Scott Robohn had me on Total Network Operations to trace the path from a Commodore VIC-20 to a dial-up helpdesk in Cleveland to the US Networking User Association, including the day I locked myself out of 34 DSLAMs.
11 Sep 2026 · 3 min read
Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray had me on Heavy Networking to talk through a blog post of mine, The Network as a Whole. Why one VLAN change can end in Wi-Fi complaints, why certs do not teach design, and why you should break your labs on purpose.
12 Jun 2026 · 2 min read
Recorded in person with Andy Lapteff at Networking Field Day 40. How the USNUA went from fifteen people in a Cleveland restaurant to 33 chapters, and why getting in the room still beats anything you can put on a resume.
6 May 2026 · 3 min read
Bob Slevin asked what my superpower is. The answer is connecting people. We covered the USNUA, why certs still matter early on, the retailer who built their own router for 1,600 stores, and the punk-rock skate-rat path from a movie theater to network engineering.
1 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
Cables to Clouds had Scott Robohn on about leaving corporate to go independent. Tim and Chris asked me for the other side of the coin: eight years running WAN Dynamics, the exit, the burnout, and why I went back to a job.
13 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Tech Field Day gave the USNUA a slot at NFD37. I walked the delegates through what it is, how the chapters run, how we keep sponsored events vendor-neutral, and Scott Robohn shared what year one of the Virginia NUG looked like.
24 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
Phil Gervasi runs the upstate New York NUG, so he had Chris Kane and me on Telemetry Now to tell the origin story: why we started, how a NUG night runs, how we keep it vendor-neutral, and how to start one where you live.
21 Feb 2025 · 2 min read
Who says data networking can't be fun? At the last US Network User Association (OH)NUG meeting at Brew Garden in Strongsville Ohio, the local network
10 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
On Thursday October 26th 2023, the Ohio Networking User Group (aka (OH)NUG) convened for an engaging session. The meeting featured a thought-provoking presentation from Chris Spray
30 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Thanks to Ed, Scott & Tom for having me on the IPv6 Buzz Podcast to discuss IPv6 on Ohio IX, USNUA and more! It was a great conversation,
19 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
I had the honor to join Chris Grundemann & Zoe Rose on the Imposter Syndrome Network Podcast. We talked USNUA, Ohio IX and the importance of one'
19 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Chris Kane & I joined Ethan Banks to discuss the USNUA! It was a great conversation, thanks to Ethan and the Packet Pushers crew for having us. Definitely
2 May 2023 · 2 min read