Biographies

The speakers at MENOG 4 represent a range of industry experts who have extensive knowledge about issues relevant to the MENOG area.

The biographies below are intended to provide attendees with some background information about each of the speakers and their areas of expertise.

Mehemet Akcin
ICANN
Chief Engineer of IT Operations

Raed Al-Fayez
CICT
Project Manager

Rayed A. AlRashed
CICT
Internet Development Researcher

Fahad AlShirawi
2Connect Bahrain
Managing Director
MENOG Chair

Richard Barnes
BCC Technologies
Internet standards security team

Baher Esmat
ICANN
Regional Relations Middle East

Merike Kaeo
Double Shot Security
Chief Network Security Architect

Kurtis Lindqvist
NetNod
CEO

Axel Pawlik
RIPE NCC
Managing Director

Kaveh Ranjbar
RIPE NCC
Software Engineer

Karl Rausher
Ball Labs
Executive Director

Paul Rendek
RIPE NCC
Head of External Relations and Communications

Franz Schwarzinger
RIPE NCC
Software Engineer

Philip Smith
Cisco
Member of Internet Infrastructure Group in Corporate Consulting Engineering

Samuel Triolet
GatewayGulf Internet eXchange
Manager