Free and Open Source Software contributor. Head of Software, MBition/Mercedes-Benz. Director, Linux System Definition, Open Invention Network. Founder and partner, Endocode (now Hoverture). KDE contributor since 1997 (including several years on the KDE e.V. board). Visiting lecturer and researcher at the Technical University of Berlin. Qt-certified specialist and trainer. Openforum Academy fellow. Berlin, Germany.