Available for engagements
Network, Cloud & Infrastructure Architect and Consultant — designing enterprise-grade solutions that perform at scale.
About Me
With over 20 years in enterprise technology, I specialise in designing and delivering complex network, data centre, and cloud solutions that stand up to the demands of government, financial services, and large-scale transport organisations.
Holding a CCIE certification and a track record across New Zealand's most critical infrastructure environments — including Auckland Transport, Westpac, ANZ Bank, and MBIE — I bring deep technical expertise matched with the communication skills to navigate Architecture Review Boards and gain stakeholder approval.
I run my own consultancy, delivering end-to-end architectural artefacts: from High Level Designs through to Low Level Designs, Reference Architectures, and Board-ready presentations.
What I Deliver
Focused on enterprise and government engagements where accuracy, security, and board-level communication matter.
End-to-end enterprise network design including spine-leaf data centre fabrics, WAN strategy, and security zone architecture — built to survive Review Boards.
Greenfield and brownfield data centre transformations — from collapsed core to modern EVPN/VXLAN spine-leaf, single and dual DC designs, and live migrations.
Azure Enterprise Landing Zones, hub-spoke topologies, ExpressRoute integration, and hybrid connectivity — aligned to CAF and the Well-Architected Framework.
Board-ready HLDs, LLDs, and Reference Architecture documents structured for both C-level and engineering audiences — clear, precise, and approval-ready.
Large-scale IoT and surveillance network architectures — including MPLS IP VPN designs for thousands of endpoints across geographically distributed sites.
Independent technical advisory for Architecture and Design Review Boards — including peer review of existing designs, risk identification, and gap analysis.
Selected Work
A selection of enterprise engagements across government, transport, and financial services. Client details anonymised where required.
Designed a greenfield spine-leaf data centre fabric using EVPN/VXLAN with multi-VRF architecture. Included a complex CCTV RTSP traffic routing solution bypassing Fortigate firewalls across segmented zones.
End-to-end HLD and LLD for a dual data centre Cisco-based 100Gbps fabric with full Azure ExpressRoute integration, covering active-active failover and BGP policy design.
Greenfield Azure Enterprise Landing Zone design with hub-spoke topology, Palo Alto next-generation firewalls, F5 load balancers, and ExpressRoute. Delivered full HLD aligned to CAF and Well-Architected Framework.
WAN architecture for ~7,000 CCTV cameras and thousands of passenger information displays across geographically distributed sites — delivered as a full L3 MPLS IP VPN design with redundancy and QoS policies.
Career History
Over two decades across enterprise, government, and financial services in New Zealand and beyond.
Get In Touch
Available for contract and consultancy engagements across enterprise and government in New Zealand. If you have an upcoming project, a Review Board deadline, or need an independent architectural review — reach out.