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== Biography ==

'''Dr. Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of international and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings, and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, Technical Engineer/Trainer, Security and Networks Consultant Manager for a Global distributor Exclusive Networks Pacific, Network Technical Lead - Architect, Head of Engineering Services and currently a Architect for the ANZ Professional Services team at Fortinet. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.

'''Dr. Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of international and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings, and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, Technical Engineer/Trainer, Security and Networks Consultant Manager for a Global distributor Exclusive Networks Pacific, Network Technical Lead - Architect, Head of Engineering Services and currently '''an Architect for the ANZ Professional Services team at Fortinet'''. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.

* E. Cocker, U. Speidel, N. Rebenich, S. Neville, A. Gulliver, R. Eimann, K. Nisar, S. Hassan, Z. Azziz, M. Dong, and V. Wong, “Measurement of packet train arrival conditions in high latency networks,” in 9<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing, Tainan, Tainwan, 10-13 December, p. P0190, 2013.

* E. Cocker, F. Ghazzi, U. Speidel, “Measurement of buffer requirement trends for real-time traffic over TCP,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Conference on high performance switching and routing, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 July.

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== Employment ==

Etuate is currently a '''Architect for the Professional Services team at Fortinet'''. In his current role, he is responsible for the design and implementation of Cyber Security solutions for many of Fortinet partners and customers. In his previous role he was responsible for managing a team of Support, Systems Engineers, and Security Consultants that provide vendor support, pre-Sales and post-Sales professional services for Exclusive Networks partners across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. In addition, he was also the Architecture of many Networks where he redesigned and implemented many complex professional services.

Etuate is currently an '''Architect for the Professional Services team at Fortinet'''. In his current role, he is responsible for the design and implementation of Cyber Security solutions for many of Fortinet partners and customers. In his previous role he was responsible for managing a team of Support, Systems Engineers, and Security Consultants that provide vendor support, pre-Sales and post-Sales professional services for Exclusive Networks partners across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. In addition, he was also the Architecture of many Networks where he redesigned and implemented many complex professional services.

Previously he was the ''Network Technical Lead - Architect for Datacom Systems'' where he manages one of the Professional Services teams that engages customers with the redesign and implementation of complex network security related projects. As part of this role, he was responsible for developing the skillsets of Datacom's operational teams by training Engineers on many networks' security related topics. Prior to that Etuate was the ''Security and Networks Consultant Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Exclusive Networks Pacific'' where he managed a small team of Security and Network experts that assist customers with the redesign and deployment of Security vendor products. In addition, he also executed a number of Cyber Security workshops (Fortinet) for re-sellers and partners and was the Lead Architect responsible for resolving complex security and network related problems. Prior to Exclusive Networks he was the ''ICT Network Operation Center (NOC) Team Leader for New Zealand's biggest network (Spark)''. In this role, he manages Engineers that responds to Security threats as well as supporting the operational needs of major Banks, Enterprise, Corporate networks, Spark's own internal Enterprise network, Public Wifi as well as NZ Government institution networks. In essence, his team executes many changes across routing, switching, load balancers, DNS, firewall, and Wifi technologies.

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 == Biography ==
-'''Dr. Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of international and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings, and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, Technical Engineer/Trainer, Security and Networks Consultant Manager for a Global distributor Exclusive Networks Pacific, Network Technical Lead - Architect, Head of Engineering Services and currently a Architect for the ANZ Professional Services team at Fortinet. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.
+'''Dr. Etuate Cocker''' is originally from '''Tonga''' and was awarded the '''first PhD in Computer Science for the Kingdom of Tonga'''. While doing extensive research in the Pacific, he was awarded two grants ([https://isif.asia/tag/etuate-cocker/ ISIF Asia and Internet NZ grants]) and have attended a number of international and regional conferences. The results from his doctoral research have contributed to the development of Internet connectivity in the Pacific region. He has contributed to policy discussions in a number of ICANN meetings, and he is passionate about improving connectivity for remote islands in the Pacific. His professional experience includes positions as an Instructor in many Cisco academies, Network Engineer, Technical Specialist, Researcher, Team Leader for a team of Network and Security Engineers at the largest Internet Service Provider in New Zealand - Spark NZ Ltd, Technical Engineer/Trainer, Security and Networks Consultant Manager for a Global distributor Exclusive Networks Pacific, Network Technical Lead - Architect, Head of Engineering Services and currently '''an Architect for the ANZ Professional Services team at Fortinet'''. Etuate has authored/co-authored the following papers as part of his dissertation.
 * E. Cocker, U. Speidel, N. Rebenich, S. Neville, A. Gulliver, R. Eimann, K. Nisar, S. Hassan, Z. Azziz, M. Dong, and V. Wong, “Measurement of packet train arrival conditions in high latency networks,” in 9<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Information, Communications and Signal Processing, Tainan, Tainwan, 10-13 December, p. P0190, 2013.
 * E. Cocker, F. Ghazzi, U. Speidel, “Measurement of buffer requirement trends for real-time traffic over TCP,” in 15<sup>th</sup> International Conference on high performance switching and routing, Vancouver, Canada, 1-4 July.
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 == Employment ==
-Etuate is currently a '''Architect for the Professional Services team at Fortinet'''. In his current role, he is responsible for the design and implementation of Cyber Security solutions for many of Fortinet partners and customers. In his previous role he was responsible for managing a team of Support, Systems Engineers, and Security Consultants that provide vendor support, pre-Sales and post-Sales professional services for Exclusive Networks partners across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. In addition, he was also the Architecture of many Networks where he redesigned and implemented many complex professional services.
+Etuate is currently an '''Architect for the Professional Services team at Fortinet'''. In his current role, he is responsible for the design and implementation of Cyber Security solutions for many of Fortinet partners and customers. In his previous role he was responsible for managing a team of Support, Systems Engineers, and Security Consultants that provide vendor support, pre-Sales and post-Sales professional services for Exclusive Networks partners across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. In addition, he was also the Architecture of many Networks where he redesigned and implemented many complex professional services.
 Previously he was the ''Network Technical Lead - Architect for Datacom Systems'' where he manages one of the Professional Services teams that engages customers with the redesign and implementation of complex network security related projects. As part of this role, he was responsible for developing the skillsets of Datacom's operational teams by training Engineers on many networks' security related topics. Prior to that Etuate was the ''Security and Networks Consultant Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Exclusive Networks Pacific'' where he managed a small team of Security and Network experts that assist customers with the redesign and deployment of Security vendor products. In addition, he also executed a number of Cyber Security workshops (Fortinet) for re-sellers and partners and was the Lead Architect responsible for resolving complex security and network related problems. Prior to Exclusive Networks he was the ''ICT Network Operation Center (NOC) Team Leader for New Zealand's biggest network (Spark)''. In this role, he manages Engineers that responds to Security threats as well as supporting the operational needs of major Banks, Enterprise, Corporate networks, Spark's own internal Enterprise network, Public Wifi as well as NZ Government institution networks. In essence, his team executes many changes across routing, switching, load balancers, DNS, firewall, and Wifi technologies.