Brief Summary

I have over 30 years’ experience in the IT industry, most of which has been spent in networking/telecoms in the UK/EMEA and NZ/APAC.  I have worked in varied roles such as technical consulting, network design and architecture, pre-sales support, operational support and software engineering.  I moved to New Zealand in 2008, where I worked in several roles before returning to the UK in 2022.

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.  In recent years, I have also done a lot of my work in the public sector.

Though performing hands-on work is not as regular as it used to be, it has been a strong element in my previous work, when I gained satisfaction from performing proof-of-concepts before deploying to production environments.  I first started working with Cisco in 1994, and with Juniper in 1999.

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 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.

Latest News and Useful Articles                — Updated: 17 June 2026 —

• ARP with Anycast gateways in EVPN asymmetric IRB.  [ipSpace]

• Flock cameras are being used for stalking.  [Schneier]  [404media]

• How KPIs killed efficiency.  [Vincent Bernat]

• Leading intelligent networks.  [ipSpace]  [Chris Grundemann]

• DNS query duplication.  [Geoff Huston]

• AutoCon 2026.  [Packet Pushers]

• The FCC wants to eliminate burner phones.  [Schneier]

• SR-MPLS with OSPFv2.  [ipSpace]

• AWS rolls dice for faster, more efficient networking.  [The Register]

• AI in networking with Andrew Yourtchenko.  [ipSpace]

• Who runs "The Gentlemen" ransomware group?  [Krebs]

• Goodbye, leaf-and-spine networks?  [ipSpace]

• Blogging with LLMs as a non-native speaker.  [Vincent Bernat]

• GPS as a key distribution platform.  [Schneier]  [404media]

A more comprehensive news/article list can be found on my networks sub-domain here.

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