Portrait Julian Schauder

Father of two. Computer Scientist from HSNR, committed to Open Source, digital sovereignty, and the advancement of sustainable technology ecosystems. Contributions include work with the Linux Foundation’s OpenChain Project (ISO 5230; ISO 18974), the ZenDiS and BSI initiative on sovereign digital supply chains, Bitkom’s Open Source Guidelines, and the PostgreSQL community.




OSS Platform @ ZenDiS GmbH
Building Germany's digital sovereignty
since 2024

OSS Audit & Consulting @ PwC GmbH WPG
Enterprise strategies and compliance audits
2020-2024

OSS Infrastructure @ credativ GmbH
Built near zero downtime infrastructures
2014 - 2020


Germany’s Digital Sovereignty: In 2024, joined the founding team at ZenDiS to help establish infrastructure supporting national digital sovereignty. Currently serving as Technical Product Manager at openCode, contributing to the development of foundational components for a sovereign digital ecosystem in Germany.

Strategy, Consulting, and Audit: In 2020, joined PwC to support the growth of its Open Source Audit & Consulting practice. Worked on projects spanning automotive compliance, open source in mergers and acquisitions, and public sector initiatives, in coordination with leading industry and open source governance bodies.

DevOps & Software Engineering: After completing a degree in Computer Science, contributed to the PostgreSQL Competence Center at credativ, focusing on support, development, and infrastructure for open source database technologies.