Rob Napier

Current

• Mac and iPhone Software Developer at Cisco
• Independent Professional at Rob Napier Consulting (Self-employed)

Past

• Security Engineer at Cisco Systems
• Tools Developer and Architect at Cisco Systems
• Senior SCM Engineer at Bell & Howell Mail Processing Systems

• System Administrator at Northern Telecom
• Programmer at Bell Northern Research

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Education

• Virginia Tech

Recommended

2 people have recommended Rob

Connections

238 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
• XMPPFramework
• PandoraBoy

Rob Napier’s Summary

Mac Cocoa developer with experience in voice/video, networking and multi-language/multi-platform programming, working in Objective-C and Objective-C++.

Windows developer with experience in C#, ASP.NET, C++, and wxWidgets.

Unix developer with experience in large-scale Perl development, C and C++.

Extensive experience in security assessment and design, risk assessment and anti-counterfeiting in the electronics industry. Global experience, particularly in Asia and Europe with a focus on China.

Rob Napier’s Specialties:

Mac Cocoa, Objective-C and Objective-C++
Cross-platform development between Mac, Windows and Linux
Perl development
Technical risk assessment and management
Working globally, particularly in Asia
Policy development, technical and persuasive writing
Process and personnel security
Unix, Windows and OS X host security

Rob Napier’s Experience

• Mac and iPhone Software Developer

  Cisco

  (Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years )

  Mac and iPhone developer for Cisco's telephony and unified communications products on Mac and iPhone.
  
  Opensource developer for XMPPFramework (xmppframework.googlecode.com).
  
  Specialized in low-level issues including XMPP and networking
  
  Focus on Cocoa, Objective-C and Objective-C++
  
  Developer for Cisco Meetings (WebEx for iPhone), finalist for WWDC '08 Keynote iPhone demos, Best In Show at MacWorld 2009.

• Independent Professional

  Rob Napier Consulting (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  Develop targeted applications for Mac, Window and Unix
  Coordinate larger development efforts through my network of contacts
  Comprehensive security risk assessment
  Intellectual property protection, particularly with outsourced vendors
  Technical writing and instruction

• Security Engineer

  Cisco Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer & Network Security industry)

  2002 — January 2008 (6 years )

  • Global risk assessments, penetration testing and security consulting for corporate sites, partners and suppliers with special focus on intellectual property protection, anti-counterfeiting and outsourcing issues
  • Key developer of policies, procedures and templates related to information asset protection, risk assessment and management, and information classification
  • Assisted in design of corporate PKI and code-signing systems
  • Point of Contact for Macintosh, Linux, and Windows/Unix interoperability, Cisco Engineering, ClearCase and other version control systems, Perl, Apache, SSL and SSH.
  • Developed and presented training courses in secure development practices, Perl programming, and document marking,

• Tools Developer and Architect

  Cisco Systems

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years )

  • Guided the overall technical direction of the ClearCase support teams
  • Architected, designed and developed Perl-based developer tools
  • Point of Contact for Perl support within Cisco Engineering
  • Coordinated production builds of all IOS Early Deployment trains

• Senior SCM Engineer

  Bell & Howell Mail Processing Systems

  (Public Company; BHW; Industrial Automation industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

  • Established software configuration management practices for all products
  • Managed build and release of all software products

• System Administrator

  Northern Telecom

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Computer Networking industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

  • Supported Windows, Mac, HP-UX and Sun workstations and servers

• Programmer

  Bell Northern Research

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Computer Software industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year )

  • Developed DMS-10 telephone switch software for Japanese market

Rob Napier’s Education

• Virginia Tech

  BS , Computer Engineering , 1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Rob Napier’s Websites:

• My Blog
• XMPPFramework
• PandoraBoy

Rob Napier’s Groups:

CISSP #51852
CISA #0755963
GCUX #190 (Gold, Honors)
IAM, IEM
Certified Ethical Hacker, Cocoa Boot Camp

•    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
•    CISCO
•    SANS Institute Alumni
•    NSA-IAM (National Security Agency - INFOSEC Assessment Methodology)
•    NSA-IEM (National Security Agency - INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology)
•    XMPP
•    Cisco club
•    Virginia Tech Alumni Group
•    Cocoa and Cocoa Touch Developers
•    Students at Big Nerd Ranch USA
•    Raleigh Technology Network
•    Triangle Mac Users

Rob Napier’s Honors:

Selected Publications:
"Secure Automation: Achieving Least Privilege with SSH, Sudo and Setuid." Proceedings of LISA '04. http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa04/tech/napier.html

"Security Audit of GIAC Enterprises" (GCUX Practical)
http://www.giac.org/certified_professionals/practicals/gcux/0190.php

Bandel, David, and Robert Napier. Special Edition: Using Linux 6e. Indianapolis: Que, 2001.

"How the Revolution Will End." InformIT. 2001.
http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=21416

Wells, Nicholas, et. al. Special Edition: Using KDE. Indianapolis: Que, 2000

Hellums, Duane, et. al. Red Hat Linux Installation & Configuration Handbook. Indianapolis: Que, 2000

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