Network Operations

Babak Farrokhi

Babak Farrokhi is a Computer Scientist and Researcher with over 20 years of experience in UNIX Systems and Networking. His expertise includes IP Networking, BGP, DNS, Internet Performance, System Scalability and Network Security. He provides consulting services and develops products and services related to his expertise. More

Shane Kerr

DNS researcher at BII | 天地互连 (the Beijing Internet Institute) More

Geoff Huston

Geoff Huston AM is the Chief Scientist at APNIC, where he undertakes research on topics associated with Internet infrastructure, IP technologies, and address distribution policies. From 1995 to 2005, Geoff was the Chief Internet Scientist at Telstra, where he provided a leading role in the construction and further development of … More

George Michaelson

George Michaelson is currently APNIC's senior R&D scientist. Recently, he has been working on long-baseline IPv6 and DNS statistics using Internet-wide end-user measurement, services logging, audit and analysis, and design and implementation of the Internet Number Resource Certification framework. George is a member of the BCS, and a founder member … More

Matt Parker

Matt Parker is a Business Analyst and Trainer at the RIPE NCC, where he specialises in data analysis and product development activities. He has been active in the telecommunications industry since the late 1990s with international experience working at organisations such as Cisco Systems and British Telecom Global Services. He … More

Marco Hogewoning

Marco was acting Manager Public Policy and Internet Governance with the RIPE NCC until moving on from the organisation in 2022. He joined the RIPE NCC in 2011, working for two years in the Training Services team. Prior to joining the RIPE NCC, he worked as a Network Engineer for … More

Stéphane Bortzmeyer

Based in Paris (France)

I work at AFNIC (the registry of .fr domain names), in the computer department, on, among other things, DNS, security, technical watch, standardization. More

Suzanne Taylor

Suzanne Taylor is a Public Policy & Internet Governance Consultant. In her work with the RIPE NCC, she has engaged with a broad range of Internet stakeholders including the RIPE NCC membership, governments, law enforcement and intergovernmental organisations. From 2012 to 2016, she worked in communications at the RIPE NCC … More

Geoff Huston

Geoff Huston AM is the Chief Scientist at APNIC, where he undertakes research on topics associated with Internet infrastructure, IP technologies, and address distribution policies. From 1995 to 2005, Geoff was the Chief Internet Scientist at Telstra, where he provided a leading role in the construction and further development of … More

Paul de Weerd

Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Paul is the manager of the Global Information Infrastructure team at the RIPE NCC. The team is responsible for the public DNS services the NCC offers (K-root, reverse DNS, secondary DNS service for several ccTLDs, etc), for RIS and for the platform that stores the data for RIPE Atlas. More