Network Operations

Marco Schmidt

Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Marco Schmidt is the Manager of Registration Services at the RIPE NCC. He is responsible for overseeing the registration and maintenance of Internet number resources in the RIPE NCC's service region. He also manages the implementation of accepted policies in RIPE NCC procedures and operations. Marco first joined the RIPE … More

Peter Thomassen

Peter works on Internet security, focusing on authentication of connections and DNSSEC issues. He's a co-founder of deSEC, a managed DNSSEC hosting platform. More

Karla Liddle-White

Communications Officer at the RIPE NCC. I started working at the RIPE NCC in 2021, having previously worked in the charity sector, government and the media. More

Thijs van den Hout

Based in Utrecht, The Netherlands

Thijs van den Hout is a research engineer at SIDN Labs, the R&D department of the .nl ccTLD registry. He has a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence. His focus is the application of machine learning techniques to increase the safety of the internet, for example through abuse detection. More

Fredrik Lindeberg

Based in Sweden

Fredrik is currently working at Netnod as a Security Expert in the Security Engineering team. 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, … More

Alun Davies

Based in Amsterdam

Hailing from a research background in philosophy, linguistics and computer science, I came to the RIPE NCC back in 2016 and took on the role of RIPE Labs Editor in 2020. More

Qasim Lone

I am a research engineer in the R&D department at RIPE NCC. I am interested in internet measurements, internet outages, data analysis, and cybersecurity. Prior to joining RIPE NCC, I defended my Ph.D. in cyber-security at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands. More

Felipe Victolla Silveira

I am the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the RIPE NCC, overseeing IT engineering, DNS, Internet measurement services—including RIPEstat, RIS and Atlas—and software development, which encompasses the RIPE Database, LIR Portal, and RPKI. I joined the RIPE NCC in 2012 as a Software Engineer and have since held various roles … More

Kathleen Moriarty

Kathleen Moriarty, technology strategist and board advisor, helping companies lead through disruption. Adjunct Professor at Georgetown SCS, also offering two corporate courses on Security Architecture and Architecture for the SMB Market. Formerly as the Chief Technology Officer, Center for Internet Security Kathleen defined and led the technology strategy, integrating emerging … More