Sandra Gijzen is the Senior Community Development Officer/Dubai Office Manager at the RIPE NCC. Originally from the Netherlands, she is based in the Dubai office which she helped to establish in January 2014.
Sandra a long serving employee and has held a number of different positions in the organisation over the last 20+ years, over which time she has built a strong network throughout the RIPE NCC service region.
Sandra focuses on building stronger technical communities in Central Asia, Caucasus and the Middle East. She helped to establish the Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) and the Central Asia Peering and Interconnection Forum (CAPIF) and is a key member of the team that organises these events.