Achim Friedland
Chair OCPP Cyber Security Taskgroup at Open Charge Alliance
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Top SchoolAchim Friedland is a cybersecurity-focused researcher, developer and founder with 15 years of experience building graph-based storage solutions, distributed systems and secure networking for eMobility, smart cities and IoT. As Chair of the OCPP Cyber Security Taskgroup and a funded expert with CyberStand.eu, he coordinates industry-wide efforts to harden EV charging protocols and align specifications with EU frameworks like RED, CRA and NIS2. He runs GraphDefined GmbH, combining open data, open APIs and open-source tooling to deliver interoperable roaming, metrology-compliant and privacy-preserving solutions across OICP/OCPI/OCPP ecosystems. Known for unconventional problem-solving, he blends hands-on architecture and project management with standards stewardship to turn research prototypes into deployable, regulation-ready systems. Based in Jena, he also founded the GraphDevroom community to evangelize graphs, semantics and linked data—demonstrating a long-standing commitment to open platforms and knowledge sharing.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl-Inf Computer Science, Dipl-Inf Computer Science at Technische Universität Ilmenau
English, German
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Github Skills (124)
pdf-generation10
mobility10
ocpp10
docx10
transparency10
authorisation10
pdf10
apache-cordova9
collaborative-editing9
cordova9
libreoffice9
signature-pad9
rich-text-editor9
documents9
roaming9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
Vanaheimr/Loki
Aug 2011 - Mar 2014
Contributions:105 commits in 2 years 7 months
Vanaheimr/Glyphe
Mar 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:15 commits in 11 months
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