Russ White
russ [at] riw [dot] us

Summary of Qualifications

• Exceptional techincal and problem solving skills
• Exceptional communication skills; a regular speaker at Cisco's Networkers and other networking industry events; co-author of nine books in networking technologies, many white papers, and articles in networking magazines such as the Internet Protocol Journal; author of Loss of Carrier, a fiction detective novel
• Self motivated and self managing; accustomed to working outside the box and shifting roles as needed
• Strong mentoring and teaching skills
• Record of Innovation in the Networking Field; Co-author on numerous patents, patents pending, and patent filings; participate in new technical directions and areas in routing protocols, service discovery, and other areas

Knowledge
Education & Certification

• Master of Science in Information Technology, Networking Technologies, Capella University
• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Networking Technologies, Capella University
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) 2635
• Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) 2007:001
• Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr)
• Currently pursuing MA in Biblical Languages from Shepherds Theological Seminary

Networking Technologies

• IP routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, OSPF)
• Cisco router & switch configuration, deployment, and architecture
• Network security design & implementation (at the control and data planes)
• Internetwork design and deployment (including highly available designs)
• A broad range of layer 2, transport, and virtualization technologies

General Computers & Electronics

• Microsoft Office, CorelDRAW, Photopaint, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and various studio audio/video
• UNIX, Microsoft Windows (WFWG through Windows 7), OS X, Cisco IOS, IOS-XR, and others
• Electronics Systems (microproccesor & discreet component systems; synchro/servo systems; radio & radar systems; oscilloscopes, multimeters, BERTs, & TDR's)

Positions Held
Cisco Systems (1996 to present)

• Principle Engineer (NSSTG Architects Team)

• Leadership in/integral part of several high profile technology projects within Cisco
  • Routing protocols security
  • Energy Aware Control Plane
    
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET)
  • High Availability Routing
  • EIGRP
  • TRILL
    
    
• Direct support of large scale network designs
  • Provided design consulting for many large scale (1000+ router) global networks (service provider and enterprise)
    
    
• Regular speaker at networking industry conferences
  • Session Group Manager, unicast routing protocols, Networkers US, 2004-present
• Networkers EU 2007-09, Mexico City 2005, Barhain 2009
• Various other Cisco internal and external conferences, boards, and meetings

• Member of the Cisco Certified Architect Development Team
  
  
• Member of the CCDE Core Development Team
  • Developed the core concepts, claims, and certification goals for the CCDE
• Developed the initial written examination questions
• Developed the practical examination concepts and initial examination

• Member of the CCIE Routing and Switching Content Advisory Group
  
  
• Championed research (through the Cisco Research Center) in various areas, including disjoint topologies and routing security
  
  
• Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University
  • Co-teaching class in large scale network design within the masters degree program, Computer Science Department
  • Advisory role for Cisco certification training within the NC State Extension Center
    
    
• Network Protocols Deployment Engineer (Cisco CSR-1 Project)

• Directly support customers testing IOS-XR software on Cisco 7200's and 12000's
• Provide field level expertise for designing and building IOS-XR operating system and components, specifically unicast routing protocols
• Provide training and documentation to customer support engineers and Cisco customers (under non-disclosure)

• Customer Support Engineer (Global Escalation Team)

• Provide support in high profile critical account situations; troubleshot and recommended solutions for many failing or inoperational large scale networks
• Assist Customer Support Engineers with difficult cases; mentor junior and new routing protocol engineers in time management and technical skills
• Build and deliver routing protocol and router architecture training for Customer Support Engineers

• Customer Support Engineer (Routing Protocols Team)

• Day to day support of Cisco customers worldwide
• Assist in resolving configuration, design, & implementation issues

Technical Accomplishments

CCDE Quick Reference, Co-author, ISBN 1-58705-839-1

Cisco Express Forwarding, Co-author, ISBN 978-1587052361

Optimal Routing Design, Co-author, ISBN 1587051877

Practical BGP, Co-author, ISBN 0-321-12700-5

Advanced IP Network Design, Co-author, ISBN 1578700973

Inside Cisco IOS Software Architecture, Co-author, ISBN 1578701813

IS-IS: Deployment in IP Networks, Co-Author, ISBN 0201657724

EIGRP for IP Networks, Co-author, ISBN 0201657732

EIGRP Network Design Solutions, Technical Reviewer, ISBN 1578701651

EIGRP Efficiency, Packet Magazine, First Quarter 2006

Working with IP Addresses, Internet Protocol Journal, March 2006

Caveats in Testing Routing Protocol Convergence, Internet Protocol Journal, December 2005

Negative Testing In IP Networks, Business Communications Review, October 2005

Who's Afraid of DUAL-3-SIA? Packet Magazine, Second Quarter 2005

Graph Overlays on Path Vector: A Possible Next Step in BGP, IPJ, Jn 2005

High Availability In Routing, Business Communications Review, May 2004

High Availability In Routing, Internet Protocol Journal, March 2004

Securing BGP Through Secure Origin BGP, Internet Protocol Journal, September 2003

Securing BGP Through Secure Origin BGP (soBGP), Business Communications Review, May 2003

EIGRP White Paper (original author), Cisco Online, 2000

Routing TCP/IP, Provided material for author (see Thanks section), ISBN 1578700418

RFC3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement

RFC3021: Using 31-Bit Prefixes on IPv4 Point-to-Point Links

RFC4061: Benchmarking Basic OSPF Single Router Control Plane Convergence

RFC4062: OSPF Benchmarking Terminology and Concepts

RFC4063: Considerations When Using Basic OSPF Convergence Benchmarks

RFC4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4, Acknowledgements

RFC5123: Considerations in Validating the Path in BGP

RFC5310: IS-IS Generic Cryptographic Authentication

RFC5566: IPsec Encap for Softwires

RFC5709: OSPFv2 HMAC-SHA Cryptographic Authentication

US Patent 7,515,551: Techniques for reducing adjacencies in a link-state network routing protocol

US Patent 7,391,730: System and method for synchronizing link state databases in a network environment

US Patent 7,363,387: System and method for reducing information being transmitted in a network environment

US Patent 7,525,949: Forwarding for Network Devices

US Patent 7,319,674: Exchanging Awareness Information in a Network Environment

US Patent 7,298,707: Controlling the Flooding of Information in a Network Environment

US Patent 7,333,501: Determining Network Nodes to Represent Multiple Subnetworks

US Patent 7,623,474: Techniques for distributing information using multicast subsets

US Patent 7,626,948: System and method for verifying the validity of a path in a network environment

US Patent 7,561,588: Processing two-octet and four-octet values using border gateway protocol

US Patent 7,609,672: Method and apparatus for automatic sub-division of areas that flood routing information

US Patent 7,672,253: Border router with selective filtering of link state advertisements

US Patent 7,668,119: Ad hoc network formation and management

US Patent 7,697,505: Technique for decreasing queries to discover routes in an IGP

US Patent 7,733,798: Evaluation of network data aggregation

Personal Accomplishments and Other Experience

IETF Routing Protocol Security Working Group, Co-chair, 2004-2008

2008/9 Nominating Committee, Internet Engineering Task Force

2004/5 Nominating Committee, Internet Engineering Task Force

2002/3 Nominating Committee, Internet Engineering Task Force

Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 412 (Atlanta Area Council), 1982

Amateur Radio Operator, WB4YRV, 1976

Capella University IT Advisory Council, 2007-2008 , 2010