Cisco Community Designated VIP Class of 2024

[Gabriela Godoi do Prado]

Welcoming our VIP Class of 2024: Celebrating 59 Outstanding Individuals!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our VIP program for the year 2024, featuring an extraordinary cohort of 59 outstanding individuals! Among this esteemed group, we're excited to welcome 11  new members who are joining this prestigious program for the very first time.

The VIP class of 2024 represents a diverse array of talents, backgrounds, and expertise, all contributing to the vibrant community that our VIP program embodies. Each member brings a unique set of skills, experiences, and a passion for excellence, promising an enriching and collaborative environment for everyone involved.

Furthermore, we're immensely proud to introduce two new Hall of Famers, whose exceptional dedication and remarkable achievements have earned them this prestigious recognition. Their contributions serve as an inspiration to the entire community, setting a high standard of excellence for others to follow.

BALAJI BANDI 
JONATHAN SCHULENBERG

As we commence this new chapter with our VIP class of 2024, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the members, both returning and new, for their remarkable accomplishments. Together, we look forward to fostering a year of growth and learning.

Let's embark on this journey together, creating memorable experiences and shaping a future full of success and impact. Once again, congratulations to our esteemed VIP class of 2024!

-  Cisco Community Team

Cisco Community VIPs

This distinction is only given to a select group of Cisco customers, partners and guest community members, based on many factors in the  program. We are deeply grateful of the extensive community involvement of these highly respected technology experts. You can view their profiles and “follow” their posts to grow your knowledge.

Adam Hollifield  Network Access Control	Alain Faure  N Routing and Switching, General, French	Arne Bier Network Access Control	Aref Alsouqi Network Access Control. Network Security
Ambuj Mahendra Network Access Control, Wireless	Benoit Ode  N Routing and Switching, General, French	Bill King Contact Center	Bjoern Winterleitner Collaboration, Telepresence and Video Infrastructure
ChangJiang Li  Networking, Chinese	Chunlin Geng  Wireless, Switching, Chinese	Carlo Poggiarelli  Telephony	Chris Welsh  N Unified Computing System, Data Center and Cloud
Daniel Ordonez Wireless, Spanish	David Macias Contact Center	David Ruess Jr.   Routing, Switching, Network Management	David Tibbe Webex
Daniel Pahic N Networking Security, Switching, Routing	Dustin Anderson N Network Acess Control, Email Security	Erick Vaucher N SD-WAN and Cloud Networking	Elliot Dierksen Unified Communications, Contact Center, Networking
Flavio Miranda Networking, Wireless	Fumihiro Takai Switching, Security, Japanese	Georg Pauwen Networking Management, Routing, Switching	Giuseppe Larosa Routing, Switching
Hare Ram Balaji Bandi  Networking, R outing, Security	Kasun Bandara Small Business, Networking	Jesus Pavon-Martinez Wireless	Jonathan Schulenberg  Webex, IP Telephony
Joseph W. Doherty Routing, Switching	Julio Moisa    Routing & Switching, Security, Spanish	Jon Maxwell N Network Security, VPN	Jonas Resende N Security, Portuguese
Karsten Iwen   Network Security, Networking	Kanan Huseynli N SD-WAN and Cloud Networking	Kathy New Webex	Ken Stieers Email Security, Web Security
Leo Laohoo  Switching, Routing, Wireless	Mahmood Jabbar  Networking	Moudar Shantal N Wireless, Switching, Networking Management	Marc Elsen Networking, Wireless, Switching
Marcelo Almeida Network Security, Portuguese	Maren Mahoney IP Telephony, Unified Communications	Marius Gunnerud  Network Security	Martin Losik  Networking
Marvin Rhoads Network Security, VPN	Nithin Eluvathingal  Collaboration, IP Telephony	Paul Driver Routing, Switching	Pieter t Hart  Wireless, Switching
Rasika Nayanajith Wireless	Redouane Meddane Collaboration, Security, French	Reza Sharifi  Switching	Richard Burts  Routing, Switching
Richard Rudling Wireless	Rob Ingram Network Security, VPN	Roger Kallberg  Unified Communications, IP Telephony	Scott Fella Wireless
Stuart Clark N DevNet	Sheraz Salim VPN, Network Security	Tomy Tim Arquinigo Networking, Data Center, Portuguese

Other references

VIP Class of 2023 Announcement

CLN Class of 2024 Announcement

[Meddane]

Extremely Honored to be a Cisco Designated VIP Class 2024 of the prestigious Cisco Community and the recognition, This nomination will transcend me to continue this incommensurable passion of sharing knowledges....Congratulations for all. 2023 was fantastic for me with hard work and lot of effort to help people with many articles about Collaboration Security and Routing, especially with the new CCNP Collaboration and the introduction of the new and big topic Webex Calling where I tried to provide as much as possible informations and explanations about Webex Calling in english and french to help the community to be comfortable with this topic. Understanding a concept or a technology requires effort, but making it easy for people to understand requires a lot of effort but it is worth it.

Thanks for the Community Members @Gabriela Godoi do Prado @Jimena Saez @Brooke Hammer 

[pieterh]

Congratulations to all VIP's old and new!

 I have been VIP since some years now, but somehow I've been assigned as new VIP
no problem, that does not spoil the joy of helping community members and being a vip this year

[Kanan Huseynli]

Really happy to be part of this ultimate community group! Congrats all VIPs and Big Thanks to all community Managers!

[Kasun Bandara]

Congratulations for all VIPs !!!!

[Aref Alsouqi]

Congratulations to all the returning and the new VIPs, and a big well-done to @balaji.bandi and @Jonathan Schulenberg for their big achievement. Also, a big thank you to all the community managers for their support, I really feel honored to be a part of this amazing group and community, and for this awesome recognition.

[Dustin Anderson]

Thanks, this forum is where I go first to find info and I'm always glad to be able to help others in the same way.

[DeepankarMitra]

Many congratulations to all the VIPs and Hall of Famers.

[Wayne DeNardi]

Congrats to all the VIPs.   As a VIP for the last 9 years (but unfortunately wasn't able to make the list this year) I fully appreciate all the effort you put in.  Hope to join you all again on the list in 2025.

Also a big congratulations to @Jonathan Schulenburg and @Balaji Bandi for their induction to the Hall of Fame.  A wonderful achievement.

[Vivien Chia]

Big congratulations VIP Class of 2024 and the new Hall of Famers! 

[Nithin Eluvathingal]

Congratulations to all VIP class of 2024!! And a special congratulations to @balaji.bandi  and @Jonathan Schulenberg. Well deserved. It's an honor to be a part of this community.

[Gopinath_Pigili]

Congrats all 2024 VIPs!!

Special congratulations...!! to Jonathan and Balaji for their well deserved recognition! 

Thanks

[Richard Pidcock]

Congrats to the new VIP's and Hall of Fame members.  Appreciate your contributions to the community!

[Chika Emeche]

Congratulations Guys

[Danilo98]

Very informative!

[Danilo98]

Will be saving this one for a future re read that's for sure.