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<title>About - Georg C. F. Greve - Curriculum Vitae</title>
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<h1 align="left">Georg C. F. Greve</h1>
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<h2>Curriculum Vitae</h2>
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<b>(State: November 2010)</b>
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<p>Georg C. F. Greve was born 1973 on Helgoland, Germany. His career as a
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self-taught software developer began around 1987 through participation
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in various bulletin board systems (BBS). His first professional
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publication was an assembler program released in 1992. During the
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following years he worked as software developer for the University Medical
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Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and for 'iD-Pro', a Free Software startup in
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Germany. Mr Greve also contributed code to the GNU Project.</p>
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<p>His academic career started in 1992, when Georg Greve began
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studying physics at the University of Hamburg. His academic degrees
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include a bachelor's degree with a specialisation in physical
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oceanography and a master's degree with a specialisation in biophysics.
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He also completed a diploma thesis in physics on scanning probe
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microscopy (SXM), an interdisciplinary work in the area of
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nanotechnology undertaken at the Computer Science department of the
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University of Hamburg.</p>
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<p>A speaker for the GNU Project since 1998, Georg Greve began writing a
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monthly column on the GNU Project and Free Software in general in
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1999 under the title "Brave GNU World." The column was printed in
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English, German, French, Korean, Japanese and Portuguese and
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analysed the economic, political and social impact of Free Software
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and gave insights into various Free Software projects.</p>
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<p>In 2000, Georg Greve motivated a group of like-minded individuals to
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establish the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), a non-profit
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organisation and centre of competence for the promotion, protection
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and political representation of Free Software in Europe.</p>
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<p>As founder and president of the FSFE from 2001 to 2009, Mr Greve has:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Chaired FSFE's General Assembly and served as the organisation's
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primary representative towards other organisations, governments and
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intergovernmental organisations, including the United Nations and
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the European Commission;</li>
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<li>Participated in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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in various capacities, including as representative of the German
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Civil Society coordination circle in the German Governmental
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delegation, as co-coordinator of the Patents, Copyrights and
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Trademarks working group of Civil Society, including political
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analysis, strategic considerations and tactical implementation of
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political positions on Free Software, Open Standards and Freedom of
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Knowledge issues for Civil Society;</li>
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<li>Overseen FSFE's joint work with the Samba Team on the antitrust
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investigation against Microsoft by the European Commission and later
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intervention in the European Court of First Instance (CFI);</li>
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<li>Coordinated FSFE's public policy group, including analysis,
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strategic planning and tactical implementation regarding multiple
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subjects in various fora, including the United Nations World
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Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and Internet Governance
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Forum (IGF);</li>
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<li>Developed concepts for various activities of the organisation,
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e.g. the Freedom Task Force (FTF), and overseen the implementation
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of these concepts;</li>
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<li>Represented the organisation on the boards of and participated in
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EU projects, often being responsible for strategic issues and legal
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maintainability;</li>
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<li>Provided training to project managers at the World Bank about
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the strategic economic, political, social and developmental implications
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of Free Software, including business models and best practice examples;</li>
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<li>Authored and published many documents for the organisation,
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including co-authorship of the Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA);</li>
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<li>Facilitated consensus building in various working groups inside and
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outside the organisation, including mixed groups of volunteers and
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staff;</li>
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<li>Coordinated work of staff and volunteers in the organisation;</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Between August 2007 and April 2008, Mr Greve was contracted by Google
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as Technical Programs Manager / Open Standards Specialist for the ISO
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DIS 29500 standardisation process. Georg Greve represented Google
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vis-a-vis various national standardisation bodies, and served as member of
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the German (DIN) and Swiss (SNV) standardisation bodies. He was involved
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in technical and strategic analysis, helped train local representatives
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for the company, and coordinated Google's activities for the DIS 29500
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Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM).</p>
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<p>In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Mr Greve served as reviewer for the European
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Commission on the QualiPSo project IST-FP6-034763, providing strategic
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analysis and counseling regarding project objectives, and evaluation
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of project success, to project management and the Commission.</p>
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<p>Between September 2009 to January 2010, Georg Greve oversaw the launch
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of the <a href="http://odba.org">Open Database Alliance (ODBA)</a> as a
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Free Software industry body to promote the development and proliferation
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of Free Software database technology. He continues to serve on the board
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of the ODBA since February 2010.</p>
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<p>Georg Greve is an experienced writer with hundreds of publications in
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English and German, and a seasoned speaker with experience gathered
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during many speeches, keynotes and seminars addressing a wide variety
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of audiences around the world.</p>
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<p>On 18 December 2009 Georg Greve was awarded the Federal Cross of
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Merit on ribbon by the Federal Republic of Germany for his
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achievements in Free Software and Open Standards. The ceremony was
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held May 2010 in the German embassy in Berne.</p>
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<p>His current primary occupation is as CEO & President of the
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Board at <a href="http://kolabsys.com">Kolab Systems AG</a>, home of the Free
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Software Kolab Groupware Solution.</p>
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<p>Mr Greve is married, with two children and lives in Küsnacht near Zürich in Switzerland.</p>
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<h3>More information about Georg Greve</h3>
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<li><a href="http://www.xing.com/profile/Georg_Greve">XING Profile</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/GeorgGreve">LinkedIn Profile</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_C._F._Greve">Wikipedia</a></li>
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