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== Biography ==

== Biography ==

'''Dr. Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of international and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, Technical Engineer/Trainer, Security and Networks Consultant Manager for a Global distributor Exclusive Networks Pacific, and currently the '''Network Technical Lead - Architect for Datacom NZ'''. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.

'''Dr. Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of international and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, Technical Engineer/Trainer, Security and Networks Consultant Manager for a Global distributor Exclusive Networks Pacific, Network Technical Lead - Architect, and currently the '''Head of Engineering Services - ANZ for Exclusive Networks Pacific'''. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.

* E. Cocker, U. Speidel, N. Rebenich, S. Neville, A. Gulliver, R. Eimann, K. Nisar, S. Hassan, Z. Azziz, M. Dong, and V. Wong, “Measurement of packet train arrival conditions in high latency networks,” in 9^th International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing, Tainan, Tainwan, 10-13 December, p. P0190, 2013.

* E. Cocker, U. Speidel, N. Rebenich, S. Neville, A. Gulliver, R. Eimann, K. Nisar, S. Hassan, Z. Azziz, M. Dong, and V. Wong, “Measurement of packet train arrival conditions in high latency networks,” in 9^th International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing, Tainan, Tainwan, 10-13 December, p. P0190, 2013.

* E. Cocker, F. Ghazzi, U. Speidel, “Measurement of buffer requirement trends for real-time traffic over TCP,” in 15^th International Conference on high performance switching and routing, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 July.

* E. Cocker, F. Ghazzi, U. Speidel, “Measurement of buffer requirement trends for real-time traffic over TCP,” in 15^th International Conference on high performance switching and routing, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 July.

== Employment ==

== Employment ==

Etuate is currently a '''Network Technical Lead - Architect for Datacom NZ'''. In his current role, he manages one of the Professional Services teams at Datacom where they engaged customers with the redesign of networks and implementation of complex network security projects. As part of his role he is responsible for developing the skillsets of Datacom's operational teams by training Engineers on many network security related topics.

Etuate is currently the '''Head of Engineering Services - ANZ for Exclusive Networks Pacific'''. In his current role, he is responsible for managing a team of Support, Systems Engineers, and Security Consultants that provide vendor support, pre-Sales and post-Sales professional services for Exclusive Networks partners across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. He is also the Architecture of many Networks for Exclusive Networks partners where he redesign and implement many complex professional services.

Previously he was the ''Security and Networks Consultant Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Exclusive Networks Pacific'' where he managed a small team of Security and Network experts that assist customers with the redesign and deployment of Security vendor products. In addition, he also executed a number of Cyber Security workshops (Fortinet) for re-sellers and partners and was the Lead Architect responsible for resolving complex security and network related problems. Prior to Exclusive Networks he was the ''ICT Network Operation Center (NOC) Team Leader for New Zealand's biggest network (Spark)''. In this role, he manages Engineers that responds to Security threats as well as supporting the operational needs of major Banks, Enterprise, Corporate networks, Spark's own internal Enterprise network, Public Wifi as well as NZ Government institution networks. In essence, his team executes many changes across routing, switching, load balancers, DNS, firewall, and Wifi technologies.  

Previously he was the ''Network Technical Lead - Architect for Datacom Systems'' where he manages one of the Professional Services teams at Datacom that engaged customers with the redesign and implementation of complex network security related projects. As part of this role he was responsible for developing the skillsets of Datacom's operational teams by training Engineers on many network security related topics. Prior to that Etuate was the ''Security and Networks Consultant Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Exclusive Networks Pacific'' where he managed a small team of Security and Network experts that assist customers with the redesign and deployment of Security vendor products. In addition, he also executed a number of Cyber Security workshops (Fortinet) for re-sellers and partners and was the Lead Architect responsible for resolving complex security and network related problems. Prior to Exclusive Networks he was the ''ICT Network Operation Center (NOC) Team Leader for New Zealand's biggest network (Spark)''. In this role, he manages Engineers that responds to Security threats as well as supporting the operational needs of major Banks, Enterprise, Corporate networks, Spark's own internal Enterprise network, Public Wifi as well as NZ Government institution networks. In essence, his team executes many changes across routing, switching, load balancers, DNS, firewall, and Wifi technologies.  

