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I understand the live environment
Good architecture has to survive real customers, real traffic, carrier faults, change windows and commercial pressure—not just look tidy in a diagram.
Hello, I’m Matthew.
I design networks that businesses rely on.
I work directly with MSPs, ISPs and technology consultancies to solve complex BGP, IPv6, resilience, DDoS and 100G infrastructure challenges—without layers of junior consultants or account management.
20+ yearsISP & network operationsCCNACisco qualifiedMikroTikQualified engineer39D founderAward-winning MSP
Replace with your photoStill happiest solving a difficult routing problem.
I have spent more than two decades designing, operating and troubleshooting networks. I built 39D into an award-winning MSP and still remain hands-on because critical infrastructure decisions deserve direct senior attention.
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I strengthen your existing team
I can work openly, as a specialist subcontractor, or white-labelled behind an MSP or larger consultancy while protecting your customer relationship.
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I stay through delivery
From discovery and design through migration, testing and handover, I remain involved when the important decisions and difficult moments happen.
What I help deliver
Specialist capability for projects where mistakes are expensive.
The work is technical, but the outcome is simple: networks that are safer to operate, easier to scale and more resilient when something goes wrong.
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BGP architecture and routing policy
Multi-homing, peering, traffic engineering, filtering, RPKI, communities and carefully planned migration of live routing platforms.
Explore BGP consulting →02IPv6 rollouts
Practical migration plans that work across core, customer and security environments.
Explore →03High availability
Dual-router and multi-carrier designs with predictable failover.
Explore →04DDoS resilience
RTBH, communities, upstream coordination and response design.
Explore →05100G transformation
Core redesign, platform selection, migration planning and controlled cutover.
Explore →Selected project stories
Complex work, explained clearly.
Client identities remain confidential, but the engineering challenges, decisions and outcomes are real.
Service provider transformation
A new 100G core without losing sight of the live network.
Replacing a constrained legacy platform with dual MikroTik carrier routers, resilient internal routing, RPKI and a controlled customer migration plan.
100GMikroTikBGPOSPFMulti-carrier routing
Turning a collection of connections into a clear routing strategy.
Redesigning policy across transit providers, internet exchange route servers and direct peers so path choice, resilience and announcements became intentional.
PeeringRPKITraffic engineeringExperience you can use
Technical depth with an owner’s view of risk.
20+years in ISP and network management
100Gcore-network design and migration
UK + EUdelivery for the right strategic work
£10k+minimum implementation engagement
Ways to work together
Built around long-term value, not billable hours.
Strategic advisory
Ongoing access to senior network architecture, design review, escalation and technical leadership.
From £3,000/monthNetwork transformation
Defined programmes including BGP redesign, IPv6, high availability and core upgrades.
Typically £15,000–£50,000+Critical intervention
Senior help for major incidents, risky migrations and difficult routing or resilience problems.
Individually scoped“I remain directly involved because critical network decisions should not be delegated through layers of account management.”
Why I stay hands-on
My role is to bring calm, clarity and experience to the moments that carry the most technical and commercial risk. That means listening first, explaining trade-offs honestly and leaving your team with something they can operate confidently.
More about how I work →Start with a conversation
Planning a network project where downtime or routing mistakes are not acceptable?
Tell me what you are trying to achieve, what is making the project difficult and where your existing team needs specialist support.
Discuss it with Matthew