Markus Neteler is cofounder and managing director of mundialis, a geospatial analysis and remote sensing business located in Bonn, Germany. Prior to joining mundialis he worked for 15 years as a researcher in Italy with focus on eco-health, biodiversity, GIS and Earth observation. Markus has a strong and long-term Open Source background, being project coordinator of GRASS GIS since 1997 and founding member of several related associations including OSGeo. In mundialis he is overseeing numerous remote sensing, GIS and cloud computing related projects.