In Order of Most Recent Appearance
Josh Anderson
Brad Edgeworth
Jody Lemoine
Josh Warcop
Erik Peterson
Paul Murnane
Jeff McKaughan
Chloe Kauffman
Chat Stachowicz
Josh Kittle
Robert Shade
Jeffrey Gisin
Amey Patil
Ryan Huff
Nick Marus
Daniel Dib
Anthony Holloway
George Chongris
Ming Chiu
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Josh Anderson
Josh Anderson joined Cisco in 2013 as a Systems Engineer. He started programming in QBasic when he was about 14 years old, and has learned and used many other programming languages since then (most recently Python + JavaScript). His previous professional experience was primarily deploying/managing/supporting Cisco Collaboration Solutions (beginning with CUCM/Unity/IPCC 3.x).
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
Designing Apps for Chicken Apparel (S3E4):Sankar Nair and Josh Anderson compete to design a bot to connect to inventory management for a chicken apparel shop. Which engineer's design will reign supreme to help out Bocksmith?
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@josh_l_anderson -
Brad Edgeworth
Brad Edgeworth, CCIE No.31574 (R&S & SP), has worked for as a Network Engineer/Architect for multiple Fortune 500 companies and various Tier 1 Service Providers. Brad has authored multiple Cisco Press books: Cisco IWAN, Troubleshooting BGP. and IP Routing on Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 0/1
Episodes
The Network Design Episode (S3E3): Jody Lemoine and Brad Edgeworth compete in the first ever design challenge on Engineering Deathmatch. Who will have the design that passes muster?
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@bradedgeworth -
Jody Lemoine
Network Greasemonkey, Packet Macrame Specialist, Virtual Pneumatic Tube Transport Designer or Connectivity Nerfherder. The possible titles are too many to count, but they don’t really mean much when I’m essentially a hired gun in the wild west that is modern networking.
I’m based in the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada and operate tishco networks, a consulting firm specializing in the wholesale provisioning of networking services to IT firms for resale to their respective clientele. Over my career, I have developed a track record designing and deploying a wide variety of successful networking solutions in areas of routing, switching, data security, unified communications and wireless networking. These range from simple networks for small-to-medium business clients with limited budgets to large infrastructure VPN deployments with over 450 endpoints. My broad experience with converged networks throughout Canada and the world have helped answer many complex requirements with elegant, sustainable and scalable solutions. In addition, I maintain current Cisco CCDP and CCIE R&S (41436) certifications.
Outside of the realm of IT, I am both a husband and father. In what meagre time remains, I contribute to my community by serving as an RCAF Reservist, supporting my local squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets as their Training Officer.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
The Network Design Episode (S3E3): Jody Lemoine and Brad Edgeworth compete in the first ever design challenge on Engineering Deathmatch. Who will have the design that passes muster?
Social
@ghostinthenet
Blog: http://www.ghostinthenet.info/ -
Josh Warcop
Josh is an AVVID technologist and has been digging into (sometimes literally) anything with a processor since the early 90s. He enjoys the long installs of Communications Manager and the cool breeze of data center floor vents. He's a solutions architect at iVision which means he spends most of his time meshing business requirements with vendor licensing.
When Josh isn't working with fax machines he enjoys the country life in middle Georgia. There he spends time crafting home brews and smoking large chunks of meat. He aspires to be an Olympic table tennis medalist and is cheered on by his two kids. It's also interesting that a goat of his has a Twitter account.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
It's Clickbait Time (S3E2): Erik Peterson and Josh Warcop compete to see who can help Buzz Click Inc. use 2Ring DASHBAORDS and WALLBOARDS to expand their click bait empire.
Social
@warcop
Blog: https://blog.warcop.com/ -
Erik Peterson
Erik has worked with Cisco Unified Communications forever and a day, beginning with Cisco CallManager version 3.0. From time to time he’s also been allowed to touch a router or switch. More recent technology interests include IoT and cybersecurity.
When not fighting with licensing, Erik is prone to getting up before the sun to go running or cycling. Afterwards he has to run around in the shower to get wet. Erik is firmly convinced that Engineering Deathmatch victors should be awarded a championship belt, ala pro wrestling.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 0/1
Episodes
It's Clickbait Time (S3E2): Erik Peterson and Josh Warcop compete to see who can help Buzz Click Inc. use 2Ring DASHBAORDS and WALLBOARDS to expand their click bait empire.
Social
@ucgod -
Paul Murnane
Paul pursued his degree in electrical engineering, which led him to develop a passion for computers and information technology. Since then he has been in the IT industry for over 20 years and has extensive experience architecting and implementing enterprise disaster recovery solutions based on various software and hardware technologies. Currently Paul works for a Cloud Service provider as a Solutions Architect where he continues to assist customers with their IT needs and planning for the future.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 0/1
Episodes
ZertoCon Throwdown (S3E1): Paul takes on Jeff McKaughan after making it through the preliminary rounds in our first ever Zert-focus episode. See who takes the title!
