Network Operations

Wido den Hollander

Based in Venlo, Netherlands

I am the CTO of Your.Online, with more than two decades of experience in the hosting industry since 2004. I have deep expertise in networking and protocols like BGP, and I’m passionate about IPv6 and the future of internet connectivity. Beyond software, I have a strong interest in Open Source … More

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

Marta Burocchi

Based in Rome

Marta Burocchi is a network engineer based in Rome. She graduated in Computer Science Engineering from Roma Tre University and has been working at Namex since 2021. Passionate about networking and internet infrastructure, she is dedicated to ensuring efficient and secure connectivity. More

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 education NGO. She began her career as a TV journalist in Uzbekistan, covering international politics and diplomacy, the UN discussions, and other topics related … More

Michael Oghia

Based in Belgrade, Serbia

Michael J. Oghia is an entrepreneur, tech sustainability consultant, and the founder of Oghia Advising – an independent agency offering services to clients across Europe, North America, and beyond within the digital infrastructure, cyber resilience, Internet governance & policy, and media development sectors. He is a connector at heart and … More

Job Snijders

Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Job Snijders is an Internet Engineer, he analyzes and architects global networks for future growth. Job has been actively involved in the Internet community in both operational, engineering, and architectural capacity, as a frequent presenter at network operator events such as NANOG, ITNOG, DKNOG, RIPE, NLNOG & APRICOT, and in … More

Flavio Luciani

Flavio Luciani was born in Rome in 1981 and graduated in Computer Engineering from the University of Roma Tre in 2005. Since 2008 he has been in the team of Namex, the Internet eXchange Point in Rome, first as a member of the technical staff and since 2020 as Chief … 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

Kjerstin Burdiek

Kjerstin Burdiek is a Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. She joined the RIPE NCC in 2021 with a background in linguistics. More

Emile Aben

Based in Amsterdam, NL

I'm a data scientist at the RIPE NCC. I'm a chemist by training, but have been working since 1998 on Internet related things, as a sysadmin, security consultant, web developer and researcher. I am interested in technology changes (like IPv6 deployment), Internet measurement, data analysis, data visualisation, sustainability and security. … More