RIPE NCC
Paul de Weerd is currently the GII Manager at RIPE NCC, where Paul oversees the DNS services and backend infrastructure of internet measurement systems. Paul is also a Developer at the OpenBSD project and a Boardmember and part of the Networking group at ColoClue. With previous experience as a UNIX engineer at IMC and Google, as well as a Network Engineer at BIT, Paul has a wealth of knowledge in the IT industry. Their educational background includes Eindhoven University of Technology and Willem van Oranje College.
RIPE NCC
Think about how heavily you rely on the Internet. Communication, commerce, administration, entertainment - the Internet plays a key role in all of this and more. We operate in the engine room of the World Wide Web. We provide the IP addresses that we all use to connect to the Internet. We also support the Internet community at large via technical co-ordination and representation in Internet governance. This is a very simplistic account, but more details about the RIPE NCC are available.