Douglas Richard Hanks Jr. is a Director of Product Management with Juniper Networks and focuses on next-generation hardware and software solutions and corporate strategy. He works in the Switching and Security Product Team (SSPT) that's responsible for the Juniper EX, QFX, and SRX Series hardware, software, and solutions.

Previously he was a Sr. Solution Architect in the Switching, Security, and Solutions (S3BU) focusing on data center solutions. Prior to working in the data center, Douglas worked as a Sr. Solution Architect in the Routing Business Unit (RBU) supporting solutions with the Juniper MX platform.

Douglas is certified with Juniper Networks as JNCIE-ENT #213 and JNCIE-SP #875. Douglas' interests are network engineering and architecture for enterprise and service provider technologies. He is the author of the Juniper QFX10000 Series, Juniper QFX5100 and Juniper MX Series published by O'Reilly Media.

Douglas is also the co-founder of the Bay Area Juniper Users Group (BAJUG). When he isn't busy with networking, Douglas enjoys computer programming and photography.

Douglas can be reached at doug@juniper.net or on Twitter @douglashanksjr