Fiona Krakenbürger
CTO at Sovereign Tech Agency
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolFiona Krakenbürger is a technology leader and CTO based in Berlin with 12 years of experience at the intersection of tech, policy and society, specializing in open digital infrastructure, security, anonymity and privacy-preserving systems. She co-founded the Sovereign Tech Fund to sustainably support open source infrastructure and has guided funding and program strategy at organizations such as Open Technology Fund and Prototype Fund. Fiona combines deep research background in science and technology studies with hands-on program management and community organizing, having built civic-tech networks like Code for Germany and initiated diversity programs for underrepresented technologists. Her board and advisory roles (OpenJS Foundation, OTF) reflect a rare mix of strategic governance and operational grantmaking expertise. Unusually for a CTO, she pairs technological stewardship with creative approaches to funding and advocacy, drawing on a decade of public speaking and ethnographic training.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (M.A.), Techniksoziologie, Master of Arts (M.A.), Techniksoziologie at Technische Universität BerlinBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Europäische Ethnologie, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Europäische Ethnologie at Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinFührung. Strategie, Mitarbeiterführung, Teamentwicklung, Führung. Strategie, Mitarbeiterführung, Teamentwicklung at Universität Hamburg
German, English, French, Swahili, Spanish, Vietnamese
Github Skills (13)
der10
foundation8
public-transport7
open-data6
leaflet6
transport6
visualization4
openstreetmap4
translation4
crowdfunding2
open-source2
css1
god1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
arduina/arduina.net
Apr 2014 - Apr 2021
Contributions:181 commits, 190 pushes, 1 comment in 7 years 1 month
arduina/access_map
Mar 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 11 months
leafletopenstreetmapaccessiblepublic-transportmap
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