Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
- Current
- Past
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- Network Engineer at ion-ip
- Network Engineer at Cable & Wireless
- Network Engineer e-Infra at ABN/Amro
- Network Engineer at Inter Access BV
- Network Engineer HQnet at ABN AMRO
- Network Engineer - BBA at Belastingdienst Automatiserings Centrum (BAC)
- Manager Implementation Team at EuroNet Internet
- Assisting Manager Support Services at EuroNet Internet
- Support Engineer at EuroNet Internet
- Education
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- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Universiteit Twente
- Sint Nicolaas Lyceum
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- Industry
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Sake Blok’s Summary
Network specialist with broad skills in implementing and troubleshooting complex networks based on firewalls (Juniper NetScreen, Checkpoint), loadbalancers (Nortel Alteon, F5 BigIP), SSL-offloaders (Nortel Alteon, F5 BigIP), Proxies (Netapp NetCache) and L2/L3 devices (Cisco).
A passion for Network Analysis, Protocol Analysis, bug chasing and problem solving.
Sake Blok’s Experience
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Owner
SYN-bit
(Computer Networking industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Instructing:
Giving wireshark and troubleshooting training.
Coaching:
Training Network Engineers to solve the problems they face in their network.
Consultancy:
Solving problems in Application Delivery Networks -
Research and Development Engineer
ion-ip
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Mainly involved with:
- Testing the functionality and performance of ion-ip application delivery solutions, based on a variety of products (F5, Juniper, Nortel)
- Troubleshooting complex networking issues by building test-setups and/or going onsite (often resulting in bug-reports towards the vendors)
- Coaching Network Engineers
- Developing and managing the ion-ip testlab
- Creating custom application delivery solutions for the specific needs of customers -
Core Developer
Wireshark Development Team
(Non-Profit; Computer Networking industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
In my spare time I do some development for Wireshark (http://www.wireshark.org), the worlds leading Network Protocol Analyser. My main contributions were in the field of GUI enhancements and bugfixes. I have come a long way since my first patch (back in 2006), but still have a lot to learn too, which is a nice challenge.
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Network Engineer
ion-ip
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
April 2002 — September 2007 (5 years 6 months)
Working with the following hardware, concentrating on installation, support-services and troubleshooting:
- Nortel Alteon product line (NNCSS Alteon certified)
- F5 networks BigIP's (F5SE v9 certified)
- Juniper NetScreen firewall/VPN (JNCIS-FWV certified)
- Cisco IOS routers (CCNP certified)
- NetApp NetCache -
Network Engineer
Cable & Wireless
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 3 months)
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Network Engineer e-Infra
ABN/Amro
(Public Company; Banking industry)
January 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 4 months)
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Network Engineer
Inter Access BV
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — March 2002 (3 years 3 months)
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Network Engineer HQnet
ABN AMRO
(Public Company; Computer Networking industry)
October 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 4 months)
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Network Engineer - BBA
Belastingdienst Automatiserings Centrum (BAC)
(Government Administration industry)
April 1999 — September 1999 (6 months)
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Manager Implementation Team
EuroNet Internet
(Internet industry)
January 1998 — December 1998 (1 year )
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Assisting Manager Support Services
EuroNet Internet
(Computer Networking industry)
July 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 6 months)
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Support Engineer
EuroNet Internet
(Internet industry)
March 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 4 months)
Sake Blok’s Education
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
Business Information Systems 1993 — 1996
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
Sociology 1993 — 1995
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Universiteit Twente
Electrical Engineering 1989 — 1990
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Sint Nicolaas Lyceum
Sake Blok’s Contact Settings
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