Regis J Jr (Bud) BatesRegis J. "Bud" Bates has more than 30 years of experience in Telecommunications and Information Services and has long been considered a technology "Guru." He currently contributes to these fields as an author, consultant, course developer and teacher As an Author, Bud has written numerous books on the technologies, including "Voice and Data Communications Handbook", and the "Broadband Telecom Handbook". As a Consultant, with clients spanning the range of Fortune 100-500 companies, Bud has been involved in the design of major voice and data networks. His innovative ideas in implementation have been profiled in trade journals and magazines. Many of his projects deal with multiple sites and countries using Frame Relay and ATM architectures. As a Teacher, Bud has develops and conducts various public and in-house seminars ranging from a managerial overview to very technical hands-on classes on Voice over IP, WiFi Networking, WIMAX networking, DWDM and IPv6. In the recent past he has focused much of his development and training activities on the convergence of three key areas; VoIP, Security and WiFi. Read More Read Less