Dr. Andreas Kotulla is the founder and managing director of Bitsea GmbH, a company specializing in the technical analysis of software systems. Bitsea supports companies in the introduction and implementation of holistic open source strategies – from governance, processes, and tool chains to the provision of an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) and scanning as a managed service.
As a graduate computer scientist with over 30 years of experience in IT, Dr. Kotulla is a proven expert in software engineering, software quality, and open source management. He spent twelve years in management positions at international telecommunications providers and now shares his knowledge in workshops and lectures. Dr. Kotulla is an active member of the Linux Foundation's OpenChain project and the Open Source Working Group of Bitkom e.V. He is also the author of frequent blogs, several books and publications on IT and software topics.