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Jordi Palet Martinez

Based in Spain

Jordi Palet Martínez has been working with computers, networking and technology since he was 8 years old. The last 30 years, as CEO/CTO at "The IPv6 Company", devoted most of his time to IPv6 R&D, standardization, training and consultancy, having worked already with hundreds of IPv6 customers in more than 150 countries in the world. He has co-authored a number of RFCs and books related to IPv6 and contributed to IPv6 training and policy making in all the RIRs.

Alastair Strachan

Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Alastair Strachan is Community Development Officer at the RIPE NCC. In this role, he works to strengthen the RIPE NCC's engagement with the RIPE NCC membership, the RIPE community, government, law enforcement and other Internet stakeholders.

Ritesh Mukherjee

Based in Boston, United States

Ritesh Mukherjee is an accomplished leader focused on global communications and technology. Ritesh leads Nokia's network infrastructure product strategy, focusing on pioneering network transformations and harnessing the potential of AI in networking. Significant roles at industry giants mark Ritesh's journey. As Head of Product Strategy and Innovation at DriveNets, he led product management and the deployment of core routers and networking for AI data centers for operators and hyperscalers worldwide. As Senior Vice President and General Manager at Inseego, he oversaw product design, solutions engineering, technical marketing, and customer success. His tenure at Reliance Jio involved managing a global portfolio of market-leading enterprise solutions. As Vice President of Product Management at 128 Technology (acquired by Juniper Networks), he led the development of SD-WAN and cloud solutions. Previously, he served as a Product Management Leader at Cisco, where he led the software operating systems group. Ritesh's leadership has been pivotal in engineering some of the largest deployments of enterprise and operator networks globally. In addition to his professional roles, Ritesh is a dedicated educator. He shares his expertise in Computer Networks and Security as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Northeastern University and the Benjamin Franklin Cummins Institute of Technology. Ritesh holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Concordia University, Montreal.

Sasha Romijn

Based in Amsterdam, NL

Sasha is an independent developer and internet infrastructure specialist, with broad experience in software and standards fundamental to the internet, and other complex software systems. Sasha is the author and maintainer of IRRD, the routing registry daemon used by many of the major IRR registries worldwide. She is also the lead developer of Internet.nl on a freelance basis, a standards compliance testing platform run by the Dutch internet community and government, which runs around 9 million tests annually. Sasha regularly speaks at internet infrastructure and developer community events. She's also passionate about inclusive communities and technical events, and is actively involved in conference organising and community management for Write the Docs. Previously, she was a committer and conference organiser for the Django web framework.

Eleonora Petridou

Eleonora is Chief Information Security Officer at the RIPE NCC and is responsible for ensuring that the RIPE NCC maintains necessary levels of Information security and compliance with best practices and applicable regulations.

Gael Hernandez

Based in Dublin

Experienced Internet interconnection strategist (IXP, CDN, transit, peering, edge and caching, policy and regulatory) with a passion for understanding markets, perspectives and people. Independent consultant at Atlas Peering. Admin Committee member at PeeringDB.

Anastasiya Pak

Based in Amsterdam

Anastasiya Pak is a Senior Marketing and Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. Before joining the RIPE NCC, Anastasiya led the Communications Department at an international NGO and worked as a TV journalist in Uzbekistan, covering international politics, diplomacy, and global affairs. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Relations from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and a Joint Master's in Journalism, Media, and Globalisation from the University of Amsterdam and Aarhus University.

Alena Muravska

Based in The Netherlands

Alena Muravska is Senior Public Policy & Internet Governance Advisor at the RIPE NCC. In this role, she engages with a broad range of stakeholders, including EU institutions, national authorities, intergovernmental organisations, industry and academia. With a background in engineering and public affairs, she brings both technical insight and policy expertise to global discussions on Internet governance. A committed advocate for capacity building, Alena actively contributes to Internet governance schools and industry events. Her professional experience spans investigations, audits, and compliance through to programme management, cross-functional coordination, and leadership. Alongside her role at the RIPE NCC, she serves as Chair of the Global Internet Standards Testing Community, where she focuses on strengthening and expending the international users of the internet.nl testing platform, the initiative from Dutch Internet Standards Platform. Alena holds an engineering degree from the National Technical University of Ukraine and a Master’s in Policy and Public Affairs from Leiden University. Fluent in English, Dutch, and Ukrainian, she is a sought-after speaker at international forums.

Fredrik Lindeberg

Based in Sweden

Fredrik is currently working as Chief Information Security Officer at Netnod. His role is focused on internal processes, public policy development and the implications of policy on Netnod’s services. In 2021, Fredrik defended his PhD-thesis, Coordinating the Internet: Thought styles, technology and coordination. Prior to that, he worked as a systems engineer in the financial services sector with a focus on systems integration and replacement of dedicated communications networks and services for financial services over the Internet. Fredrik has a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management with specialisation in Economic Information Systems and an MSc in Computer Science and Engineering.

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 for Internet Security Kathleen defined and led the technology strategy, integrating emerging technologies working with under resourced organisations. Prior to CIS, Kathleen held a range of positions over 13 years at Dell Technologies, including the Security Innovations Principal in Dell Technologies Office of the CTO and Global Lead Security Architect for EMC Office of the CTO working on ecosystems, standards, risk management and strategy. In her early days with RSA/EMC, she led consulting engagements interfacing with hundreds of organisations on security and risk management, gaining valuable insights, managing risk to business needs. During her tenure in the Dell EMC Office of the CTO, Kathleen had the honor of being appointed and serving two terms as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Security Area Director and as a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group from March 2014-2018. Named in CyberSecurity Ventures, Top 100 Women Fighting Cybercrime. She is a 2020 Tropaia Award Winner, Outstanding Faculty, Georgetown SCS. Keynote speaker, podcast guest, frequent blogger bridging a translation gap for technical content, conference committee member, and quoted on publications such as CNBC and Wired. Kathleen achieved over twenty five years of experience driving positive outcomes across Information Technology Leadership, short and long-term IT Strategy and Vision, Information Security, Risk Management, Incident Handling, Project Management, Large Teams, Process Improvement, and Operations Management in multiple roles with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Hudson Williams, FactSet Research Systems, and PSINet. Kathleen holds a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as well as, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from Siena College. Published Work: - Transforming Information Security: Optimizing Five Concurrent Trends to Reduce Resource Drain, July 2020.