Jan has been active in the open-source sector for over 10 years. Starting with the OpenStack and Chef ecosystems for building cloud environments in Germany, he has focused primarily on open networking and the telecommunications sector for over 6 years. Since October 2025, he has been working for OSISM, where – as a member of the SCS Project Board – he is working to promote the use of open-source software and the OpenOperations concept to strengthen digital sovereignty.
