Summary
Joseph Rinehart is a seasoned technology educator and content advocate with 20 years of experience designing and delivering advanced networking and data center curricula, now focused on Data Center & AI at Cisco. He blends deep hands-on expertise in routing, switching, ACI, and VoIP with a knack for entertaining, results-driven instruction—having taught at Bellevue College, led global DevNet bootcamps, and authored widely read industry content. A former Seattle Cisco Users Group president and national steering committee member for the Cisco Collaboration Users Group, he pairs community leadership with enterprise training delivery. Outside work he’s an avid ultra-endurance mountain biker and active social media builder, managing one of LinkedIn’s largest groups—an uncommon mix that keeps his technical teaching grounded, relatable, and networked across practitioners.
20 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Business, MBA, Business at Northwest University
Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Theology/Theological Studies, Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Theology/Theological Studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bible/Biblical Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bible/Biblical Studies at Trinity College of Florida