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- | ===== Philip Smith - Career Highlights ===== | + | ====== Philip Smith - Career Highlights |
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+ | ===== Biography ===== | ||
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+ | Philip Smith has been working in the Internet industry since the early 1990s after catching the Internet bug in the mid 1980s while at University. He runs his own consulting company, PFS Internet Development. | ||
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+ | Philip spends some of his time working for the Network Startup Resource Centre as a Senior Network Engineer and Training Coordinator, | ||
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+ | He previously worked at APNIC as Learning and Development Director, where his team's responsibilities ranged from Training, APNIC Conferences and Events, Network Operations Group support, Technical Programmes such as IPv6 Deployment, Internet Exchange Points, and Rootname Server deployments, | ||
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+ | Over the last two decades, Philip has been actively involved in providing consultation and advice to ISPs primarily in the Asia Pacific region, but also to other providers around the world. He concentrates specifically on network strategies, design, technology, and operations, as well as configuration, | ||
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+ | Philip was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in December 2021. He is a Doctor of Philosophy and has a First Class Honours Degree in Physics. A native of Scotland, he lives in Brisbane, Australia. | ||
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+ | ===== Detailed Career Overview ===== | ||
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==== January 2014 to date: PFS Internet Development Pty Ltd ==== | ==== January 2014 to date: PFS Internet Development Pty Ltd ==== | ||
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The Network Startup Resource Center is based at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. Philip is and has been involved in many Internet infrastructure projects for NSRC since January 2014, including: | The Network Startup Resource Center is based at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. Philip is and has been involved in many Internet infrastructure projects for NSRC since January 2014, including: | ||
- | * Campus Network Design & Operations Workshops for Myanmar' | + | * Campus Network Design & Operations Workshops for Research and Education Networks, including |
+ | * Technical assistance for many Universities and Colleges following on from each of the Campus Network Design & Operations Workshops. | ||
+ | * Campus Design Best Practices tutorial as part of the Pacific Island Telecoms Association (PITA) AGM | ||
* BGP for NRENs Workshops for ASREN and Ubuntunet Alliance | * BGP for NRENs Workshops for ASREN and Ubuntunet Alliance | ||
- | * BGP Workshop for ASTI (Philippines) | + | * BGP Workshop for PREGINET |
- | * IDREN (Indonesia) technical assistance | + | |
* LINX (London) and BKNIX (Bangkok) BGP Peering Workshops | * LINX (London) and BKNIX (Bangkok) BGP Peering Workshops | ||
- | * MARIIX (Marianas Islands Internet Exchange) and BKNIX (Bangkok Neutral Exchange) technical assistance | + | |
- | * Pacific | + | |
- | * Bhutan Network Operators Group (btNOG) conferences (teaching IPv6, BGP and Campus Design workshops, technical presentations) | + | * Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) conferences (technical presentations and tutorials), and MENOG BGP Workshop (UAE) |
+ | * South Asia Network Operators Group (SANOG) conferences (technical presentations and tutorials), and SANOG BGP and IPv6 Workshops. | ||
+ | * Trans-Pacific R& | ||
+ | * Technical assistance for IDREN (Indonesia) and for LEARN (Sri Lanka) | ||
+ | * Bhutan Network Operators Group (btNOG) conferences (teaching IPv6, BGP, and Campus Design workshops, technical presentations) | ||
* Launch of Rwanda NOG and teaching Routing Workshop, plus technical assistance for RWEDNET (Rwanda' | * Launch of Rwanda NOG and teaching Routing Workshop, plus technical assistance for RWEDNET (Rwanda' | ||
- | * APRICOT Summit, teaching BGP and Campus Workshops (Japan, Auckland, | + | * APRICOT Summit, teaching BGP and Campus Workshops (Fukuoka, Auckland, |
- | * The design, implementation, and ongoing operation of DrukREN, the Bhutanese Research & Education Network | + | * The specification, |
- | * Mongolian IXP Workshop, in partnership with Netnod | + | * Mongolian IXP Workshop, IXP best practices design and implementation, in partnership with Netnod |
- | * PacNOG conferences teaching | + | * Technical assistance for ERDEMNET (Mongolia) |
+ | * Internet Exchange Point design and implementation training in Papua New Guineau, with ISOC and National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA), towards launching the PNG-IX. | ||
+ | * Internet Exchange Point design and implementation training in Islamabad, with ISOC and Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), to launch the PK-IX. | ||
+ | * Pacific Network Operators Group (PacNOG) conferences teaching Routing, BGP and IXP/Peering Workshops (Solomons, Samoa, Fiji) | ||
+ | * Samoa IXP Workshop as part of PacNOG, and technical assistance to implement the IXP infrastructure | ||
* AfNOG 2014 in Djibouti (teaching Advanced Routing) | * AfNOG 2014 in Djibouti (teaching Advanced Routing) | ||
* Southern African Network Operators Group conferences (Johannesburg & Swaziland) | * Southern African Network Operators Group conferences (Johannesburg & Swaziland) | ||
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=== APNIC === | === APNIC === | ||
- | APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific region, based in Brisbane, Australia. Philip has been involved in the following activities for APNIC since January 2014: | + | APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific region, based in Brisbane, Australia. Philip has been involved in the following activities for APNIC from January 2014 until January 2020: |
* BGP Workshops for BDNOG (Bangladesh), | * BGP Workshops for BDNOG (Bangladesh), | ||
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* Traffic Engineering and Advanced Wireless Network Planning in partnership with PITA (Fiji) | * Traffic Engineering and Advanced Wireless Network Planning in partnership with PITA (Fiji) | ||
+ | === Internet Society === | ||
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+ | Philip has been involved in the following activities for ISOC since January 2014: | ||
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+ | * Internet Exchange Point design and implementation training in Papua New Guineau, with NSRC and National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA), towards launching the PNG-IX. | ||
+ | * Internet Exchange Point design and implementation training in Islamabad, with NSRC and Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA), to launch the PK-IX. | ||
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Note: WorldCom was the parent company resulting from mergers of the original PIPEX with its parent Unipalm, and subsequent mergers with UUNET Technologies Inc, MFS, and WorldCom. The UK operations HQ of WorldCom was based in Cambridge. Following WorldCom folding in bankruptcy, the UUNET Internet business is now operated by Verizon. | Note: WorldCom was the parent company resulting from mergers of the original PIPEX with its parent Unipalm, and subsequent mergers with UUNET Technologies Inc, MFS, and WorldCom. The UK operations HQ of WorldCom was based in Cambridge. Following WorldCom folding in bankruptcy, the UUNET Internet business is now operated by Verizon. | ||
- | July 1996 to January 1998 | + | |
+ | === July 1996 to January 1998 === | ||
Head of Network Engineering for UUNET UK and UUNET PIPEX, reporting to the Technical Director. This position had full technical responsibility for the UUNET UK network, including backbone, leased connections, | Head of Network Engineering for UUNET UK and UUNET PIPEX, reporting to the Technical Director. This position had full technical responsibility for the UUNET UK network, including backbone, leased connections, |
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