Summary
Warren Earle is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Networks with over three decades of hands-on experience spanning electronics, industrial networks and higher education. He combines deep technical expertise in enterprise wireless, voice, routing, switching and security with long-standing leadership of the Cisco Networking Academy and curriculum development at Solent University. His background ranges from microcontroller-based industrial data interfaces and R&D to designing Cisco labs and automated technical assessment systems, and he now researches wireless audio networks and the Internet of Musical Things. A practical engineer who moved into academia, he retains a builder’s mindset—evident in early medical laser sensor work and in running complex AV, server virtualization and network infrastructure for teaching labs. He’s pursuing Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and balances rigorous technical teaching with adventurous hobbies like climbing, surfing and snowboarding.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
PGCert, Teaching & Learning Higher Ed, PGCert, Teaching & Learning Higher Ed at Solent University
MPhil, Industrial Network Protocols, MPhil, Industrial Network Protocols at University of Southampton
BEng, Electronics Engineering, BEng, Electronics Engineering at University of Plymouth