About
These days, everyone is a "leader" on LinkedIn - so am I :-)I am an entrepreneur and business angel, committed to openness, diversity, and sustainability.You may contact me regarding:馃挕 management and business development馃挕 information security and data protection馃挕 law & governance, risk & compliance馃挕 free and open source software business馃挕 cybersecurity and service level agreements馃挕 verinice open source ISMS - cloud based/onPrem馃挕 SAMBA+ open source IAM and SMB server
Experience
Ceo
SerNet, Inc. 路 San Francisco, California, United States
Present
SerNet is the leading distributor of open source SMB server "SAMBA+" offering support, consulting and development services to customers worldwide.
Angel Investor
one.lx GmbH 路 Germany
Present
Continuing 25 years of Business Angel activities for startups with investment and advice, support for open source business models, and business Internationalisation with a focus on the US market.
Advisor & Head of Ospo
SerNet GmbH 路 G枚ttingen & Berlin, Germany
Present
In my role as head of OSPO (Open Source Program Office) I am responsible for compliance, security, legal issues, terms & conditions for Open Source solutions at SerNet GmbH and SerNet, Inc. We at SerNet enable cyber security in all time zones and 24/7 and produce free software: - verinice is the leading sovereign GRC and ISMS tool for NIS 2, ISO 27001, TISAX, BSI IT-Grundschutz, and GDPR and the only tool published under Open Source licenses and complete public source code escrow. - SAMBA+ is the leading IAM and SMB server software for Linux and IBM AIX and enables state of the art Identity & Access Management and Active Directory integration with up-to-date storage and cluster support.
Ceo | General Manager
SerNet GmbH 路 Germany
Member of the Supervisory Board
DENIC eG 路 Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland
Member of the Supervisory Board
DENIC eG 路 Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area
Member of Plenary Assembly | Mitglied Der Vollversammlung
IHK Hannover 路 Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
Present
Chair of the Supervisory Board
AUDEG - Deutsche Auditoren eG 路 Frankfurt and Berlin
AUDEG - a certification body for management systems jointly established as a cooperative by auditors in Germany.
Founder and Business Angel, Seed Investor
emlix GmbH 路 G枚ttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Idea and foundation of an embedded linux company. Searched and found talents to run and operate the company. Sold my shares in 2011
University Lecturer
HAWK - University of Applied Science and Arts 路 G枚ttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
IT courses on programming languages and coding
Education
The University of G枚ttingen
PhD | Dr. rer.nat., Astrophysics & Law
Gymnasium Marianum Meppen
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