Hans Roth

Scott Empson is the associate chair of the bachelor of applied information systems technology degree program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton,

Alberta, Canada, where he teaches Cisco routing, switching, and network design courses in a variety of different programs–certificate, diploma, and applied degree–at the postsecondary

level. Scott is also the program coordinator of the Cisco Networking Academy at NAIT, a Regional Academy covering central and northern Alberta. He has earned three undergraduate degrees: a bachelor of arts, with a major in English; a bachelor of education, again with a major in English/language arts; and a bachelor of applied information systems technology, with a major in network management. He currently holds several industry certifications, including CCNP, CCAI, and Network+. Prior to instructing at NAIT, he was a junior/senior high school English/language arts/computer science teacher at different schools throughout northern Alberta. Scott lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with his wife Trina and two children Zachariah and Shaelyn, where he enjoys reading and training in the martial art of tae kwon do.

Hans Roth is an instructor in the Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology department at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Hans has been with the college for

11 years and teaches in both the electronic technology and IT areas. He has been with the Cisco Networking Academy since 2000, teaching CCNP curricula. Previous to teaching

Hans spent 15 years in R&D/product development designing microcontroller-based control systems for consumer products as well as for the automotive and agricultural industries.