About: Erik Abele, active in the Internet business since 1995, is currently
working internationally as an independent IT consultant in the areas
of software engineering, system architectures and administration.

He is a member of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), actively
involved in the development of several projects, especially of the
Apache HTTP Server itself.

In the past, Erik has been working on a large number of first-class
Internet projects ranging from developing web-centric client/server
applications to designing and implementing large-scale server systems
as well as in the fields of testing and monitoring complex IT
infrastructures.

As a member of the Internet Society (ISOC) he also cares about the
social and ethical consequences of the Internet and the associated
technical achievements.

Erik lives in the South of Germany.