[ixpmanager] Welcome to our new developer to the IXP Manager community

[Kyle Spencer]

Welcome Thomas!

Big thanks to the sponsors for supporting IXP Manager :)

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM Douglas Fischer via ixpmanager <
ixpmanager at inex.ie> wrote:

> That's great!
>
> I can't say "Welcome" as a developer, but as a user of the tools I can say
> "Welcome!".
>
> These are very good moves to see!
>
> Em ter., 12 de mai. de 2026 às 06:58, Barry O'Donovan (INEX) via
> ixpmanager <ixpmanager at inex.ie> escreveu:
>
>>
>> Dear IXP Manager Community,
>>
>> We are delighted to introduce and welcome Thomas Kerin to the IXP Manager
>> project as a full-time senior PHP developer.
>>
>> Thomas is a seasoned PHP developer with over a decade of experience
>> building robust, security-focused applications. After graduating from
>> Trinity College Dublin with a degree in science, Thomas gained experience
>> through several PHP development roles, which included leadership and
>> security responsibilities. He has worked in diverse industries from
>> educational startups to digital currency service providers.
>>
>> Of particular note for our project, Thomas is well-versed in open-source
>> software, best known for the Bitcoin-PHP project, as well as a number of
>> other open-source PHP libraries and extensions in the security and
>> cryptography space.
>>
>> While Thomas only joined the project at the start of March, he has
>> already jumped into fourth place
>> <https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/graphs/contributors> with ~100
>> commits on GitHub’s contributor stats. In particular, he devised a unique
>> approach to identifying potential XSS weaknesses following the ENISA
>> pen-test, which forms part of the iminent v7.2.0 release.
>>
>> Thomas’ role is fully funded by sponsors of the IXP Manager Sponsorship
>> Program <https://www.ixpmanager.org/sponsors>, and we’d like to extend
>> our gratitude to BCIX, NIX, INX ZA, LONAP, GRIX, InterLAN and SLIX.
>>
>> *🚨  We need more sponsors. If you are an IXP using IXP Manager, and it
>> is within your means to sponsor the project, please contact us
>> <https://www.ixpmanager.org/sponsor-now>.*
>>
>> Thomas is on this mailing list and looks forward to meeting and
>> collaborating with our IXP Manager community.
>>
>>  - Barry
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>> Barry O'Donovan
>> INEX
>>
>>
>>
>>
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