Luis Rivera, M.S.

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Senior Lecturer


Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department
Tagliatela College of Engineering
Education

M.S., Computer and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of New 51¶ºÄÌ

About Luis

Luis is an IT professional and Senior Lecturer currently teaching Networking and Cybersecurity courses at the University of New 51¶ºÄÌ. Luis started his teaching career at Central CT State University (CCSU) in 2005 and has over 12 years teaching experience where he enjoys bringing the realities of the IT industry to the classroom.

Luis started his professional career working at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) as a Field Service Engineer gaining minicomputer skills while supporting PDP-8 (12-bit), PDP-11 (16-bit), VAX cluster/systems (32-bit), and networking skills implementing first-generation Ethernet products to fortune 500 customers. After graduation from UNH, he joined Northeast Utilities' (Eversource Energy) Millstone Nuclear Power Plant and eventually transferred to their corporate office.

Luis was able to obtain his M.S. from RPI (Hartford) and held several IT roles including Sr. System Engineer, Sr. Network Analyst – LAN/WAN, and Sr. Security Systems Engineer until 2014. He has also worked as a Consultant/Service Delivery Manager at Legrand Corporation and as Network Performance Engineer at UTC.

Luis's core competencies include Consulting, Enterprise Networks, Cybersecurity Engineering, MSSP & Vendor Management, Network Management Engineering, Network appliances, and Subject Matter Expert on several Security vendor products. He has obtained several industry certifications including CCAI (Cisco Certified Academy Instructor), CompTIA’s Security +, and AWS Cloud Practitioner.

Luis has taught the following courses at UNH:

  • Windows Network Administration
  • Introduction to Computer Security
  • Computer Networks & Data Communication
  • Enterprise Network Design
  • Unix Network Administration
  • Wireless Technologies

As for hobbies, Luis is an accomplished, semi-professional percussionist and has played in several venues including the Copacabana NYC (2013), Hartford Jazz Festival (2017), and Caribbean Festival at the Riverfront in Hartford (2019). Luis is married and has two children - all family members are IT professionals!