...In 1999 we opened the first CCNA class, and after that, the 1st of February of 2002 it was the opening ceremony of the first regional Cisco Academy held in Puerto Rico. ("Aspira/Cisco Regional Networking Academy"), My instructor serial No. 934279 at the time of my registration to the Cisco Networking Academy Program as a Cisco Academy Instructor until 2009...It was a nice joining venture that reminds me that at that time only 20,000 instructors, 1 million students were graduated through this program in 165 countries around the world...

Before that, I had been teaching in Universities, and the private industry, while working as a research and design scientist and also before that as an analog design engineer...

I know what you say and I agree, when you mention the "Power of the Digital Revolution to accelerate the process of Problem Solving", because I have been part of this process including innovation, because I have been part of this process including innovation during my professional life.

Certainly you are right: education, higher technological skills, a mind wide open, and willingness to achieve the highest goals, is a vital part of this non stopping digital revolution.

Going back again, Cisco Networking Academies through the certification path, give those technical skills, improve the problem solver process, and invites all the graduated students to ask for more. In the teaching process, I have witnessed how more that three of my students reached the CCIE certification and others their PhD under my mentorship...

I believe that a strong education and training will fill the gap towards good problem solvers. Thank for sharing such a good article.