Cornelius found Qt in 1998 and fell in love with it. This lead him to KDE, where he stuck around until today. He has written lots of code, maintained applications, and worked on a variety of projects and initiatives. He served on the board of KDE e.V. for nine years. He also is involved in other communities, such as openSUSE, Qt, ownCloud, and makes a point of fostering collaboration between projects and communities. In his day job Cornelius works for SUSE as an engineering manager.