Alex Band
Director Of Product Development at DNS-OARC
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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RockstarAlex Band is a seasoned product and engineering leader with 25 years in IT and over a decade directing product development for critical Internet infrastructure at NLnet Labs. He combines hands-on technical understanding with strategic stewardship—building sustainable, revenue-generating open-source teams while reporting to boards and negotiating commercial agreements. Known for turning abstract ideas into user-focused products, he blends UX sensibility with deep community engagement through teaching, public speaking, and social channels. His background ranges from frontline technical support at HP to product management and training at RIPE NCC, giving him rare visibility across operations, education, and governance in the Internet community. Based in Amsterdam, he cultivates inclusive team cultures and long-term roadmaps that keep developer teams productive and projects financially viable.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, German, English, French
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Github Skills (78)
sphinx-doc10
dns-resolver10
unbound10
rsync10
validating10
resolver10
dns10
nameserver10
rust-lang10
security-txt10
user-manual10
dmarc10
ipv410
bgp10
dkim10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
NLnetLabs/rpki-doc
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
The RPKI Documentation
Contributions:3 reviews, 532 commits, 41 PRs in 4 years
bgprpki-documentationsphinxsphinx-docrpki
NLnetLabs/nsd-manual
Oct 2021 - Apr 2024
Contributions:3 reviews, 4 PRs, 31 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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