Lars is co-founder and member of The Apache Software Foundation and started contributing to the Apache HTTP Server project in 1997. In addition, he is Vice President, Conference Planning, a member of the Apache Security Team, and the Apache Public Relations Committee. He has a degree in computer engineering from the University of Siegen, Germany, where he wrote his first book about the Apache HTTP Server. He held various senior engineering, consulting and management positions at various ISPs, mobile network providers and software development companies. Lars is also a member of the International Financial Cryptography Association. Currently he is working as a senior security officer for a software development company in Munich specializing in cryptographic research and development, and the operation of highly secure data centers.
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