He received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Computer Science from University of Cambridge, England, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from University of Buckingham, England, in 1996. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the Engineering Council in the United Kingdom. He is the Founder of the NEtwork Systems laboratory (NEST) at the University of the District of Columbia. His research has been funded by NSF, NASA, Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Compaq, IBM, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Ixia Corporation, and others.