John Rauser is Director of Software Engineering at Cisco Cloud Security. He works on distributed networking and security systems, connecting and protecting the world’s largest companies with cloud-delivered solutions. John has spent his career working in various roles across the spectrum of IT, from sysadmin to technology manager, network engineer to infosec lead, developer to engineering leader. John is passionate about organizational leadership, new ways of working, and bridging theory with practice. He speaks regularly at local and international conferences and writes for online publications and on his blog.