HPE Aruba Networking Data Center Basics

Christine A. Weaver-Crafton serves as a distinguished Instructional Designer at HPE Aruba Networking, where she has been making significant contributions since April 2022. As a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD®), she currently leads two prominent courses: the Aruba CX 10000 Switching Basics and HPE Aruba Networking Data Center Basics. The CX 10000 course focuses on managing advanced switching technologies with AMD Pensando, covering crucial aspects like stateful firewalling, secure segmentation, and flow-based session-level telemetry. Her Data Center Basics course provides comprehensive instruction on modern data center design, including EVPN-VXLAN overlay and spine-and-leaf routed underlay architectures. With over two decades of experience in the field, her career includes notable positions at CACI, Universal Consulting, and Wellpoint Inc., where she specialized in curriculum development, eLearning creation, and technical training implementation. Her expertise encompasses various training methodologies, including web-based training (WBT), instructor-led training (ILT), and blended learning approaches, along with proficiency in adult learning theories and the ADDIE process.