Pat brings 10+ years of networking and cybersecurity product experience ranging from cloud security to SD-WAN and 5G Wireless. His products at Fortinet help secure network edges across and provide fast, reliable wireless edge connectivity across all industries and global regions. In the past, Pat was on the routing and SD-WAN team at Cisco, where he launched several software and hardware developments. Earlier in his career, Pat was employee #29 at ThousandEyes, where he learned many networking concepts. Pat was also cybersecurity intern at the Hudson Institute, where he produced and edited research briefs for the Hudson Institute stakeholder community. Pat lives in California with his wife and two kids, 2 and 4 at the time of writing. His hobbies include writing and reading fantasy and sci-fi novels, as well as learning about world history.