Mike Younkers, Senior Director of Systems Engineering for Cisco’s US Federal team, directs teams of system engineers to support a $2B business in civilian, defense and intelligence areas. He has 20 years of experience designing, deploying and maintaining large-scale enterprise and wide area networks for the US intelligence community. Prior to Cisco, Mike worked for the Central Intelligence Agency as a Network Engineer and Cooperative Education Trainee. Mike has a MS in Telecommunications and Computers from George Washington University and a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
Nikki Lanier
When asked why she has focused so much of her professional life onadvancing racial equity, Nikki Lanier will tell you it was anassignment passed to