Kaveh Ranjbar
CTO & Co-Founder at Whisper
St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKaveh Ranjbar is a seasoned technology executive and co-founder currently serving as CTO of Whisper, bringing over two decades of experience leading software engineering, global network operations, and Internet measurement programs. He spent a decade at RIPE NCC as CIO and earlier roles managing high-scale registry and DNS services—oversight that included operating K-root instances, RIPEstat, ATLAS measurements and a half-billion-query-per-month registry. Kaveh combines deep technical grounding in Internet architecture, routing and DNS stability with board-level governance experience at ICANN and stewardship roles in the IETF Trust, shaping policy and strategy across multi-stakeholder communities. He is skilled at translating complex technical requirements into consensus-driven policy and operational programs, liaising with governments, law enforcement and standards bodies. Educated at Oxford with executive training from INSEAD, LSE and MIT programs, he blends rigorous engineering with governance and strategic leadership. Less obvious: his career threads technical product delivery, global critical infrastructure operations and institutional governance into a rare profile that spans hands-on implementation to high-level Internet stewardship.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Software Engineering, MSc Software Engineering at University of OxfordInternational Directors Programme , International Directors Programme at INSEADPostgraduate Degree LAI Lean Academy [PI.23s], Postgraduate Degree LAI Lean Academy [PI.23s] at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Applied Mathematics at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad/Tehran Azad UniversityLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceGlobal Executive Leadership , Global Executive Leadership at SingularityU Benelux
Persian, English, DutchProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
NoctisNet/STIX
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
RIPE-NCC/ipresource
Sep 2009 - Nov 2009
Contributions:22 commits in 2 months
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