Georg Greve

Dipl.-Phys.

CEO & President of the Board

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8700 Küsnacht
Switzerland

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Personal information

Wants

New contacts, thoughts, challenges
Haves

Team Building and Management, Strategic Analysis of Technology and Politics, Policy Development, Negotiation, Consensus Building, Entrepreneur, Facilitation, Diplomacy, Project Management, Communication, Writing
Interests

Free Software, Open Standards, Technology Politics, International Diplomacy
Organizations

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), GNU Project, iCommons, CertifiedOpen
Groups

Professional experience

Feb 2010 - present
(2 years, 4 months)

CEO & President of the Board

(The company name is only visible to registered members)

Industry: Information Technology & Services
Nov 2010 - present
(1 year, 7 months)

Fellow

Open Forum Academy, http://www.openforumacademy.org

Industry: Information Technology & Services
Jan 2010 - present
(2 years, 5 months)

Board member

Open Database Alliance, http://odba.org

Industry: Information Technology & Services
Jun 2009 - present
(3 years)

Board member

Free Software Foundation Europe, http://fsfe.org

Industry: Information Technology & Services
1998 - present

Speaker

GNU Project, http://www.gnu.org

Industry: Information Technology & Services
Jan 2008 - May 2011
(3 years, 5 months)

Reviewer

European Commission

Industry: Politics
Sep 2009 - Jan 2010
(5 months)

Strategic Advisor

Open Database Alliance, http://odba.org

Industry: Computer Software
Nov 2006 - Jun 2009
(2 years, 8 months)

Board member

IGF DCOS

Industry: Information Technology & Services
Mar 2001 - Jun 2009
(8 years, 4 months)

President / Founder

Free Software Foundation Europe, http://fsfeurope.org

Industry: Information Technology & Services
Jul 2006 - Nov 2008
(2 years, 5 months)

Board member

SELF

Industry: Information Technology & Services
Aug 2007 - Apr 2008
(9 months)

Technical Programs Manager / Open Standards Specialist

Google, http://www.google.com

Industry: Information Technology & Services
2003 - 2008

Invited expert

The World Bank, http://www.worldbank.org

Industry: Politics
2002 - 2007

Co-coordinator of PCT Working Group

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Industry: Politics
2002 - 2007

Co-coordinator of PCT Working Group

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Industry: Politics
Jan 1999 - Jun 2006
(7 years, 6 months)

Author

Brave GNU World

Industry: Journalism
Apr 2004 - Jul 2004
(4 months)

Interim board member

X.Org Foundation

Industry: Information Technology & Services
2001 - 2004

Board member

AGNULA

Industry: Information Technology & Services
2002 - 2003

Civil Society representative in German Governmental Delegation

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Industry: Politics
Jun 2000 - Jan 2001
(8 months)

Software Developer

ID-PRO GmbH

Industry: Information Technology & Services
May 1996 - Oct 1998
(2 years, 6 months)

Software Developer

UKE

Industry: Medical Services

Employment status

Freelancer

Educational background

Oct 1992 - Feb 2001

University of Hamburg
Physics, Diplom

Physical Oceanography (Bachelor/Vordiplom) Biophysics (Master/Diplom) Diploma thesis on scanning probe microscopy (interdisciplinary thesis with Computer Science in the area of Nanotechnology)

Languages

English (Fluent), German (First language), Portuguese (Basic knowledge)

About me

• Expert in Free Software and Open Standards;

• Self-taught software developer; successful academic career as physicist working in interdisciplinary field;

• Entrepreneur with several years of experience in the founding, establishment and growth of an international organisation. Experienced in management of a distributed organisation spanning several countries and cultures;

• Excellent analytical skills and strategic understanding of technology and politics. Ability to combine technical, political and legal concerns into strategic picture. Proven capability to adapt plans in changing tactical environments for achievement of strategic goals;

• Strong mediation skills and good at process facilitation. Proven ability to build consensus in diverse groups with different cultural backgrounds and conficting interests;

• Proven track record in problem resolution and crisis response;

• Seasoned speaker with excellent interpersonal and communication skills that have been tested addressing a wide variety of audiences. Experienced writer with hundreds of publications and the ability to explain complex subjects to audiences new to the issue;

• Project manager with strong conceptual skills, as well as possessing the ability to effectively translate his ideas into structures while overseeing successful implementation;

• Skilled negotiator with diplomatic experience at, inter alia, the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), and the International Standards Organisation (ISO);

• Hard worker with a strong belief in personal initiative and responsibility. Professional team player and fast learner. Commitment to doing the best job possible today, and learning how to do a better job tomorrow.

Contacts

Mario Iseli, Ralf Hildebrandt, René Moser, Hannes Gassert

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