Summary
Ken Eshelby is a Senior Network Engineer and architect with over 20 years of experience modernizing enterprise and data center networks across higher education, state government, and private industry. He specializes in designing resilient routing, switching, security, wireless, and virtualization solutions using Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Palo Alto, and VMware technologies, and has hands-on expertise in monitoring and automation platforms like OpenNMS. Known for translating emerging technologies into practical deployments, Ken has led large infrastructure projects, disaster recovery planning, and network management implementations that improve operational efficiency. Based in the Portland metro area, he combines a pragmatic, goal-oriented approach with a continued passion for learning—originally drawn to the field by the satisfaction of turning new ideas into working systems.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
none, Electrical Engineering, none, Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech
BS, Electrical Engineering, Dietetics/Nutrition, BS, Electrical Engineering, Dietetics/Nutrition at Oregon State University
Scappose High School
German