The RIPE Chair Team Reports - July 2025

Kathleen Moriarty

Kathleen Moriarty, founder of SecurityBiaS is technology strategist and board advisor, working with SaaS providers on security to Build-in at Scale benefiting both the provider and their customer base. Adjunct Professor at Georgetown SCS, teaching Security Architecture and Design and Cyber Threat Intelligence. Formerly as the Chief Technology Officer, Center … More

Dirk Doesburg

Based in Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Studied cyber security at Radboud University, and did a MSc thesis at SIDN Labs about PQC for the RPKI. More

Petros Gigis

Based in London, United Kingdom

Petros Gigis is a final-year PhD student in Computer Science at University College London. His research interests include computer networks, Internet routing, and Internet measurements. More

Pere Barlet

Based in Barcelona, Spain

I am a Full Professor with UPC BarcelonaTech and Scientific Director at the Barcelona Neural Networking Center (BNN). Between 2013-2018, I was co-founder and chairman at Talaia Networks, an AI-based cybersecurity startup. For this activity I received research valorization awards from both the Catalan Government and UPC, including the Fiber … More

Ulka Athale

Based in Amsterdam

Senior Marketing and Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. I started working at the RIPE NCC in 2018, having previously worked in digital marketing, communications, magazine publishing and teaching. More