Kyle Spencer
Board Chair, Executive Director at Uganda Internet Exchange Point
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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SeniorKyle Spencer is an Internet infrastructure executive with over 20 years of experience building and scaling interconnection and content ecosystems across Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. As Board Chair and Executive Director of the Uganda Internet Exchange Point and co-coordinator of the African IXP Association, he has driven development of carrier-neutral data centers, regulatory frameworks, and grant programs that lower costs and improve local traffic exchange. He sits on the Internet Exchange Federation board and helped found influential local organizations like the ICT Association of Uganda and the Uganda Linux User Group, blending grassroots community building with regional policy work. A frequent industry speaker and event organizer—co-creator of the Africa Peering & Interconnection Forum and even Africa’s first international video gaming tournament—he brings a rare mix of technical, operational, and convening skills to democratize Internet access.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (49)
javascript10
self-hosting10
php10
file-sharing10
owncloud10
nextcloud10
federation9
collaboration9
usability9
android-client8
openapi8
ai8
open-source8
full-stack8
ollama7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
unicef/uPortal
Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
kylespencer/IXP-Manager
Sep 2017 - May 2018
Full stack web application to manage Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
Contributions:2 pushes in 8 months
reactexchangeinternet-exchange-pointsfull-stackexpress
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