Instruktøren

Rodolfo Nützmann

Senior Technical Instructor hos Red Education

I explain complex systems, teach the people who operate them, and help organisations reason through consequential technology decisions.

São Paulo · Portuguese and English · work delivered globally

What I do now

  • Build ronutzThis site: tools that compute rather than guess, articles read from the vendors' own pages, and a record of the industry, all built in the open.
  • TeachOfficial instructor-led training on the four platforms, virtual and on site, in any time zone.Official courses on F5, Fortinet, Extreme Networks and Netskope. How the courses are taught
  • AdviseExecutive-level technical advisory for the decisions that carry business or mission consequences.What the advisory covers
  • SpeakTalks and facilitated sessions on networking, security and the craft of making complex things make sense.

Der det begynte

Før den formelle karrieren kom nysgjerrigheten. På begynnelsen av 1990-tallet importerte og bygde jeg datamaskiner, drev og brukte elektroniske oppslagstavler (BBS) og jobbet med DOS, Unix, Linux, Netware, tidlig Ethernet, X.25 og oppringt internett. I 1995 hadde det praktiske arbeidet blitt en første formell jobb: oppbyggingen av et system for elektronisk datautveksling. Den røde tråden fra den gang til nå er den samme: å ta noe virkelig komplekst og få det til å fungere, og så gjøre det forståelig for en annen.

Why ronutz exists

The tools I wanted while teaching did not exist in a form I could trust: calculators that compute instead of guessing, explanations that cite the vendor's own page, and a record of the industry I lived through that someone else can check. So I built them, in the open, from documentation read live, with nothing a reader types leaving the browser in the catalogue's tools; the two red room lookups that do query a registry say so before they ask, and ask only on the reader's word. The site began as the classroom's companion and grew into a workbench, a knowledge base and a record of the industry; it is free because the knowledge in it was never mine alone.

How I work

Five principles hold across the site and the teaching alike:

  • Beregn, gjett aldri
  • Åpen i kjernen
  • Dokumentert gjennom konstruksjon
  • Bygd for å vare og reise
  • Assimilated, with sources

How the site is built, in full

One of 89 endorsements, verbatim

Veien hit

Karrieren min begynte på leverandør- og implementeringssiden i 1996 og ble der i to tiår, før jeg viet meg helt til opplæringen. Den implementeringsbakgrunnen er grunnen til at opplæringen treffer blink: jeg har bygd, ødelagt og reparert disse systemene i produksjon.

