Christian Kaufmann is heading the Network Technology department which is responsible for interconnection standards, hardware engineering, datacenter architecture, network architecture and engineering of the Akamai Network. Christian also currently serves as the Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Having operated the INXS in Munich, co-founded the FranceIX in Paris, served as the Chairman of the AMS-IX Executive Board, have been a Board Member of Netnod and now being President at the Board of France-IX, Christian has extensive IX experience. Before joining Akamai, Christian was Peering Manager at TeliaSonera, and Technical Operations Manager at Cable & Wireless. Mr. Kaufmann received a Master of Science in Advanced Networking from Open University in the UK. He also holds various technical certifications, including both a CCIE & JCNIE.