As part of his community engagements, he is currently a '''Community Trainer for the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC)''' where he assists with the delivery of contents in their Information Security as well as Advanced Routing Security workshops. These workshops are designed to train Internet Service Provider (ISP) Network Engineers, Designers, Architects on current best practices in traffic engineering with the BGP protocol, Routing origin Authentication (RoA) and other advanced network-related topics. The courses are normally executed as part of regional network operator group meetings such as PacNOG.

As part of his community engagements, he is currently a '''Community Trainer for the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC)''' where he assists with the delivery of contents in their Information Security as well as Advanced Routing Security workshops. These workshops are designed to train Internet Service Provider (ISP) Network Engineers, Designers, Architects on current best practices in traffic engineering with the BGP protocol, Routing origin Authentication (RoA) and other advanced network-related topics. The courses are normally executed as part of regional network operator group meetings such as PacNOG.

# APNIC 26 - Christchurch, New Zealand

# APNIC 26 - Christchurch, New Zealand

# APNIC 36 - Xian, China

# APNIC 36 - Xian, China

== Industry Certifications ==

== Industry Certifications ==

# 400-251 CCIES (Written): Cisco Certified Internet-working Expert Security: 2017

# 400-251 CCIES (Written): Cisco Certified Internet-working Expert Security: 2017

# F5 101: Application Delivery Fundamentals: 2018

# F5 101: Application Delivery Fundamentals: 2018

# NSE1 - NSE3: Fortinet Network Security Asscoiate: 2021

# NSE1 - NSE3: Fortinet Network Security Associate: 2021

# NSE4: Fortinet Network Security Professional: 2018

# NSE4: Fortinet Network Security Professional: 2018

# NSE4 Certified Instructor: 2019

# NSE4 Certified Instructor: 2019

# NSE5: Fortinet Network Security Analyst: FortiManager (FMG) 2019

# NSE5: Fortinet Network Security Analyst: FortiAnalyser (FAZ) & FortiManager (FMG) 2019

# NSE5: Fortinet Network Security Analyst: FortiAnalyser (FAZ) 2019

# NCP - Nutanix Certified Professional 5.5: 2019

# NCP - Nutanix Certified Professional 5.5: 2019

# NSE6: Fortinet Network Security Specialist: FortiWeb, FortiADC, FortiMail, FortiWIFI 2022

# NSE6: Fortinet Network Security Specialist: FortiWeb, FortiADC, FortiMail, FortiWIFI 2022

# NSE7: Fortinet Network Security Architect: SDWAN, Enterprise Firewall 2021

# NSE7: Fortinet Network Security Architect: Public Cloud Security, Enterprise Firewall, SDWAN 2022

By completing the above courses, Etuate holds the following certifications

By completing the above courses, Etuate holds the following certifications

* ACMP, F5 (101), MCSA, CEH, JNCIA, JNCIS-SEC, JNCIS-ENT, NSE4, NSE5, NSE7, NCP, CCAI, CCSA, CCSE, CCSM, CVNS, CCNA R&S, CCNAS, CCDA, CCNAC, CCNAW, CCNP R&S, CCDP, CCNPS, ENCWE, CCIES (Written)

* ACMP, F5 (101), MCSA, CEH, JNCIA, JNCIS-SEC, JNCIS-ENT, NSE1, NSE2, NSE3, NSE4, NSE5, NSE6, NSE7, NCP, CCAI, CCSA, CCSE, CCSM, CVNS, CCNA R&S, CCNAS, CCDA, CCNAC, CCNAW, CCNP R&S, CCDP, CCNPS, ENCWE, CCIES (Written)

== References ==

== References ==