Matthias is a Research & Development Software Engineer with Cloud&Heat Technologies in Dresden. He has been contributing to the efforts of standardization and certification since April 2023. When, in November 2023, Sovereign Cloud Stack and ALASCA e.V. joined forces on this very topic (see https://scs.community/2023/11/27/joint-standardization/), he took on the role of coordinating the Special Interest Group Standardization/Certification. In addition, he is a regular visitor at Team IaaS. Matthias has a background in programming and software development—mostly in Python, but also Go, JavaScript, and other languages—, as well as in theoretical computer science, which he graduated in.