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 January 2025 —
Spine-and-leaf fabric design. [ipSpace]
Comparing IGP and BGP DC convergence. [ipSpace]
The first password on the Internet. [Schneier] [The Conversation]
Mass exploit of Fortinet firewalls using zero day highly probably. [The Register]
Cloudflare tunnel for IPv6 only. [ForwardingPlane]
IP addresses through 2024. [Geoff Huston]
New IPv6 documentation prefix. [ipSpace]
Configuring IP addresses won't make you an expert. [ipSpace]
BGP updates in 2024. [Geoff Huston]
Traceroute - safe and effective to use. [Network Defense]
Net Neutrality struck down by appeals court. [The Verge] [The Register] [Engadget]
Google is allowing device fingerprinting. [Schneier] [Lukasz Olejnik]
BGP in 2024. [Geoff Huston]
VW leak exposed location data for 800k EVs. [The Verge] [Engadget]
A more comprehensive news/article list can be found on my networks sub-domain here.
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