APNIC Open Policy Meeting
Biography
Name: Philip Smith
Philip Smith has been with Cisco Systems for almost three years. He is part of the Internet Architectures Group under CTO Consulting Engineering. His role includes working with many ISPs in the Asia Pacific region, specifically in network design, configuration, scaling and training. Other areas of interest also include Internet routing, Internet protocols, IPv6 and encouraging the growth of the Internet around the world.
Prior to joining Cisco, he spent 5 years at PIPEX (now part of UUNET's global ISP business), the UK's first commercial Internet Service Provider. He was one of the first engineers working in the UK Internet, and played a fundamental role in building the modern Internet in the UK and Europe. In his career at PIPEX, he gained considerable experience in all technical, managerial and commercial areas of Internet service provision.
Philip is a Doctor of Philosophy and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics.
