Lori MacVittie is a distinguished engineer at F5, where she has worked for 17 years. Before joining F5, she was senior technology editor at Network Computing Magazine and a senior systems engineer at Zyquest. At F5, she’s in charge of promoting the use of F5 technology through presentations at industry conferences and meet ups. As a distinguished engineer, she is in charge of identifying and tracking emerging technology with a specific focus on the applicability to changes in the target market and industry at large. She also assists in defining marketing and product strategy through research, data mining, and analysis of trends and technology at both the business and architectural level.