Eric Chou is a seasoned technologist with over 16 years' experience. He has managed some of the largest networks in the industry while working at Amazon and Microsoft and is passionate about network automation and Python at heart. He shares this deep interest through his teachings as a Python instructor, blogger, and active contributor to some of the popular Python open source projects. Currently, Eric holds two patents in IP Telephony and is a principal engineer at A10 Networks with a focus on product research and development in the security field.