Mark Ellison

Principal Consultant

Ellison Software Consulting, Inc.

Atkinson, New Hampshire

 

Qualifications

Significant expertise in the design of management information models, the development of SNMP enterprise MIB modules and the implementation of SNMP Agents and management applications for network systems and services.  Participant in the development and implementation of management specifications within the IETF and OASIS standards development organizations. Masters degree in Software Engineering.

 

Publications and Presentations

RFC 2741

 

SNMP Agent Extensibility (AgentX) Protocol, Version 1

RFC 2742

 

Definitions of Managed Objects for Extensible SNMP Agents

Oasis WSDM MUWS Primer

 

Web Services Distributed Management: Management Using Web Services

Oasis WSDM MOWS Primer

 

Web Services Distributed Management: Management Of Web Services

 

Background

Languages and

Technologies

 

C, C++ (ANSI, POSIX, embedded), Java (JAXP, JNI, JMX), XML, SSH,

SNMP (v1, v2c, v3), MIB SMI (v1, v2), SNMP AgentX

Operating Systems

 

Linux (RH, Fedora) UNIX (Tru64 , Solaris , HP/UX, AIX);  embedded (bsd, linux, windRiver, PSOS, proprietary)

Developer Kits

 

iReasoning, AdventNet, SNMP4J, SNMP Research EMANATE, NET‑SNMP, WindRiver (Epilogue)

Development Tools

 

Eclipse, apache muse, libsmi, mosy, smicng, libpcap, tcpdump,

openssl, tcl

 

Experience

Ellison Software Consulting, Inc.   Consulting Highlights  

March 1996 to present

 

ViaSat Communication Products for Commercial and Government Markets

  • Provide focused SNMPv3 and MIB support to ViaSat engineering staff
  • Compare, analyze, recommend Java SNMPv3 software libraries suitable for development of a configuration and monitoring system for Inline Network Encryptor (INE) network elements
  • Investigate, report on usability of SNMP Agent simulation tools
  • Consult on HAIPE, AltaSec MIB issues with ViaSat developers, US Navy SPAWAR staff
  • Write Java code using Eclipse IDE to facilitate use of SNMPv3 software library for ViaSat Inline Network Encryptor (VINE) manager software product

 

Nominum Scalable Infrastructure for IP Networks

  • Collaborate with technical staff, derive UML object-oriented information model for Nominum Name Server products
  • Map information model to applicable IETF Standards Track MIB modules
  • Collaborate with technical staff; design a set of enterprise MIB modules for remote