s not busy working, you can find Will enjoying time with his family, taking in a hockey

game, or vegetating in front of the Xbox 360.

Robert Shimonski

Robert Shimonski, CASP+, CySA+, PenTest+, Security+, is a technology executive specializing in healthcare IT for one of the largest health systems in America. In his current role, Rob is responsible for bringing operational support and incident response into the future with the help of new technologies such as cloud and artificial intelligence. His current focus is on deploying securely to Cloud (Azure, AWS, and Google), DevOps, DevSecOps and AIOps. Rob spent many years in the technology "trenches" handling networking and security architecture, design, engineering, testing, and development efforts for global projects. A go-to person for all things security related, Rob has been a major force in deploying security-related systems for 25+ years. Rob also worked for various companies reviewing and developing curriculum as well as other security-related books, technical articles, and publications based on technology deployment, testing, hacking, pen testing, and many other aspects of security. Rob holds dozens of technology certifications to include 20+ CompTIA certifications, SANS.org GIAC, GSEC, and GCIH as well as many vendor-based cloud specialized certifications from Google, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon AWS. Rob is considered a leading expert in prepping others to achieve certification success. He can be found online at shimonski.com.

Robert Shimonski

Robert Shimonski, CASP+, CySA+, PenTest+, Security+, is a technology executive specializing in healthcare IT for one of the largest health systems in America. In his current role, Rob is responsible for bringing operational support and incident response into the future with the help of new technologies such as cloud and artificial intelligence. His current focus is on deploying securely to Cloud (Azure, AWS, and Google), DevOps, DevSecOps and AIOps. Rob spent many years in the technology "trenches" handling networking and security architecture, design, engineering, testing, and development efforts for global projects. A go-to person for all things security related, Rob has been a major force in deploying security-related systems for 25+ years. Rob also worked for various companies reviewing and developing curriculum as well as other security-related books, technical articles, and publications based on technology deployment, testing, hacking, pen testing, and many other aspects of security. Rob holds dozens of technology certifications to include 20+ CompTIA certifications, SANS.org GIAC, GSEC, and GCIH as well as many vendor-based cloud specialized certifications from Google, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon AWS. Rob is considered a leading expert in prepping others to achieve certification success. He can be found online at shimonski.com.