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LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/paulmurnane1 -
Jeff McKaughan
Jeff grew up with technology and really put the pedal to the metal 12 years ago. He's worked his way up from computer technician to director. It’s been an adventure and has driven him to interesting places. Over the years he's been lucky to work with great people who have helped him to discover different technologies. He blames them for my infatuation with virtual technologies. The ability to build, customize and deliver purposeful virtualized solutions is why he still does what he does. He's not close to being done, there’s much more to learn. He's up for the challenge.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
ZertoCon Throwdown (S3E1): Jeff takes on Paul Murnane after making it through the preliminary rounds in our first ever Zert-focus episode. See who takes the title!
Social
@jeffreymccoin
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Chloe Kauffman
Chloe Kauffman joined Cisco in 2015 as a Technical Marketing Engineer, focusing on pre-sales enablement for Cisco Spark's developer platform. Before that, she pursued a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University. She grew up in the metro-Detroit area and now lives in California. She's a big tech geek (like all of the Engineering Deathmatch contestants) and has a vast coin collection.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 0/1
Episodes
Cisco Spark and Megabulk (S2E5): Chloe faced off against Chad Stachowicz in an episode that focused on Spark APIs to help warehouse store MegaBulk with bulk administration of their teams.
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@chloemkauffman -
Chat Stachowicz
Chad has worked with Cisco Unified Communications his entire professional career and brings many years of experience to the table. He resides in Charlotte, NC with this wife, daughter, and three hound dogs. He enjoys playing golf and Notre Dame football. CCIE #47124
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/1
Episodes
Cisco Spark and Megabulk (S2E5): After a loss to Anthony in his first match a year before, Chad takes on Chloe Kauffman seeking redemption. Watch as he attempts to create an automation system for building teams within Cisco Spark.
S1E2 2 Rings 4 Hearts: Chad competed in the first released episode filmed at Cisco Live. He was challenged to help specialty wedding ring store 2 Rings 4 Hearts to deploy the 2Ring GADGETS and WALLBOARDS for their call center.
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@chadstachowicz -
Josh Kittle
Josh hasn't provided us a bio yet, but here's what we think he might say about himself:
While Josh Kittle has many professional accolades, his highest achievement came in 2011 when he was elected national spokesperson for the Hat Wearers Society of America. Despite a long and bitter political battle that found his opponents digging up lies about Josh, his supporters never believed that he was raising bees for some sort of elaborate assassination plot. In the end, Josh prevailed and now sits atop his hat shaped throne.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
2Ring Cisco Live Edition (S2E4): Josh takes on Brad Clarke in our second episode featuring 2Ring. Watch as he helps the National Gasket and O-Ring museum deploy 2Ring for their museum curator call center.
Social
@joshuarkittle
Blog: http://joshkittle.com -
Robert Shade
Robert hasn't provided us a bio yet, but here's what we think he might say about himself:
Little is known about the black ops agent Robert Shade. Some say that he is the greatest spy in all of history who is responsible for the fall of the Berlin wall, locating terrorist cells throughout the world, and successfully capturing the Lucky Charms Leprechaun. Others aren't so sure and say that despite his accolades is simply a menace to society and a double agent. It may never be known who Robert Shade truly is, that is until he submits his own bio.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 0/1
Episodes
It's Tropo Time! (S2E2): In what will probably be looked back on as one of the weirdest challenges in Engineering Deathmatch history, Roberdt faced off against Jeffrey Gisin in a challenge to write a Tropo script to create a party bus reservation line for Brony Time, Las Vegas' premiere Brony enthusiast company.
Social
@rshade -
Jeffrey Gisin
Jeffrey is a Web Developer who is passionate about web technology and design. Currently living in Aurora, CO, in his free time he travels with his Labradoodle Penny and enjoys hockey, skiing, and anything cold.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
It's Tropo Time! (S2E2): In what will probably be looked back on as one of the weirdest challenges in Engineering Deathmatch history, Jeffrey faced off against Robert Shade in a challenge to write a Tropo script to create a party bus reservation line for Brony Time, Las Vegas' premiere Brony enthusiast company.
