Speakers 2022

Ruben proudly joined AMS-IX in 2021. With an academic degree in mathematics, he started his business career in media broadcast IT. He held several management positions at Technicolor and Ericsson, focussing on network and datacenter services. In 2016, Ruben decided to join the SURFnet executive management team, leading the network department. At SURFnet, the Dutch national research and education network, he was responsible for the development and automated deployment of SURFnet8, as well the innovation programme for network services.

Christian joined Netnod in November 2018. He is Head of SMP and is a Senior Product Manager. Prior to joining Netnod, Christian held various positions in product management and sales at Tele2, Bahnhof and Teracom.

Kurtis (CEO of LINX) has a broad background in engineering and business development of ISP and worldwide carrier networks. He has been active in the Internet community for more than 20 years, working in several roles: CEO of Netnod (2002-2015), chairman of Euro-IX since 2003, WG Chair for RIPE since 2004.

Dr. Thomas King has been in the IXP industry for more than ten years. As CTO at DE-CIX, he and his team are responsible for building and operating the Interconnection Platform worldwide, designing and introducing new Interconnection products, and keeping customers happy with swift service provisioning.