Georg C. F. Greve
Kolab Systems CEO and involved in a variety of Free Software activities such as KDE, digitalStrom, ODBA and of course the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) which he founded and ran as founding president for nine years. For his achievements Georg Greve was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon by the Federal Republic of Germany
Self-taught software developer, traditionally trained physicist, and author of over a hundred articles on various issues around Free Software including the Brave GNU World, a column running for seven years in ten magazines and translated into over fourteen languages. As the founding president of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) Georg Greve has over ten years of experience in coordinating interdisciplinary, international activities, often involving multiple organisations and achieving goals in a variety of environments, including the United Nations, the European Commission, the International Standardization Organisation and large corporations such as Google. Having provided expertise on the business application of Free Software and Open Standards to a variety of companies and entrepreneurs, Georg Greve is among the world's premier experts on these issues. For his achievements in Free Software and Open Standards Georg Greve was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon by the Federal Republic of Germany on 18 December 2009.