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Florian Forster

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Founder at Zitadel

San Francisco Bay Area

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Florian Forster is the Co-Founder and CEO of ZITADEL, an open-source, cloud-native identity platform for authentication, authorization, and identity and access management. Before founding the company, he worked in vehicle electronics and systems engineering, high-availability infrastructure, and enterprise architecture, and led eGovernment and Identity and Access Management at Abraxas, where he oversaw identity infrastructure for government digital services. ZITADEL, built in Go with an audit-centric, multi-tenant architecture, has surpassed 12,000 GitHub stars and operates as a commercial organization across the Bay Area and Europe.

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Experience

  1. ZITADELCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Blaser Meewes & Partner AGSenior Partner2016 — 2020
  3. Abraxas Informatik AGHead of eGovernment & Identity and Access Management2018 — 2019St. Gallen
  4. Abraxas Informatik AGEnterprise Solutions Architect2016 — 2018St. Gallen
  5. Namics – A Merkle CompanyTechnical Project Manager2013 — 2015St. Gallen
  6. thyssenkrupp Presta AGTechnical Project Manager2011 — 2012
  7. Universität St.Gallen (HSG)System Engineer2009 — 2011St. Gallen
  8. thyssenkrupp Presta AGSystem Administrator2008 — 2009Oberegg
  9. Genossenschaft Migros OstschweizVehicle Electronics Engineer2007 — 2008Gossau

Skills & more

Open-Source Software2docker1Docker1AuthN/AuthZ2Cloud-Native SecurityCloud Computing1Leadership1founder1Authentication1Electronics7Vehicles7Engineering4
+12 moreIT-StrategieSoftware-ProjektleitungIdentity and Access ManagementProjektmanagementSoftware Project ManagementProject ManagementScrumE-CommerceGeschäftsprozesseAgile MethodenInformation TechnologyIT Strategy

Languages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch

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Who is Florian Forster?
Florian Forster is the Co-Founder and CEO of ZITADEL, an open-source, cloud-native identity platform for authentication, authorization, and identity and access management. Before founding the company, he worked in vehicle electronics and systems engineering, high-availability infrastructure, and enterprise architecture, and led eGovernment and Identity and Access Management at Abraxas, where he oversaw identity infrastructure for government digital services. ZITADEL, built in Go with an audit-centric, multi-tenant architecture, has surpassed 12,000 GitHub stars and operates as a commercial organization across the Bay Area and Europe.
Where does Florian Forster work?
Florian Forster is Founder of Zitadel.
What companies did Florian Forster found?
Florian Forster founded Zitadel.
Where did Florian Forster go to school?
Florian Forster studied at OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (Master of Advanced Studies, Business Information Management); GBS Gewerbliches Berufs- und Weiterbildungszentrum St. Gallen (Swiss Federal Proficiency Certificate, Vehicle Electrician-Electronics Technician).

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