Summary
Oliver-tobias Ripka is an IT security consultant and trainer with 14 years of hands-on experience in network analysis, pentesting, incident response, and SOC architecture, currently leading Ripka Technologies. He designs and delivers specialized Wireshark and cybersecurity courses for administrators, CISOs, and SOC operators, offering formats from intense one-day bootcamps to multi-day workshops. A pragmatic builder, he also develops practical tools and labs—most notably PacketSafari (an AI-powered PCAP analysis tool) and public cyber-range environments—bridging training with real-world tooling. His background spans enterprise security roles at Airbus and Fast Lane as well as embedded systems and kernel work, giving him an uncommon blend of low-level reverse engineering and high-level SOC practice. Based in Germany and educated across European institutions, he couples academic breadth with a product-focused approach to make advanced network forensics accessible.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciatura, European Computer Science, Licenciatura, European Computer Science at Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
Ingénieur-maître, European Computer Science, Ingénieur-maître, European Computer Science at Université François Rabelais de Tours
Diplom, European Computer Science, Diplom, European Computer Science at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg)
English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish