Lars is co-founder and former Vice President of The Apache Software Foundation. He started contributing to the Apache HTTP Server project in 1997, and wrote his first book about the Apache HTTP Server in 1998 while he was studying Computer Science at the University of Siegen. In addition, he is also a member of the Apache Security team, and the Apache Public Relations committee. With only one exception, Lars has attended every ApacheCon since 1998, and currently works as an independent IT consultant specializing in IT architecture, security and Open Source.