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Professionally, I have been involved in working with Internet-based technologies since I started my first job in the profession as a Computer Systems Administrator back in 1984. So, I have been involved in the evolution what people think of as The Internet today from the ARPANET and its siblings (e.g. CSNET, BITNET, etc.) into the NSFNET and then into the commercial Internet we have today. I have worked as a consultant as well as a regular employee in a large multinational company (NTT) , smaller domestic companies (The Planet, Verio) and non-profits (Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University).
I have worked on migrations and consolidation of POPs, establishing interconnect facilities for telcos in data centers, integration of mail systems, DNS and USENET news, deployment of different authentication architectures (RADIUS, TACACS, LDAP and Active Directory along with token-based systems), PCI DSS compliance, establishing SAS 70 controls (Type I) and testing of operational effectiveness (Type II) and more traditional IT-oriented activities (helpdesk operations, change management, nightly batch job management, etc.). I have also become an early adopter and advocate for the use of IPv6 in the Internet. I have it deployed on my home network and use IPv6 every day.
A Quick Tour
I am still tinkering with the site, so things may get moved around a bit as I continue work here, but the intent of this site it to find out more about me. There is a section on work experiences which includes a way to get my current professional resume. There is a section on publications and talks I have given. I will also be blogging on things I think are interesting both inside my profession and without. These are going to be categorized, tagged and searchable so you can find what you are interested and skip the rest. I welcome feedback, so feel free to leave me comments. They may not all get published, but I do read them all.
Thanks for visiting and come back often!
