Wade Lehrschall

Wade Lehrschall has extensive experience in IT and technology architecture. Wade currently holds the position of Principal Strategic Architect at Iron Bow Technologies, where they started in March 2022. Prior to this role, they worked at Cisco as a Business Solution Architect, specializing in SASE, Cloud, WAN, and Zero Trust architectures. Wade joined Cisco in January 2021 and left in March 2022. Before Cisco, Lehrschall served as a Solution Architect at Zscaler from May 2020 to January 2021. At World Wide Technology, they worked as a Customer Solutions Architect from December 2019 to May 2020, focusing on digital transformations for US Air Force and DoD Defense Agencies. Lehrschall has also held various roles at Cisco, including Systems Architect, Systems Engineer, Senior Solutions Integration Architect, and Development Test Engineer, from 2001 to 2019. Wade began their career at Lockheed Martin as a Network Engineer, responsible for designing and maintaining LAN/WAN networks for the U.S. Department of Energy from 1999 to 2001.

Wade Lehrschall obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Washington State University from 1997 to 2001. Wade later pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Telecommunications and Network Engineering from Southern Methodist University, completing it from 2017 to 2021.

In addition to their formal education, Lehrschall has obtained several certifications. Wade became a Palo Alto Networks System Engineer (PSE) - Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Professional and a Palo Alto Networks System Engineer (PSE)- Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Associate from Palo Alto Networks in January 2023. Wade also received the Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner certification from Amazon in August 2021.

Lehrschall has further certifications in the field of network engineering and security. Wade is a Zscaler Certified Cloud Professional - Private Access and a Zscaler Certified Cloud Professional - Internet Access, both obtained from Zscaler in July and June 2020, respectively. Wade holds the Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) certification from Cisco, achieved in February 2017. Lehrschall also obtained the GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) certification from the SANS Institute in April 2012. Wade achieved the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Security (CCIE Security) certification from Cisco in November 2010 and the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification from (ISC)² in July 2009. Additionally, Lehrschall holds the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Routing & Switching (CCIE R&S) certification from Cisco, obtained in April 2003. Before that, they obtained the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification in 2001 and the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification in 2000.