Jezzibell is the SVP of Business Development for PacketFabric, a stealth mode startup building the next-generation networking platform to redefine interconnection. She brings 17+ years of professional experience from our own community. Jezzibell began her tenure in the industry at AboveNet back in 1998. She has held various positions in Management, Marketing, Operations, Global Sourcing, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development at companies such as: AboveNet, Akamai, IX Reach, ServerCentral, nLayer, and GTT. Jezzibell has been serving as a Board of Director on the current NANOG Board, and was the Vice Chair of the Development Committee from 2012 to 2013. She has been an active NANOG participant since 2001.

L Sean Kennedy is an active member of the Internet Engineering community and a Director of Network Engineering at XO Communications. He has been a member of the NANOG Program Committee since 2013.

Richard Steenbergen is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of PacketFabric, a next-generation Network-as-a-Service interconnection and transport solutions provider. Prior to starting PacketFabric, Richard served as CTO of GTT Communications, a leading global IP/MPLS backbone and Tier 1 network operator in over 80 countries. Richard was also the founder and CTO of nLayer Communications for 11 years, served as a Sr Network Architect for various large NSPs, and served as a Sr Software Engineer helping developed advanced optimized routing techniques. Richard has been attending NANOG since 1999, and is a frequent speaker and contributor.

Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu is the president and CEO of Nephos6, a company developing the tools to monitor on prem or SaaS based services over IPv4 and IPv6. Ciprian has over 19 years of experience working in various technical and leadership roles. Prior to starting Nephos6 he managed the architecture team of Cisco’s Engineering Infrastructure Services organization where he defined the strategy and led the execution of the internal DC consolidation and transition to cloud. He is an industry recognized domain expert in IPv6 who, over the past 12 years worked on the strategy, architecture, implementation and validation of IPv6 adoption by large service providers and enterprises Worldwide. Ciprian worked with various governments on defining national level and agency level IPv6 strategies and standards. He also worked with product and test teams on specific IPv6 features and roadmaps towards IPv6 readiness. Ciprian authored two IPv6 books: “Deploying IPv6 Networks” and “Global IPv6 Strategies”. He co-authored 5 IPv6 related IETF RFCs and multiple IPv6 related patents. Ciprian is an IPv6 Forum Fellow and a Cisco Champion. He is a frequent speaker to industry events and conferences and he is an active contributor to various technology and scientific publications.

Leslie Nobile is the Senior Director of Global Registry Knowledge at the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). Reporting directly to the CEO, her main role is to research and recommend Registry improvements both within ARIN and across the Registry system, with a focus on data integrity and quality. Prior to that, Leslie served as ARIN’s Director of Registration Services for 14 and ½ years where she was responsible for the delivery and execution of ARIN’s core function of allocating and registering Internet Number Resources. Leslie has over 25 years of experience in the Internet industry, where she has held various technical management positions. Her previous work includes Internet registry operations at the DDN/DoD Network Information Center (NIC), as well as technical support of the development and expansion of the Defense Data Network (DDN), a high-speed military data network that evolved from the ARPANET. Leslie received her B.A. from the American University in Washington, D.C.