Remco van Mook
Equinix Europe

Remco van Mook (1974) studied Business Information Technology at the University of Twente and started work for its University Computing Center as a networks and systems developer in the late 1990s. During that period, he was also a member of the University Council, chairman of the university ISP and architect for the then fastest consumer Internet access network in the world, CampusNET 2. Remco is founder of NDIX, the Dutch German Internet Exchange, where he held the CTO position until early 2009.

In 2000 he also founded Virtu, a carrier neutral datacenter company in the east of the Netherlands. After acquisition of that company by Equinix in February 2008, he became General Manager for Equinix Netherlands. In early 2009 he moved to Equinix European management where he's involved with running the Equinix Exchanges and managing the partnerships with other exchanges and designing networks and solutions for very demanding customers.

Remco is also an active contributor to Euro-IX and RIPE and advisor to various government organizations on Internet-related affairs.