Patrick Okui

Network Engineer and Trainer

Patrick Okui is a Network Engineer and Trainer for the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC). He is also a Senior Network Engineer at Workonline Communications - one of the largest IP transit networks in Africa. Prior to this (from 2001) he worked at different mostly Internet related companies, including some ISPs and the Ugandan Christian University. In addition, Patrick has been consulting for numerous other service providers in Africa to help them design and build properly constructed IP networks.

Since 2003 Patrick has been participating in the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) workshops as an instructor but also as part of the NOC team that gets the network setup and keeps it running during the event. He also has participated in workshops organised by the Internet Society (ISOC) for setting up IXPs or localising different parts of the AfNOG workshop programme.

At NSRC, Patrick helps with workshop planning, training, material development as well as direct engineering and assistance as and when requests come in to the NSRC. This includes the active NOC role played before and during the AfNOG/AfriNIC workshops and conferences. In addition, Patrick works with the NSRC in the Asia/Pacific region at events such as SANOG, APRICOT and other network trainings and activities to help improve Internet access across the area.

A nice article of Patrick's earlier work can be seen in the GÉANT CONNECT Issue 21, from 2016. See page 32, Patrick Okui, A Network Engineer and A Trainer.