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Introduction

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18th April 2004 ARD (German TV)-Ratgeber Technik (Video)

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)

Wikimedia

gsw-N	Däm Benutzer syyni Muettersproch isch Alemannisch.

de-N	Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.

en-4	This user has near native speaker knowledge of English.

fr-1	Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.

sv-1	Den här användaren har grundläggande kunskaper i svenska.

I am an alemannic native speaker

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

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

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) [1]

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

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)