By day, she designs and manages processes, commands, and architecture for server rooms. Paola Di Nino, a Senior Network Engineer with Verizon, leads a triple life. With Networking Academy, I got to put theory and study into practice. In University, you study theory, but you never get to actually put your hands on what you’re learning about.

NetAcad programs are designed with lots of hands-on activities and that is one thing which attracts students to the program.Ĭisco Networking Academy is a global platform which can be used to inspire students and instructors to make their future brighter. Most of them are now working in enterprise level organizations and service provider networks. I got the privilege to train more than thousand students under the Cisco Networking Academy in the past 9 years. Currently with many recognition awards, I am the first CCNP Instructor trainer in the SAARC region and the only one who can conduct instructor training for all Networking Academy courses in Sri Lanka. I was the youngest ITE instructor in Sri Lanka at that time and in 2011 I got the opportunity to become the youngest CCAI for CCNA in Sri Lanka.

In December 2008, I became a Cisco Networking Academy Instructor for IT Essentials. At that time, there was only one Cisco Networking Academy in Sri Lanka, therefore, I chose to self-study to prepare for the CCNA 640-802 exam (old version) in 2008. It was 2007 and I was 22 years old with nothing in hand to start a career. Most of them are now working in enterprise level organizations. I got the privilege to train more than 1,000 students in the past 9 years.

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