Born at the same time as ARPANET, Michel had multiple interactions with the Internet in his life. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he graduated from a master’s degree in electronic engineering, was a hotspot in European Internet development at that time. He found his first job at Europe Online, a company that tried to compete with the Internet by building a proprietary online system - and failed. Michel then joined CETREL, a financial services company in the local credit card and clearing markets. During this time, he helped develop high-quality and redundant ISP services for the finance industry in Luxembourg.

Mergers and acquisitions brought him to SIX Group, SIX Payment Services and Worldline in various capacities, both in Luxembourg and Zurich.

Moving away from financial services, Michel joined LU-CIX, the Luxembourg Internet Exchange, in 2019 as a CIO and project manager. Today he looks after all aspects IT at LU-CIX, and can typically be found at RIPE meetings and Euro-IX fora. The community building and knowledge sharing aspect of IXPs are very dear to him.