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Introduction



 * Real Name: Manuel Schneider
 * Location: tri-border area south-west Germany (CH: 20 min, FR: 20 min, AT/LI: 2 h)


 * 1981: birth
 * 1988 - 1992: primary school
 * 1992 - 2000: Gymnasium
 * 1999: registration of my first business (computer services, to earn some pocket money)
 * 2000 - 2003: apprenticeship - qualified IT specialist for systems integration
 * 2003 - 2005: IT operator in the process water industry (vapor-compression evaporation)
 * 2004 - 2007: studies in Switzerland - Dipl.-Ing. FH (Engineer / BSc) in applied Computer Science
 * 2008 - 2012: IT engineer in the heat exchanger industry
 * 2008 - 2009: Germany
 * 2009 - 2012: Europe
 * 2013 - 2014: masterssystems Serverhosting & -Management - self-employed
 * 2015 - 2016: IT engineer in the heat exchanger industry
 * 2017 - 2019: IT manager of an automotive supplier / aluminium casting
 * since 2020: internal / external IT for industrial automation / refrigeration / pharma (GMP, GAMP 5, CFR21 Part 11)

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I am an alemannic native speaker
 * administrator of the Mailinglist wikials-l
 * press contact
 * administrator in the Alemannic Wikipedia

Wikimania

 * 2006 (Cambridge, MA): my first Wikimania, sent on behalf of Wikimedia CH
 * 2007 (Taipeh): video streaming
 * 2008 (Alexandria): speaker on Wikipedia Offline (project start)
 * 2009 (Buenos Aires):
 * speaker on Wikipedia Offline
 * panelist on Wikimedia Chapters
 * 2010 (Gdansk):
 * technical support (wifi, audio, videostreaming)
 * host of a workshop on Wikipedia Offline
 * 2011 (Haifa):
 * technical support on-site in the planning phase
 * host and sponsor of registration and scholarship websites
 * host of the openZIM Developers Meeting
 * host of a workshop on Wikipedia Offline
 * 2012 (Washington D.C.):
 * co-speaker on civiCRM
 * speaker on WikiTV
 * host of a workshop on Wikipedia Offline
 * 2013
 * acquisition of wikimania.org and wikimania.com on behalf of Wikimedia CH to make it available for the movement
 * Hong Kong:
 * member of the Jury selecting Hong Kong as host for Wikimania 2013
 * host and sponsor of registration and scholarship websites
 * technical advice in the planning phase
 * host of a workshop on Video in Wikimedia (formerly WikiTV)
 * panelist on The Growth and Future of Wikimania
 * 2014 (London):
 * member of the Jury selecting London as host for Wikimania 2014

Wikimedia Deutschland

 * since 2004: member
 * 2005 - 2007: hoster and sponsor of wikipedia.de (following the Tron controversy and takedown by original hoster)
 * since 2008: registrar of toolserver.org (paid)
 * 2012: received support from the Community Project Budget to set up WikiTV
 * 2013: nominated for the Zedler Award, Category II: Community Project of the Year - as part of the WikiCon 2012 team

Wikimedia CH

 * founding member
 * 2006 - 2011: observer of the board and representative of Wikimedia CH at Wikimania, Wikimedia Conference etc. (but never been a board member)
 * long-term host and sponsor of all technical infrastructure
 * since 2009: ICANN At-Large contact on behalf of Wikimedia CH
 * since 2012: service provider (paid)
 * since 2013: Chief Information Officer (on freelance basis)

Wikimedia Österreich

 * observer and supporter of the foundation process
 * long-term host and sponsor of all technical infrastructure
 * 2010 - 2012: board member (advisor)
 * since 2012: ICANN At-Large contact on behalf of Wikimedia Österreich
 * since 2012: service provider (paid)
 * since 2012: WCA Council member on behalf of Wikimedia Österreich

Further Sponsorships

 * 2007 - 2012 host and sponsor of wikimedia.org.il and all attached sites
 * since 2007: host and sponsor of distribution server and download rotation for Wikipedia DVDs
 * 2008 - 2012: project lead of openZIM (Wikipedia Offline project)
 * since 2010: host and sponsor of wikimedia.or.ke
 * 2011 - 2013: host and sponsor of wikimedia.in and all attached sites
 * since 2011: host and sponsor of kansai.wikimedia.jp
 * since 2012: host and sponsor of wikimedia.sk

outside Wikimedia

 * free and open source software activist
 * 2001: founding member of local Linux Usergroup
 * 2005: organiser of IT/Linux Days with Jon 'maddog' Hall in the frame of a regional consumer fair
 * producer at a free, non-commercial radio station in Germany Podcast
 * 2005 - 2008: board member of the radio station
 * since 2009: board member at EURALO (ICANN European Regional At-Large Organisation)

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