Jan Ebersbach
Steering Committee Member at identinet GmbH
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Ebersbach is a technology leader and entrepreneur with 16 years of experience bridging business and IT, currently CEO of identinet and a Steering Committee member at the Decentralized Identity Foundation. He combines a computer science background with an MBA to drive practical deployments in Self-Sovereign Identity, blockchain, and open source software across startups and enterprise projects. As Co-Chair of ID & Discovery, he shapes standards and interoperability while leading product and engineering teams to deliver secure data exchange for organizations. His hands-on roots in embedded and firmware development — including contributions to the widely used QMK keyboard firmware — reflect a willingness to dive into low-level engineering as well as strategy. Known for fostering cooperation, he turns complex decentralized identity concepts into usable solutions and business value. Based in Bremen, he blends entrepreneurial grit with standards-driven community leadership.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration at HSB Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied SciencesDipl. Informatiker Computer Science, Dipl. Informatiker Computer Science at University of Bremen
German, English
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Github Skills (25)
keyboard-input10
c-language10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
qmk10
c-programming10
c1110
keyboard10
c1710
keyboard-layout10
sys10
embedded10
cprogramming-language10
custom-keyboard9
avr8
Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Apr 2019 - Apr 2021
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 14 commits, 22 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to the firmware development for the Signum 3.0 keyboard within the QMK firmware repository. Their work involved adding and modifying keymaps, layouts, and configurations, including those for different keyboard layouts (ortho_4x12 and Dactyl Manuform). They also focused on integrating features like kinetic speed for mouse control and generating keymap files in various formats.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
jceb/st-patches
Jan 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:86 pushes in 4 years 9 months
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