Jim DohertyJim Doherty is the Sr. Vice President of Marketing Officer at Ixia.' Jim has lead held marketing, sales and engineering leadership positions at Certes Networks, Motorola, Cisco Systems and Ericsson during a 19-year career in the networking and communcations sectors. Jim has made a name for himself in the industry due to his ability to explain networking technologies to non-technical audiences in a way that still satisfies technical professionals.' He has extensive speaking and presenting experience and if often sought out to explain networking and communication technologies to non-technical audiences.Jim is also the creator and co-author of the “Networking Simplified” series of books, and a comprehensive set of CCNA study notes; published in a number of certification guides.Jim holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from N.C. State University,and' an MBA from Duke University. Before earning his degrees Jim served in the US Marine Corps obtaining the rank of Sergeant. Read More Read Less