24 years is a lot of networks and over a century in dog years...

I was present for the beginning of commercial PC networking... using an early version of Novell's NetWare (1985) to automate a medical transcription unit at a community hospital, consulting to a regional bank during an acquisition when dozens of branches needed new file, print and messaging servers; helping a small college make over their network to provide better academic and administrative computing services. 

Today, networks are the lifeblood of organizations and the network of networks or Internet has become a critical connection to what were formerly isolated workgroup networks.  Aligning information technology products and services with organizational requirements means hiring someone who has both breadth of experience and an eye to the future.  Attention to detail is critical.  IT must work as one as we enter the era of cloud computing...