Ana Pinto, Director of Network Services at FCCN, has been elected to the GÉANT Board of Directors. GÉANT is the European organization with which the NRENs (National Research and Education Networks) and similar units of the FCCN unit have a connection to project international collaboration initiatives in the field of research and services for the academic and scientific community.
The GÉANT network is an extension of the national research and education networks connected to it and, as such, also constitutes one of the main destinations for communications via RCTS. By interconnecting the European NRENs, GÉANT plays a pivotal role as an accelerator in European research and is thus an exponential driver of knowledge sharing. Without this network, there would be a digital divide that would penalize the main national and international innovation, research, and education players.
The GÉANT Board of Directors is the body that manages and administers the organization and is elected by the highest decision-making body within GÉANT – the General Assembly – which is composed of representatives of the various member organizations.
With over 20 years of experience in telecommunications, network engineering, and strategic planning, Ana Pinto has been involved in international projects linked to the research community. Since March 2019, Ana Pinto has been providing technical support for the GÉANT network infrastructure, as part of the project GN4-3N.
At FCCN, Ana Pinto is responsible for the connectivity services of RCTS – Science, Technology and Society Network, for GigaPIX – Neutral Internet Traffic Exchange Point in Portugal, for mobility services eduroam and also by federated identity and access management services (RCTSaai).
