Richard A. Deal has nearly 20 years experience in the computing and networking industry including networking, training, systems administration, and programming. In addition to a bachelor's of science degree in mathematics and computer science from Grove City College, Richard holds many certifications from Cisco. Since 1997, Richard has operated his own company, The Deal Group, Inc., located in Orlando, Florida. He also teaches Cisco security courses for Boson Training and writes preparation tests for them.