IJsbrand (ice) Wijnands
Founder and Consultant
Software/network architect and leader with 28 years of industry experience in computer networking.
Happy to augment your team as consultant to help lead, design, architect, implement, patent, standardise your next network application innovation.
Booked full time at the moment
I innovate
I've been working for a large networking vendor and small startups, leading and designing the best software to solve computer networking problems. I'm involved from first inception to writing the code.
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Work Experience
2020-current
Contractor, Braindump
Working as a contractor for various startups.
2000-2020
Software Engineer/Technical leader/Principal Engineer/Distinguished Engineer, Cisco
In these positions I was part of Cisco Engineering organisation. I worked on the Network Operating system (IOS) writing software, designing networking features, pre-sails, customer visits, presenting at conferences and standardisation at IETF.
1997 - 2000
Support/Escalation Engineer, Cisco
In this position, I supported Cisco customers on how to configure their Cisco devices and troubleshoot network/software problems.
Education
1992-1996
De Haagse Hogeschool
Bachelor degree in computer science and networking technology
Achievements
CCIE
Cisco Certified Networking Expert in Routing #3382
Cisco Live Hall of Fame
5 times distinguished speaker at Cisco Live (rated top 10% best presenters by the customers)
IETF
Authored and co-authored 22 RFC's
Patents
More than 100 filed patents at the USPTO
Networking skills
Routing Protocols
PIM, IGMP, MLD, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, BFD, BIER, mLDP
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Data-plane
IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, GRE, IPsec, Multicast
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Programming
C, Python and Rust
Professional skills
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Passionate
Teamwork & Collaboration
Innovative
Languages
English
Dutch
Get in Touch
Want to hear more about how I can help your project succeed. Send me an email or call me and let's talk about your needs.