The following application was submitted (UTC) on Thu, 24 Feb 11 16:55:37 +0000 Items with an '*' were required items in the application form. PERSONAL INFORMATION ==================== Family Name (Last name, Surname)*: KANAKE Full Name*: PETER WAHIIRE Employer/Organization*: Kenya Revenue Authority Position/Title*: Principle telecommunication engineer Business Address ---------------- 48240-00100 Business Phone: 2814018 Alternate Telephone: 254-722877099 Email*: wkanake@kra.go.ke URL: www.kra.go.ke FAX: Date of Birth: 1974-09-23 Country of Residence*: Kenya Passport Name: Peter Wahiire Kanake Passport Number: B106975 Passport Issuing Country: kenya Passport Issue Date: 2010-04-06 Passport Expiry Date: 2020-05-04 WORKSHOP SPECIFIC INFORMATION ============================= Workshop Applied For*: SI-E: Scalable Network Infrastructure Reason for Track Choice* ------------------------ Best practice in the design and deployment of scalable network infrastructure that can support scalable business models. TECHNICAL SKILLS ================ Unix User?*: true How much have you used it? -------------------------- User level Have you been a UNIX admin?*: false Describe your experience (length of time, versions, etc.) --------------------------------------------------------- I have experience and certification in Redhat LINUX though i have concentrated my interest in the field of routing and switching Have you used/administered TCP/IP nets?*: true Describe --------- I have designed and deployed large scale enterprise WAN running on the TCP/IP protocol suite, i have experince in designing deploying and managing switched network environment both L2,L3 Have you set up and/or administered any of the following? Please give details Bind or any other Nameservers* ------------------------------ i have experience in deployment of DNS servers Mail Transport Agents (ex. Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, Qmail)* ----------------------------------------------------------- I have supported environment that run critical message systems including lotus and microsoft exchange Mailing List Managers (e.g. Majordomo or other list manager)* ------------------------------------------------------------- no Web Systems/Servers (e.g. Apache, IIS or other web server)* ------------------------------------------------------------ I manage a large scale multivendor WAN system that support systems that run on APache tomcat IIS among others Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following? Please give details. Routers* -------- I have extensive eperience in the design and configuration of routers, branch office, enterprise routers border routers,as well as experience in confoguration and deployment of various routing protocols, such as BGP,EIGRP,iBGP etc Switches* --------- I have experience in design deployment and support of diverse switch environment icluding configuration and designing of managed l2 switches , l3 as well as VLANS configuration deployment and management Network Monitoring Systems* ---------------------------- experience in management and support of various enterprise grade network and application monitoring tools such CACTIC,NAGIOS among others Network Operations Center (NOC)* -------------------------------- n/a CERT WORKSHOP APPLICANTS ONLY ============================= Which area of security interests you? ------------------------------------- What security interventions have you experienced? ------------------------------------------------- How do you intend to use the knowledge gained at the workshop? -------------------------------------------------------------- ROLE IN NATIONAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES ====================================== A description of your current employer, your position, your duties and responsibilities, and how they relate to current and future data networking activities in your country* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- My current employer is kenya revenue authority this is the body charged with the responsibility of Assessment , Collection, Administration and Enforcement of laws relating to revenue.as a telecommunication engineer incharge of deployment its my responsibility to deliver innovative networking/communication technologies that can support scalable business models, most of KRA business sytems are online and are therefore entirely relient on the communication infrastructure ,its therefore important that we maximizing the communication infrastaructure so as to have a positive impact on business solutions and their ability to serve the taxpayers and other stake holders. A brief description of your computing and networking environment (operating systems, networking software, modems, etc.), including the connectivity of your organization to the Internet and your country's connectivity to the international Internet* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ we have a multi-vendor computing environment with diverse hardware and software products from multiple vendors , we also rely on various service providers for our connectivity to the internet via the under sea fibre cables. Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply)* ------------------------------------------------------------ Other: Government agency Approximate number of full time staff at your institution* ---------------------------------------------------------- 4000-4500 How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the track you wish to attend* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am atrained and qualified telecommunication engineer with over 10 years experience in design and deployment of enterprise networks as well as support and deployment of switched environment including deployment and configurations of data center infratracture,i also have attended various workshop as well as vendor based products training and certification programmes How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after you return to your country* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i will use the knowledge i gain to enhance the existing infratructure in my place of work so as to ensure that its scalable enough to deliver services and functionalities that can support the ever changing business environment If you have previously attended AfNOG or INET Workshops for Developing Countries Year and track you attended --------------------------- n/a A precise description of how you have used the training you have received in the past ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your country specifically because of your knowledge and effort --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINANCIAL INFORMATION ====================== Are you are requesting financial aid from the AfNOG Workshop for attending the workshop and meetings, or for travel costs?* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No financial assistance requested. REFEREES ======== First Referee* -------------- Eric Gitau Second Referee* --------------- Kirwa Kemei END OF APPLICATION