Paul Rendek
Head of External Relations and Communications

Paul Rendek is the RIPE Network Co-ordination Centre's (RIPE NCC) Head of External Relations and Communications.

He is responsible for developing and maintaining the RIPE NCC's public relations activities and for the organisation's internal and external communications. He also oversees outreach activities, such as RIPE Meetings, Regional Meetings and Roundtable Meetings, for the RIPE NCC members, the RIPE community and governments and regulators. Together with the RIPE NCC's Senior Management Team, Paul also helps to develop the organisational strategies to ensure that the RIPE NCC continues to meet the membership's needs.

As part of the Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) Coordination Team, Paul also helped to establish the success of MENOG by coordinating the first ever meeting, MENOG 1, held in Bahrain in April 2007. He is still actively involved in MENOG.

As a long time employee of the RIPE NCC, Paul has held several positions in the organisation. Previous to his employment at the RIPE NCC, his time at Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne (RARE), EUnet and the Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (TERENA) have ensured that he has been a well-known face in the Internet industry since 1993.