  1. 1996 – 2000
    Cabletron Systems, wordmark in use 1983–2000
    Cisco Systems, wordmark in use 1984–2006
    Cabletron Systems · São PauloNettverksingeniør og sertifisert instruktør. Ikke-Ethernet- og Ethernet-nett, campusnett, IP-ruting.
  2. 2000 – 2002
    Riverstone Networks, wordmark in use 2000–2006
    Riverstone Networks · Santa Clara, CaliforniaProduktstøtteingeniør og koordinator for kunnskapsbase i California. Gigabit Ethernet, bynett, IP-ruting, BGP. Eskalering på tredje nivå, gjenskaping av kundescenarioer og regresjonstesting.
  3. 2003 – 2004
    Cisco Systems, wordmark in use 1984–2006
    Cisco Systems · BrasíliaRådgivende nettverksingeniør, som eneste kontaktpunkt for nøkkelkunder som SERPRO og Correios. Håndtering av eskalering og kundetilfredshet.
  4. 2004 – 2005
    IronPort Systems, wordmark in use 2000–2007
    IronPort Systems · São PauloChannel development and pre-sales technical consulting for IronPort's C-Series e-mail security appliances: late 2004 with IronPort's own São Paulo operation, then through 2005 with a Cisco and IronPort reseller, from RFPs and installation to customer support. IronPort was acquired by Cisco in 2007.
  5. 2005 – 2007
    Enterasys Networks, wordmark in use 2000–2013
    Enterasys Networks · São PauloNettverksingeniør og instruktør. Bedriftsnett, IP-ruting, brukertilgangskontroll og NAC, IDS og IPS.
  6. 2009 – 2010
    Juniper Networks, wordmark in use 1996–2019
    NetScreen Technologies, wordmark in use 1997–2004
    Juniper Networks · São PauloKanalstøtteingeniør og instruktør for bedriftssvitsjer og brannmurer. Teknisk salgstilrettelegging og operasjonell Junos-SRX-opplæring.
  7. 2011 – 2014
    Juniper Networks, wordmark in use 1996–2019
    NetScreen Technologies, wordmark in use 1997–2004
    Cisco, wordmark in use since 2006
    Palo Alto Networks, wordmark in use 2005–2019
    Extreme Networks, wordmark in use 1996–2015
    Implementation · via CYLK, TDec and direct engagementsDeploying and integrating security and network platforms for end customers, mostly under contracts held by resellers and occasionally direct. Juniper SSG, SRX, EX and Secure Access - the line that became MAG and then Pulse Secure - alongside Cisco ASA, Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls, and Extreme Networks Summit and BlackDiamond switches.
  8. 2015 – 2019
    F5, wordmark in use since 2013
    Ixia, wordmark in use 1997–2017
    FireEye, wordmark in use 2004–2021
    McAfee, wordmark in use 1987–2022
    Pulse Secure, wordmark in use 2014–2020
    VMware, wordmark in use 2009–2023
    F5 Networks · Westcon / TD SYNNEX, Network1 / ScanSourceKanalrettet salgs- og presales-teknikk for F5, med teknisk tilrettelegging, gjennomføring av proof of concept og partneropplæring gjennom distribusjonen.
  9. 2020 – 2022
    F5, wordmark in use since 2013
    Palo Alto Networks, wordmark in use since 2020
    Fortinet, wordmark in use since 2000
    Tenable, wordmark in use 2020–2020
    CyberArk, wordmark in use 2020–2022
    Corvil, wordmark in use 2017–2019
    Pre-sales and consulting · via CYLKSolutions consulting and pre-sales through CYLK, the São Paulo security integrator, while full-time instruction with its sister company InLearn began: F5 application delivery and security, Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Fortinet, Tenable vulnerability management, CyberArk privileged access and Corvil network analytics, as proofs of concept, designs and customer training. All six hold a mark here, and each has its chapter in the career record.
  10. 2020 – i dag
    Red Education, wordmark in use since 2025
    Full-time instruction · Red Education from 2021 (full-time September 2023)Autorisert opplæringsinstruktør som leverer offisielle, sertifiserte kurs i F5, Fortinet, Extreme Networks og Netskope til organisasjoner over hele verden.Currently teaching:
    F5, wordmark in use since 2013
    Fortinet, wordmark in use since 2000
    Extreme Networks, wordmark in use since 2016
    Netskope, wordmark in use since 2024
    Preparing to teach:
    Check Point Software Technologies, wordmark in use since 2026
    Zscaler, wordmark in use since 2026
    Ping Identity, wordmark in use since 2025
    ForgeRock, wordmark in use 2010–2023
    Idira by Palo Alto Networks, wordmark in use since 2026
    CyberArk, wordmark in use 2023–2026

The History

Tre epoker, én rød tråd: å ta noe virkelig komplekst, få det til å fungere, og så gjøre det forståelig for en annen.

  1. Epoke 1Før 1996NysgjerrighetenÅ importere deler, bygge maskiner og koble seg på det tidlige internettet, før noe av det var en jobb.
  2. Epoke 21996 – 2020FagpersonenTo tiår innen nettverks- og sikkerhetsbransjen, med å bygge, ødelegge og reparere systemene som senere ble kursmaterialet.
  3. Epoke 32020 – i dagUndervise, bygge og gi mening til fagetOffisiell undervisning på fulltid, levert over hele verden, og ved siden av rådgivning om beslutningene som får konsekvenser.

The career record

Inspect the record

Every claim on this page has a place where it can be checked: the career chapters, the credentials with their issuing bodies and dates, the endorsements quoted verbatim, the course catalogue, the writing, the earlier sites, and how this site itself is built.

Begynn med begrepene

Lær-delen forklarer ideene bak verktøyene, og verktøyene lar deg jobbe med dem direkte, alt sammen i nettleseren din.

Practicalities

  • CitizenshipsBrazilian and German
  • Travel permitsGerman and Brazilian citizen: the European Union, and wherever either passport is accepted without a visa; a valid United States visa
  • SpråkPortugisisk (morsmål), engelsk (flytende)