Arne Kepp

Software Developer

Arne is the lead developer of GeoWebCache, a tile caching service for WMS tiles. He coded most of the 1.0 release and directs decisions on its core architecture. Now he is building a community of contributors around the project.

Arne is also a core contributor to GeoServer, focusing on KML, GeoSearch, and GeoWebCache integration.

In addition to his coding work, Arne serves as the Systems Administrator for OpenGeo, keeping our servers up and running. He has extensive experience installing, configuring, and debugging GeoServer, and running it in production environments.

Before joining OpenGeo, Arne founded Norway's largest Linux community site, built its community and developed and maintained the software to run it. He learned about GIS programming while working for the main Smallworld provider in Norway.

Education

  • MSc Electrical Engineering, Fu Foundation, Columbia University, 2006-2007
  • BE Computer Engineering, Dartmouth College, 2005-2006
  • AB Mathematics, Vassar College, 2001-2005

Did You Know That Arne...

  • Speaks fluent German and Norwegian, and is based in Paris.
  • In 2009, Arne gave an interview to GISCafe about GeoWebCache.

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Open Source Projects

  • GeoWebCache: Lead developer, BD
  • GeoServer: Committer

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