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: 12 December 2024 —

• Russia hacks Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine.  [Ars Technica]

• iBGP source interface selection still requires configuration.  [ipSpace]

• China's national surveillance system data stolen by Chinese insiders.  [The Register]

• The "simple" 38-step journey to getting an RFC.  [Benjojo]

• Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks.  [Ars Technica]

• Codespaces for network engineers.  [ipSpace]  [ContainerLab]  [JulioPDX]

• Is BGP PIC Edge an oxymoron?  [ipSpace]

• Why phishers love the new TLDs.  [Krebs]

• Chinese ship suspected of submarine cable sabotage.  [The Verge]

• IPv6 support for multiple routers and multiple interfaces.  [ipSpace]  [IETF]

• NSO Group spies on people on behalf of governments.  [Schneier]  [The Guardian]

• The workplace has become a surveillance state.  [The Register]

• What to expect with the new FCC.  [No Jitter]

• What Graykey can and cannot unlock.  [Schneier]

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

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