"...akin to a systems programmer..."

Peter T. Murphy is a Lead Network Engineer with Wayne State University's Computing & Information Technology Division, specializing in data communications. My primary responsibilities include a sizeable chunk of WSU's building-level communications infrastructure and WSU's WAN. I am also a Lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve. This means that one weekend a month, I serve as Operations Officer for my unit, as well as teach data processing concepts to other sailors.

One of my pet peeves is Computer Professionals who cannot or will not use computers to make thier own job easier. Isn't that like an oncologist who smokes?

I don't hand out fish, I give fishing lessons. This means that, when asked a question, I am far more likely to teach the topic than just answer the question. This can annoy some people, but I figure that if I can help them to understand the answer, maybe they won't ask again tomorrow.

Some of the stuff I work on (or am interested in):

• Rear Admiral Grace Hopper PhD is a hero of mine. She was a Naval Officer and computing pioneer. One of my favorite Hopper quotes is The most dangerous phrase in the language is, "We've always done it this way." The US Navy thought enough of "Amazing Grace" to name a modern detroyer after her. google or use your favorite search engine to learn more about her.
• My list of security-related pages.
• Of course, every data comm tekkie needs standards to work toward.
• I am a USSF liscenced Referee, working mostly in Royal Oak Youth Soccer Assoc (ROYSA)


• Naval Aviation has been a love of mine since high school.
• I am WSU's Technical Representative to the Merit, in support of the Michnet network. WSU maintains most of the equipment that represents the Michnet in the metro-Detroit tri-county area.

Contact info:

email:     pmurphy@wayne.edu
fax:  (313)-577-5626