About the Authors

With just under 30 years of experience in education, Eithne Hogan has held a wide variety of roles. She currently coordinates the Datacenter Academy Program at her college, a program supported by Microsoft. Thanks to this partnership, the college boasts a fully functional three-rack mini datacenter lab, established in November 2019, to teach aspiring technicians about datacenter technologies, IT support, cybersecurity, network and server administration.

Eithne not only coordinates and instructs this program but also oversees the traineeship. Her college is an active member of the Microsoft Global Datacenter Academy Community, a community that is evolving and expanding across the globe. Eithne is a spokesperson and representative leader for her academy.

In addition to her primary role, Eithne is a part-time lecturer at other national higher education professional academies, where she teaches several CompTIA certification courses to include the A+, Network+, and Server+. She also manages the college's local Cisco Network Academy, holding certificates of recognition for Instructor Excellence and thirteen years of active service and participation. The CompTIA Academy partnership, which Eithne oversees, has been operational at the college for 25 years.

Eithne has developed nationally recognized curricula in IT, covering topics such as network infrastructure, network topologies, network administration, and switching, routing, and wireless technologies. As the digital lead for the community college, she collaborates with her colleagues to drive the transformation to digital teaching and learning practices.