Dan Garfield is an experienced Networking and IT Security consultant and trainer whose involvement with technology spans over 20 years.  In the networking arena he has served as Director of Networks for the Renaissance Center (a high-technology and arts educational foundation), and as Webmaster for the South East Academic Technical Excellence Consortium, SEATEC (a project of the National Science Foundation).

During the 1980s, as chief executive and product designer for Garfield Electronics, Inc., he developed patented hardware and software for revolutionary music synchronization devices which served as the de facto music industry standard for film scoring, ad jingles, album and live music production.

Mr. Garfield has provided consulting services to numerous major artists, including Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Don Felder, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, Herbie Hancock, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, David Byrne, Barry Manilow, Herb Alpert, and many others - even touring worldwide with the Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Walsh, and Lindsey Buckingham bands.

Holding numerous certifications from Cisco (CCNP, CCDP), Microsoft (MCSE), EC-Council (CEH), Novell (CNE), ISC² (CISSP), Security Certified Network Professional (SCNP), HIPAA Academy (CHP, CHSS), and CompTIA (A+, Network+, i-Net+, CTT+), his academic degrees include an Associate of Arts in Music from City College of San Francisco, and an Associate of Science in Communications Technology from Nashville State Technical Institute (where he received the All American Scholar honorarium).   (rèsumè)

As principal consultant for Xantrion, Inc., Tom Snyder has performed numerous deployments of Windows operating systems, which have included multi-domain, multi-location Windows NT migrations, branch office connectivity utilizing Windows Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS), Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Terminal Services, and the Windows Distributed File System (DFS).