Author:Shawn Zandi

Shawn Zandi is a principal network architect with LinkedIn. For the past two decades, he has worked as network consultant for various Fortune 100 companies from Dubai to Silicon Valley, building infrastructure for universities, hospitals, airports, the most luxurious hotels, plain old dial-up service providers and mega-scale data centers.

Shawn's job at LinkedIn is to economically grow and scale data center and backbone network with correct architecture, long-term strategy and clear roadmaps in place. He is leading LinkedIn next-generation data center and infrastructure architecture initiatives as well as many engineering and research working groups. In addition to Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Shawn holds over 50 industry certifications including multiple CCIE and CCDE, and can be reached at http://linkedin.com/in/szandi