Phil Field began his career in networking, security and systems administration right out of university at a U.S.-based financial services company. Later, he was promoted to the R&D team, where he was in charge of designing and implementing an open systems network, and computer systems for accounting, production and automation. Eventually, Phil took a position as chief network integrator and chief security officer for a major children’s medical center, where he designed and implemented an open-systems hospital-information systems and network. After leaving the medical center, Phil transitioned into the test and measurement industry, working as a senior sales engineer with a focus on service providers, OEM, ISV and enterprise clients. In his spare time, Phil is an avid ice hockey player, mountain bike rider, golfer, sportsman, reader, technologist and traveler.