Sander Steffann
Senior Internet Specialist at Global NOG Alliance
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSander Steffann is a seasoned Internet infrastructure specialist with over 25 years’ experience designing, deploying and consulting on networking, IPv6 and datacenter systems. He founded and grew early ISP Computel, runs his own consultancy since 2010, and has a strong track record of hands-on implementations—from IPv6 roadmaps for banks to anycast and server clusters. A long‑time contributor to Internet governance, he chaired the RIPE Address Policy WG for over a decade and now sits on the RIPE NCC Executive Board and the Global NOG Alliance founding board. Sander blends deep operator experience with software skills—contributing Django-based back-end work to the widely used NetBox project, including S3 media storage integration. Known for teaching and translating complex protocol work into practical deployments, he focuses on pragmatic solutions to IPv4 scarcity through IPv6 adoption. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, he prefers researching and implementing innovative technologies rather than talking about them.
17 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Twente University
Dutch, English, German
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Github Skills (28)
python10
django10
netbox10
amazon-s310
aws-s310
network-automation10
s3-bucket10
networking9
network-programming9
infrastructure-management9
configuration-management9
server9
php9
google-chrome9
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
netbox-community/netbox
Jun 2019 - Jul 2020
The premier source of truth powering network automation. Open source under Apache 2. Try NetBox Cloud free: https://netboxlabs.com/free-netbox-cloud/
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:50 commits, 19 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Sander primarily contributed to enhancing the media storage capabilities within the NetBox platform by implementing support for S3 storage. They modified the settings and configuration files to integrate with S3, including handling required parameters and ensuring the installation of necessary dependencies. Additionally, the user addressed code style issues and implemented features, such as hiding the password change page for LDAP users. The commits demonstrate expertise in Django-based application development and infrastructure configuration.
netmikopythontruthsotinfrastructure-management
Xyphen-IT/netbox-ddns
Apr 2020 - Oct 2021
Dynamic DNS Connector for NetBox
Contributions:36 commits, 19 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
dnsconnectornetboxnetbox-plugindns-updates
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