Bruce Davie
Co-Founder, Author And Publisher at Systems Approach LLC
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolBruce Davie is a veteran computer networking expert, author, and co-founder focused on advancing Computer Science education through openly licensed materials. With a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and a 30+ year career spanning senior engineering and leadership roles at Cisco, Nicira, and VMware, he blends deep protocol-level knowledge with product and industry strategy. He founded Systems Approach LLC to publish the influential textbook "Computer Networks: A Systems Approach" (now in its sixth edition) and is expanding into specialized volumes on SDN and 5G. Bruce consistently makes his work freely available under Creative Commons, applying a systems-thinking pedagogy to practical topics. He has advised startups in blockchain networking and cloud infrastructure, and his GitHub contributions include technical writing and maintenance for the well-known SystemsApproach/book repository. Based in Melbourne, he pairs academic rigor with production-grade networking insight to educate the next generation of engineers.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at The University of EdinburghThe University of Melbourne
French
Github Skills (3)
restructuredtext10
documentation10
sphinx9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SystemsApproach/book
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach -- Textbook
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 reviews, 32 commits, 27 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Bruce primarily contributed to the documentation of the "Computer Networks: A Systems Approach" book. Their commits focused on updating the preface with information about the 6th edition, resolving merge conflicts, and adding a foreword to the first edition. They also made improvements to the book's thematic consistency and analytics, and corrected typos. Additionally, they added a section about print books and updated contributors.
computer-networks
SystemsApproach/private5g
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
Private 5G Book
Contributions:1 review, 39 commits, 6 PRs in 5 months
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