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Georg C. F. Greve

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Curriculum Vitae

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Georg C. F. Greve was born 1973 on Helgoland, Germany. His career as a +self-taught software developer began around 1987 through participation +in various bulletin board systems (BBS). His first professional +publication was an assembler program released in 1992. During the +following years he worked as software developer for the University Medical +Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and for 'iD-Pro', a Free Software startup in +Germany. Mr Greve also contributed code to the GNU Project.

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His academic career started in 1992, when Georg Greve began +studying physics at the University of Hamburg. His academic degrees +include a bachelor's degree with a specialisation in physical +oceanography and a master's degree with a specialisation in biophysics. +He also completed a diploma thesis in physics on scanning probe +microscopy (SXM), an interdisciplinary work in the area of +nanotechnology undertaken at the Computer Science department of the +University of Hamburg.

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A speaker for the GNU Project since 1998, Georg Greve began writing a +monthly column on the GNU Project and Free Software in general in +1999 under the title "Brave GNU World." The column was printed in +English, German, French, Korean, Japanese and Portuguese and +analysed the economic, political and social impact of Free Software +and gave insights into various Free Software projects.

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In 2000, Georg Greve motivated a group of like-minded individuals to +establish the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), a non-profit +organisation and centre of competence for the promotion, protection +and political representation of Free Software in Europe.

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As founder and president of the FSFE since 2001, Mr Greve has:

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Between August 2007 and April 2008, Mr Greve was contracted by Google +as Technical Programs Manager / Open Standards Specialist for the ISO +DIS 29500 standardisation process. Georg Greve represented Google +vis-a-vis various national standardisation bodies, and served as member of +the German (DIN) and Swiss (SNV) standardisation bodies. He was involved +in technical and strategic analysis, helped train local representatives +for the company, and coordinated Google's activities for the DIS 29500 +Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM).

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In 2008 Mr Greve served as reviewer for the European Commission on the +QualiPSo project IST-FP6-034763, providing strategic analysis and +counseling regarding project objectives, and evaluation of project +success, to project management and the Commission.

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Georg Greve is an experienced writer with hundreds of publications in +English and German, and a seasoned speaker with experience gathered +during many speeches, keynotes and seminars addressing a wide variety +of audiences around the world.

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Mr Greve is married and is currently living in the Zurich area, Switzerland.

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More information about Georg Greve

+ + + + + $Date$ $Author$ + + diff --git a/about/greve/cv.txt b/about/greve/cv.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 437dc3a13d..0000000000 --- a/about/greve/cv.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -Georg C.F. Greve -President, Free Software Foundation Europe - -Curriculum vitae (long): - - Born 10. March 1973, Georg Greve has a classic scientific background - as "Diplom" Physicist with biophysics, physical oceanography and - astronomy as minor fields of study. His interdisciplinary diploma - thesis was written in the field of nanotechnoloy at the computer - science faculty of the University of Hamburg. - - Software development was part of his life since he was 12 years old - and besides a first publication of a program in a professional - journal in 1991, it partly financed his studies when he managed the - software development to evaluate SQUID-sensor data in the - biomagnetometic laboratory in the University hospital of Eppendorf - (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany. - - In 1993 he came in touch with Free Software and GNU/Linux. Being - European speaker for the GNU Project since 1998, Georg Greve at this - time also began writing the "Brave GNU World," a monthly column on - Free Software published in the German Linux-Magazin and other - magazines worldwide, as well as the Internet in up to 10 languages. - - In early 2001, he initiated the Free Software Foundation Europe - (FSFE, FSF Europe), the first Free Software Foundation outside the - United States of America and the only transnational Free Software - Foundation so far. Construction and coordination of FSFE as European - non-governmental organisation, as well as its integration and - coordination in global context was the focus of his work in the past - years. - - The range of activities spanned areas like technology, politics, - society, and economy as well as classical management. Among other - things, Georg Greve was invited as an expert to the "Commission on - Intellectual Property Rights" of the UK government or represented the - coordination circle of German Civil Society during the first phase of - the United Nations (UN) World Summit on the Information Society - (WSIS) as part of the German governmental delegation; he als - furthered networking the Civil Society working groups on European - level as well as for the thematic working group on Patents, - Copyrights, Trademarks (PCT) and Free Software. - - - -Curriculum vitae (short): - - Born 10. March 1973, Dipl.-Physicist Georg Greve has a classic - scientific background with an interdisciplinary diploma thesis in - nanotechnology at the University of Hamburg. - - A software developer since he was 12 years old, Georg Greve came in - touch with GNU/Linux and Free Software around 1993 and was appointed - European Speaker for the GNU Project in 1998. Since then he has been - writing the "Brave GNU World", a monthly column about Free Software, - which is published in several magazines as well as on the Internet in - up to ten languages. - - In early 2001 Georg Greve initiated the founding of the Free Software - Foundation Europe (FSFE, FSF Europe), the construction and - coordination of which has kept him busy on European and global level - in past years. - - Within these activites between technology, politics, society, and - economy, Georg Greve was for instance invited as an expert to the - "Commission on Intellectual Property Rights" of the UK government and - participated to the first phase of the United Nations (UN) World - Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) on behalf of the German - coordination circle of Civil Society within the German governmental - delegation. diff --git a/about/greve/greve.en.xhtml b/about/greve/greve.en.xhtml index 9705a1aa15..53f4ff620d 100644 --- a/about/greve/greve.en.xhtml +++ b/about/greve/greve.en.xhtml @@ -8,95 +8,40 @@
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Georg C. F. Greve

President

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Georg C. F. Greve

President / Founder

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Working full-time for the FSFE since January 2001

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About Georg Greve

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CV as plain text.

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Georg Greve is a self-taught software developer with several years +of experience on the job, and traditionally trained +Physicist. Experienced writer with over a hundred published articles +in English and German. Eight years of experience in the coordination +of a multi-national organisation. Over seven years of experience in +international policy at the United Nations, European Commission and in +various countries, with focus on Information Technology related +policy. Several years of experience coordinating interdisciplinary, +international activities, often involving multiple +organisations. Experienced speaker with speeches and keynotes at +conferences and training seminars addressing a wide variety of +audiences, including UNCTAD, the WorldBank and various training +institutes. Strong background and interest in interdisciplinary policy +issues involving technology, law and society.

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Responsibilities include European/Global coordination and planning -for the FSFE, supporting the local representatives in their -work; also work on political and legal issues as well as projects and -giving speeches or informing journalists to spread knowledge about -Free Software.

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For more detail, please see the full Curriculum +Vitae.

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Projects

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Projects Georg Greve is/has been working on for the FSFE:

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More information about Georg Greve

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Events

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Selection of a few events Georg Greve has -been attending in his work for the FSFE:

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[ More information available in FSFE events section and newsletter ] -

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Articles/Documents

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Selection of a few articles and documents Georg -Greve has been working on during his work for the FSFE:

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[ More publications available on personal home page ] -

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Videos

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Pictures

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If you are looking for portrait pictures that can be -used with interviews, articles and such, they are available -on the personal home -page.

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More Information

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More information about Georg Greve is available on his Fellowship page.

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Another possible source of information is his Advogato account.

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You could also read his blog.

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Even more information can be found on his personal home page

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