Data engineer and developer relations specialist with deep open-source technology expertise. Background in startups, academia & industry, contributions to a range of technical projects like Dribdat, CKAN, Django, Proxeus & Frictionless Data. Prior to joining the Swiss AI Initiative and the EPFL AI Centre, O lectured at HSLU in the Data Design + Art program, and continues to support teaching and research collaborations with universities and centres of excellence around Switzerland. A student in Communications Systems from 2003, who shares stories of a life-long fascination with protocols, networks and signals at log.alets.ch