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: 26 April 2024 —
Long article on GM spying on its cars' drivers. [Schneier] [NYT]
FCC votes to restore net neutrality. [The Verge] [Engadget] [The Register] [Ars Technica]
How to get the maximum value out of network automation. [Network Computing]
IPv6 prefix lengths. [Geoff Huston]
Australia wants "accountable encryption". [The Register]
Now we are supposed to cheer government surveillance? [Brownstone Institute]
POTUS signs TikTok ban into law. [The Verge] [Engadget] [Ars Technica]
Stop the network-based application recognition nonsense. [ipSpace]
Miles of optical fiber crafted aboard ISS marks manufacturing first. [The Register]
CCNA 200-301 updated to v1.1. [Lost In Transit]
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 just ran. [Packet Pushers]
Microsoft is a national security threat. [The Register] [Schneier] [The Register]
House votes to ban TikTok. [Engadget] [The Verge] [BBC News] [The Verge]
A more comprehensive news/article list can be found on my networks sub-domain here.
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