Florian Effenberger
Executive Director at The Document Foundation
Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Effenberger is an executive leader and longtime advocate for free and open source software, serving as Executive Director of The Document Foundation since 2014 and helping found the LibreOffice project in 2010. He brings 17 years of experience combining technical stewardship—having run core infrastructure—with strategic nonprofit governance and international legal, trademark and fiscal oversight. Under his leadership the foundation has grown to manage over €1.3M in donations annually while maintaining transparent, community-driven operations. Florian is a frequent speaker, advisor and writer who helps organizations align open technology with social impact and sustainable practices. Based in Bavaria, he blends hands-on infrastructure knowledge with a talent for scaling volunteer communities into resilient institutions. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic steward who still contributes code and infrastructure work alongside broader organizational responsibilities.
17 years of coding experience
Universität Augsburg
German, English
Github Skills (33)
javascript9
thunderbird9
webdav9
server9
php9
federated9
owncloud9
webserver9
file-sharing8
extension-methods8
self-hosting8
api6
backend5
microsoft-graph5
gerrit5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
floeff/routeros-configuration
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
floeff/debian-configuration
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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