Georg Greve

Current

Strategic Advisor at Open Database Alliance
Reviewer at European Commission
Member of the board at IGF DCOS

Speaker at GNU Project

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Past

President/Founder at Free Software Foundation Europe
Board member at SELF
Technical Programs Manager / Open Standards Specialist at Google

Invited expert at The World Bank
Co-coordinator of PCT Working Group at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Author at Brave GNU World
Board member at X.Org Foundation
Board member at AGNULA
Civil Society representative in German Governmental Delegation at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Software Developer at ID-PRO GmbH
Software Developer at UKE

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Education

Universität Hamburg

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Georg Greve’s Summary

• 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.

Georg Greve’s Specialties:

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

Georg Greve’s Experience

Strategic Advisor

Open Database Alliance

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)

Strategic Consultant / Contractor to the drive incorporation and start-up of the Open Database Alliance, a non-profit industry ecosystem association for Free Software databases. Development of Articles of Association as well as internal policies and structures, facilitation of consensus building between initial participants, strategic communication & relationships.
Reviewer

European Commission

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Reviewer for QualiPSo project IST-FP6-034763. Strategic analysis and counseling of European Commission and project management regarding project objectives and evaluation of project success.
Member of the board

IGF DCOS

(Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

Founding member of the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) of the United Nations (UN). Open Standards analysis and promotion.
Speaker

GNU Project

(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

1998 — Present (11 years )

Speaking on behalf of the GNU Project and Free Software movement about issues concerning software freedom in business, technology, law, politics, law and strategy.
President/Founder

Free Software Foundation Europe

(Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)

March 2001 — June 2009 (8 years 4 months)

Chairing general assembly. Chief strategist and analyst for policy issues. Representation of the organisation towards United Nations, European Commission, national governments, industry and the media. Coordination of staff and priority projects. Bringing the organisation through infancy, childhood and puberty.
Board member

SELF

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 5 months)

EU FP6 project IST-2005-34595 to develop authoring platform for e-learning based on Free Software and Open Standards. Chair of Legal Experts Group (LEG). Responsible for legal policy, long-term legal strategy, legal sustainability.
Technical Programs Manager / Open Standards Specialist

Google

(Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)

Strategic Consultant / Contractor as Open Standards specialist. Representation of Google on DIS29500 process towards various national standardisation bodes. Member of German (DIN) and Swiss (SNV) standardisation bodies. Coordination of Google's activities for the DIS 29500 Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM). Technical and strategic analysis and implementation.
Invited expert

The World Bank

(Government Agency; International Trade and Development industry)

2003 — 2008 (5 years )

Teaching at the annual "Procurement of Information Systems in World Bank -financed projects" course for World Bank project managers at the International Training Centre (ITC) of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Turin. Half-day seminar about the strategic benefits of Free Software and Open Standards in World Bank financed projects under economic, political, social inclusion and development related aspects. Introduction into business models and best practice discussion.
Co-coordinator of PCT Working Group

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

(Political Organization industry)

2002 — 2007 (5 years )

Co-coordinator of Civil Society Working Group on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (PCT) at the United Nations (UN) World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Coordination of political analysis, strategic considerations and tactical implementation of political positions on Free Software, Open Standards and Freedom of Knowledge issues for Civil Society.
Author

Brave GNU World

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1999 — June 2006 (7 years 6 months)

Monthly column about the GNU Project and Free Software in general. Analysing effects on and interaction with politics, science and society. Printed in English, German, French, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese.
Board member

X.Org Foundation

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2004 — July 2004 (4 months)

Interim board member of the X.Org Foundation. Work involved issues of political and organisational nature to help put technical basis of the X Window System on a solid organisational basis.
Board member

AGNULA

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2004 (3 years )

FP5 EU project IST-2005-34879 to build Free Software professional multimedia distribution, laying the foundations for Ubuntu Studio. Responsible for legal sustainability and policy, as well as strategic positioning to ensure maximum usability after project end.
Civil Society representative in German Governmental Delegation

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

(Political Organization industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year )

Representation of the German Civil Society Coordination Circle in the German Governmental Delegation to the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Policy strategy and diplomacy on Civil Society issues, i.e. Free Software, Open Standards, freedom of knowledge, human rights, gender equality, and others.
Software Developer

ID-PRO GmbH

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2000 — January 2001 (8 months)

Development of system monitoring software in C++.
Software Developer

UKE

(Government Agency; Hospital & Health Care industry)

May 1996 — October 1998 (2 years 6 months)

Development of software to filter, analyse and display data from an Magnetoencephalography (MEG) array in C and C++ on Solaris and GNU/Linux workstations.

Georg Greve’s Education

Universität Hamburg

Diplom , Physics , 1992 — 2001

Bachelor Physical Oceanography
Master Biophysics
Diploma thesis on scanning probe microscopy (interdisciplinary thesis with Computer Science)