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Hello!

I studied Computer Science at the Universität-Gesamthochschule Paderborn. During this time, I worked 3,5 years as Systemadministrator for FB10/Verfahrenstechnik (Process Engineering) as a part-time job.

In 1999 I joined SUSE LINUX, where I was working in the distribution team on the SUSE LINUX core system. I was also responsible for maintaining the infrastructure for building the distributions. I developed SUSE's SPARC distribution and for nearly 10 years I was the main responsible Projectmanager for the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES). Currently I'm one of the few Distinguished Engineers at SUSE and the Senior Architect for SLES and new products.

Additional I was from May 2003 until December 2005 a member of the board of directors of the Free Standards Group.

In my spare time I read books, play board games, hack on my Linux box, go geocaching or dancing.

You want to know what I'm programming on? Look at my Linux NIS/NIS+ pages on www.linux-nis.org, there you will find everything you need to turn your Linux box into a NIS server and NIS or NIS+ client.

Meanwhile I'm active in the OpenStreetMap project. Since nearly everything in my area is already available, I concentrate mainly on fixing bugs and building my own Maps for GARMIN devices. Since the maps are mainly from the german ara, all pages are in german.