Marian Rychtecky, NIX.CZ
Speaking on 24 Tue - 10:10 - 10:30Marian Rychtecký is a network architect and infrastructure engineer at NIX.CZ, the neutral Czech Internet Exchange and one of the largest IXPs in Central Europe. He focuses on the design and operation of high-availability L2/L3 fabrics, routing security, large-scale automation, and peering ecosystems.
He has been deeply involved in the evolution of NIX.CZ’s routing, security and validation stack, including RPKI, ASPA, IRR hygiene, EVPN/VXLAN architectures, and the FENIX initiative for DDoS-resilient interconnection.
Marian works closely with operators, content networks, and vendors across Europe on routing-security best practices, and contributes to community efforts such as Euro-IX, the RS Large Communities standardization, and industry knowledge-sharing around modern IXP operations. His current focus lies in sustainable IXP architecture, peering policy design,
and maintaining neutrality in a rapidly changing interconnection landscape.
