Frank Karlitschek
Login to view DISC.Frank Karlitschek is the founder and CEO of Nextcloud GmbH, a company he started after creating its predecessor, ownCloud. He is a long-time open-source developer and privacy advocate with deep roots in the KDE community. He studied Computer Science at Universität Tübingen. Colleagues describe him as visionary, motivating, ambitious, and passionate, with a "get-stuff-done-attitude".
Frank is a prominent advocate for digital sovereignty and user empowerment, frequently giving keynotes at global conferences. His career has been dedicated to building communities and software that give people control over their data. His personal interests include photography, and he has been writing software since he was twelve years old.
He uniquely founded Nextcloud by forking his own original project, ownCloud, and taking the core team with him to better align with open-source community principles.
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