Robert Larsen — Network & Security Architect / Consultant (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
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/development. I moved to New Zealand in October 2008, where I worked in several roles for over 13 years before relocating back to the UK in March 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.
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 25 years’ experience with Cisco’s IOS, routers and switches, as well as more than 15 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.
Latest News and Useful Articles — Updated: 19 April 2024 —
Police can force suspects to unlock phone with biometrics. [Ars Technica]
Senate advances vote on reauthorizing FISA. [The Verge]
Cisco Hypershield. [The Register]
DNSSEC and .nz. [Geoff Huston]
FRRouting loopback interfaces and OSPF costs. [ipSpace]
Millions of login attempts hitting networks globally. [Ars Technica]
A pragmatic look at cloud infrastructure. [Packet Pushers]
Unintended consquences of IPv6 SLAAC. [ipSpace]
Coherent optical transceivers. [Geoff Huston]
FISA reauthorised, but without warrant requirement amendment. [The Verge] [The Register]
Architecture and process. [Russ White]
A more comprehensive news/article list can be found on my networks sub-domain here.
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