TRAVIS RUSSELL has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry with a broad background in data communications and telephony. He is an experienced field engineer, with installation, maintenance, and design experience in private voice networking, call center applications, data networks, and large switching networks. He is currently Technical Sales Manager for the Switching Division of Tekelec, the leading provider of SS7 solutions.Mr. Russell is also a professional speaker, and has delivered seminars, presentations, and lectures at industry forums, for telecommunications service providers, and at major universities. He is well versed in technology, and well known for his ability to deliver complex subjects in simple terms. He has delivered presentations in the United States, as well as Latin America and Europe. Mr. Russell currently has several telecommunications books published through McGraw-Hill. His most successful book, Signaling System #7, is in its second edition, and is used worldwide as the leading resource for this complex subject. Universities around the world use Telecommunications Protocols to teach graduate students the technologies of the telecommunications industry. This book was recently translated into Chinese for distribution in China.