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@tempest280 -
Amey Patil
Amey Patil, joined Cisco’s SDN offering Application Policy Infrastructure Controller – Enterprise Module team as their first QA and DevOps Automation Leader in 2015. His designs and frameworks have now become the blueprint of which the whole of Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) test and release engineering teams work off. Prior to Cisco, Amey led automation at RSA’s (Security Division of EMC now DELL) web threat detection product suite, and before that a core engineering member of a series of startups. Outside of work, Amey loves watching Hindi cinema and playing cricket.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
APIC-EM Edition (S2E2): In the first episode of Cisco Live 2017, Amey must compete against Swati Ardeshna to help Find Yourself Adventures discover the lost components of their network using APIC-EM!
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@ameyspatil -
Ryan Huff
Ryan has been involved with computer technology since he was 13 years old. He started on a TRS-80 and Commodore 64 in the '80s where he began to learn computer programming.
His current focus is in voice and collaboration technologies and that interest hasn't waned. Staying true to his technologist roots, he will deviate into the occasional side-interest (such as holographic video conferencing, quantum computing, and hover boards) but he's never moved away from telephony and voice technologies.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 0/1
Episodes
Cisco Spark Edition (S2E1): Nick and Ryan Huff competed to build a Spark bot that can start and manage a Twitter contest. The end of the episode kicked off a contest using the winner's Spark bot!
Social
@ryanthomashuff
Blog: http://ryanthomashuff.com -
Nick Marus
For over 15 years, Nick Marus has been architecting solutions specifically designed to integrate business strategy with application capabilities. Nick specializes in Application Development, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Technology Management / Operations (DevOps), Business Application Integrations and Cisco next generation Collaboration Solutions. As Director of Automation and Programmability at Cumberland Group, Nick leads the design and modeling of tactical architectures for development, delivery and support of custom integration and development.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
Cisco Spark Edition (S2E1): Nick and Ryan Huff competed to build a Spark bot that can start and manage a Twitter contest. The end of the episode kicked off a contest using the winner's Spark bot!
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@nmarus -
Daniel Dib
Daniel Dib, CCIE #37149, CCDE #20160011, is a Senior Network Architect at Conscia Netsafe. He works with creating scalable, modular and highly available network designs that meet business needs. Daniel started out in implementation and operations and got his CCIE in 2012. In May 2016 he became the second person in Sweden to get CCDE certified. He often acts as a subject matter expert for his customers with deep expertise in routing, switching, multicast and fast convergence.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
S1E3 I heart Routers: After filming an episode that never aired due to issues with the lab, Daniel took part in the first network troubleshooting match put on by Engineering Deathmatch.
Social
@danieldibswe
Blog: http://lostintransit.se -
Anthony Holloway
Anthony Holloway is a former United States Air Force Sergeant, having served six years active duty, and was deployed to Iraq. It wasn't his skills on the battlefield he was needed for, rather, it was his skills with a computer. It is Anthony's robot-like mentality, with binary operations and logic decisions, which make him a lethal instrument of calculation and precision. After 10 years of assimilating to civilian life, Anthony has found his skills useful working for a Cisco Partner, and climbing the ranks of the Cisco Support Community Contact Center All Time Leaderboard, securing the #1 spot for more than 5 years now. With a CCIE in Collaboration and a inhuman ability to recall obscure facts, he's sure to be one tough opponent.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
S1E2 2 Rings 4 Hearts: Anthony competed in the first released episode filmed at Cisco Live. He was challenged to help specialty wedding ring store 2 Rings 4 Hearts to deploy the 2Ring GADGETS and WALLBOARDS for their call center.
Social
@avholloway45633 -
George Chongris
George hasn't provided us a bio yet, so here's what we'd like to think that he would say about himself:
While not brushing his pet yak, George spends his time as the treasurer of the Nickelback fan club. Before competing in Engineering Deathmatch, he won runner up in a David Bowie lookalike contest.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 1/0
Episodes
S1E1 Let's Get Lazy!: George competed in the first ever episode of Engineering Deathmatch, which also happens to be the closest match in Deathmatch history. Watch as George competes against Ming Chiu to help a lazy company become even more lazy!
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@th1nkdifferent -
Ming Chiu
Ming Chiu is a Senior UC Engineer with The Broadleaf Group functioning in both presales and post-sales UC consulting for the last 3 years. His previous professional experience prior to his role as a consultant includes roles as a Senior Network Engineer at Stewart and Stevenson supporting both Network and UC Infrastructure, Systems Analysts for the City of Houston with the Telecom division, Senior Systems Administrator for Content Active and Network Engineer for HTC. His current professional interests includes web application development and IoT. Ming Chiu completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology at University of Houston in 2007 and holds an active CCIE Collaboration certification.
Deathmatch Record (W/L): 0/1
Episodes
S1E1 Let's Get Lazy!: Ming competed in the first ever episode of Engineering Deathmatch, which also happens to be the closest match in Deathmatch history. Watch as Ming competes against George Chongris to help a lazy company become even more lazy!