Julian Schauder

Father of two. Computer Scientist from HSNR, with a focus on secure software delivery, automation, and sustainable infrastructure. Strong advocate for Open Source, digital sovereignty, and transparent supply chains. Contributor to the Linux Foundation’s OpenChain Project (ISO 5230; ISO 18974), the ZenDiS / BSI sovereign SDLC initiative, Bitkom’s Open Source Guidelines, and the PostgreSQL community.

OSS Platform @ ZenDiS GmbH
Secure, sovereign infrastructure for the public sector
since 2024

OSS Audit & Consulting @ PwC GmbH WPG
Compliance and open source risk mitigation at scale
2020–2024

OSS Infrastructure @ credativ GmbH
High performance OSS infrastrucures
2014–2020

Sovereign Infrastructure & DevSecOps: In 2024, joined the founding team at ZenDiS to lead the build-out of secure, sovereign software supply chains for Germany. As Technical Product Manager at openCode, focus is on platform architecture and security infrastructure ( e.g. SBOM automation, cve & vex workflows, attestations, legal documentation ) for national-scale OSS delivery.

Audit, Compliance & Secure Delivery: At PwC, scaled enterprise OSS audit processes—integrating security reviews, license compliance, and CI/CD controls. Projects spanned regulated industries, M&A, and sovereign tech adoption.

Engineering & Infrastructure Automation: Early work focused on PostgreSQL infrastructure and high-availability systems at credativ. Built tooling for automated deployments, backup orchestration, and observability across open source stacks.