Our Networking Engineer has over 18 years of IT experience, starting in CPM and XT computers and through the entire spectrum of PC hardware and operating systems. Working in telecommunications and networking since 1996 with market leading companies, and is now a leading expert in LAN, WAN and VPN technologies and is a Cisco CCIE #6920.

Our CCIE is experienced in a wide range of networking scenarios including Quality of Service and Network Performance, global and regional rollouts, WAN and LAN design, dynamic and static VPN, Security, IP Telephony, Voice over IP and so on.

With the growth of networks today, we are now focusing on total ownership using specific tools to analyse, monitor and report your network condition. This information empowers customers to make effective and forward looking decisions about their infrastructure. Customers can make decisions that can be measured, ensuring that the outcome is reached.
Effective use of Quality of Service and Network Monitoring, in addition to network design and architecture, can make a difference to your IT performance.

Major projects he has implemented include:
. Multi-site VPN - design, deploy and manage - Equipoise Total Health
. Network Monitoring and Analysis - design, deploy and manage - Catholic Alliance of Hospitals
. National IP Telephony deployment for Cellnet - Cisco Call Manager
. Wireless Network - design and deploy - Sims Metal
. Quality of Service, WAN - Comalco

Thinking Space Business Management
. Consulting and Design - Telecommunications, Voice/Data and Data networks (Needs Analysis, Specification, Design, Project Plan, Implementation and Maintenance), Security, Business Planning, Large Rollouts, Design and Presentation, Team Leadership
. Network Management select, design, recommend and deploy a wide range of Network Management and Monitoring tools. Includes Cisco works and a wide range of open source software.

Thinking Space Business Management (continued)
. Identify, Analyse, Cost and Functional Planning for medium to large network infrastructure projects. Experienced in determining how to add value to corporate goals, improve corporate process, and improve business outcomes.
. Coaching and Technology Transfer.

Industry Certifications:
. Certified Cisco Internet Expert (CCIE) No: 6920

Technical Capabilities:
. Experience in Cisco AVVID and Voice design and installation over LAN and WAN networks. Also many years of Voice over IP and Voice over Frame Relay design and installation.
. Deep skills and focus on Network Management and Monitoring using a wide range of tools including custom PERL programming.

Technical Capabilities Continued
. Experience in network security and VPN implementation. Security focus on firewalls, router hardening, AAA implementation and policy support. VPN capabilities include site to site and remote VPN client IPSec, PPTP and L2TP. Some specific skills include Cisco PIX, RSA SecurID, Checkpoint Firewall-1, CyberGuard and Symantec Raptor deployments, PKI design and consulting, VPN design and deploy and more.
. Extensive experience in Internet networking. Some specific skills include ISP design and install, enterprise Internet connectivity, DNS, caching/proxy, carrier service planning and interfacing, firewall and security design and deployment and more.
. Voice / Data / Video experience. Some specific skills include Cisco VoIP, VoFR, VoATM design and deploy, Nortel Passport design, H323 over IP design and more.
. Profound experience in data hubs, switches, routers and all data equipment from most vendors, especially Cisco and Nortel but also Digital, Fore Systems, IBM, 3Com, Alcatel/Xylan and more.
. Extensive experience in all voice technologies, especially Nortel and Lucent/Avaya PBX, Cisco Voice over Packet (VoIP, VoFR, VoATM) and other Voice/Data integration.
. Training and experience in IP Telephony, vendor focus on Cisco and Nortel.

Technical Capabilities Continued
. Training and experience in telecommunications-oriented design and implementation of ATM, Frame Relay and circuit switched networks.
Vendor Specific Skills:
. Cisco (Routing, Core and Edge Switching, Security, VPN, Quality of Service, Performance Monitoring and IP Telephony)
. Nortel/Baystack (Routers, Core and Edge Switches, Web Switch, )
. Linux - especially Red Hat (Network Monitoring, Internet technologies)
. Microsoft (NT 3.1 to current)
. Nokia (IP Security and VPN Products)
. RSA (SecureID, ACE Server)
. 3COM (Networking Products)

HP and Cisco

Thinking Space has specialised on 2 vendors as we believe their cost vs performance is well matched and ROI is well above cheaper solutions. With today’s high speed internet technologies it and security required functions pointless paying for hardware that simply doesn’t cut it. With mission critical apps we don’t want to see a whole network go down simply because of a faulty network adapter in one PC, we want some intelligence from our switches in identifying where the fault exists.