Lars Eilebrecht

Lars Eilebrecht (born March 1972 ) is a German software engineer, CISSP-certified information security expert, solutions architect, and open source evangelist. He is one of the original developers of the Apache HTTP Server, and co-founder and former Vice President of the Apache Software Foundation. Lars was based in the United Kingdom between 2009 and 2019 where he founded the IT consultancy company Primevation Ltd. and is co-founder and member of the Apache Software Foundation.

Since the beginning of the Apache Software Foundation he was a member of the Conferences Committee Additionally he is a member of the ASF Security Team and the ASF Public Relations Committee.

Lars is an open source evangelist and received O'Reilly's Appaloosa Award for raising awareness of Apache.

Career Between 2008 and 2019 Lars worked as an independent IT consultant for companies such as the BBC, Channel 4, Heise Media, El Tiempo and Pearson. and partner at pliXos GmbH. Previous employers of Lars Eilebrecht include Ciphire Labs, Quam, Parc Technologies, CyberSolutions, and Cable & Wireless. He has worked as a CISO for the Widas Group and polypoly, was Director Security Solutions and Chief Security Architect at Ciphire Labs, and speaker at conferences such as Financial Cryptography and Data Security and the 21st Chaos Communication Congress (21C3). Lars was a member of the International Financial Cryptography Association from 2005 to 2006.

Publications Lars is the author of Apache Webserver, the first German-language book about the Apache HTTP Server. He published 5 editions of the book between 1997 and 2003.