Robert Larsen — Experienced Network Architect / Consultant    (Wellington, New Zealand)

Email : rob (at) larsenconsulting (dot) net

Latest Network/Security Related News and Useful Articles          — Last updated: 19 June 2018 —

  • Boffins offer to make speculative execution great again with Spectre-Meltdown CPU fix.  [The Register]
  • Apple to block police iPhone hacking tools in future update.  [ExtremeTech]
    • Police say iPhone hackers have workaround to Apple’s new security feature.  [HardOCP]  [Motherboard]
  • Cisco's DevNet comes of age.  [No Jitter]
  • 5G standard is finally finished with new standalone specification.  [The Verge]  [Engadget]  [ExtremeTech]
  • Getting started with network automation.  [No Jitter]
  • Getting technical with cloud migrations.  [No Jitter]
  • Apple to block police iPhone hacking tools in future update.  [ExtremeTech]
  • Encrypted messaging isn't magic.  [Wired]
  • VMware scales its virtual switches to tackle NFV.  [The Register]
  • History of networking - email.  [Network Collective: part 1]  [Russ White: part 1]
A more comprehensive list of news and useful articles can be found here.

Executive Summary

I have over 25 years' experience in the IT industry, most of which has been spent in networking/telecoms in the UK and Europe, where I’ve worked in varied roles such as technical consulting, network design/architecture, pre-sales support, operational support and software engineering/development.  In 2008, I emigrated to New Zealand, where I am based in the Wellington region.

My experience has been gained in a wide range of organisations, from start-ups, through enterprises and to large service providers and telcos.  I have worked in both team environments and on an individual and independent basis.

My background has a strong hands-on element to it, and as such I get satisfaction from being able to test a design in a lab to prove that it will work before deployment in a production environment.  To back this up, I have over 20 years experience with Cisco’s IOS, routers and switches, as well as more than 14 years experience with Juniper’s JUNOS, routers and NetScreen firewalls.

I very much enjoy customer-facing roles since no two customers are alike, and so the variety this gives is always a challenge that I am keen to take on.  Taking part in in-depth technical discussions with customers forms a key part of being able to fully understand their requirements, which is essential to being able to deliver a successful solution.

More Information

  • For the latest full version of my CV, please click here.
    • Have a look at my networks sub-domain for some (hopefully) useful network-related information.  I keep this updated on pretty much a daily basis.


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