Dear colleagues,
I would like to inform you that after 13 years at the RIPE NCC, Felipe
Victolla Silveira is stepping down as CTO and will be leaving the RIPE NCC.
Felipe has made a significant contribution to the organisation over the
years, holding a number of key roles. Starting in 2012 as a Software
Engineer, Felipe then became Software Engineering Manager before joining
our Executive Team as Chief Operations Officer with responsibility for the
Registry and our Business Applications, including the LIR Portal. Notably,
Felipe served as Interim Managing Director from October 2019 to May 2020,
ensuring stability through the leadership transition from Axel Pawlik to
me. For the past three years, Felipe has further contributed to the
development of the RIPE NCC and the resilience of our core services in the
role of Chief Technology Officer.
During his time with us, Felipe played an important role in shaping both
our technical direction and organisational development. His achievements
include leading the modernisation of our ticketing system and the phase-out
of XRTT, and implementing automation that accelerated the overhaul of our
sanctions compliance processes.
Felipe also worked closely with the community to define our service
criticality and how that should lead to the use of third-party services,
continually revisiting that decision in light of changing external factors
and community input. He contributed to our achieving ISAE 3000 / SOC 2
compliance for RPKI, and during his tenure, we strengthened the high
availability and resiliency of RPKI services. We also modernised the RIPE
Atlas infrastructure, including the Hadoop cluster migration to Hetzner.
We are grateful for Felipe’s dedication, leadership and the lasting impact
of his work across the organisation and the community. We wish him all the
best in his future endeavours.
Kind regards,
Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director and CEO
RIPE NCC