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: 3 August 2026 —

• OpenAI hack shows genie is out of the bottle.  [Schneier]

• IPv6 - why you should care.  [ForwardingPlane]

• The death of NAT.  [ForwardingPlane]

• How to get hands-on IPv6 experience.  [ForwardingPlane]

• IPv6 prefixes - revisiting best current practice.  [ForwardingPlane]

• Yes, IPv6 is complicated - but IPv8 won't help.  [ForwardingPlane]

• IPv6 privacy and temporary IP addresses.  [ForwardingPlane]

• SLAAC and the end of DHCP?  [ForwardingPlane]

• Is E2E connectivity the right goal?  [ForwardingPlane]

• How to fight a data center.  [Engadget]

• Claude AI hacked three organisations during testing.  [CyberInsider]  [The Register]

• Facial recognition at Madison Square Garden.  [Schneier]

• American being prosecuted for wiping phone at US border.  [Schneier]

• Simple way to decide if you should use AI for a task.  [Schneier]

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

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