Lars serves as architect for Software-Defined-Storage at SUSE, focused on Ceph. He represents SUSE on the Ceph Advisory Board as a founding member, and is a frequent invited speaker. Since joining SUSE in 2000, his previous roles include senior consultant, kernel engineer, engineering manager in SUSE Labs, and he is most known for his work on the Linux High-Availability stack. He was named Distinguished Engineer in 2012. He holds an Msc from the University of Liverpool. He moved to Berlin in 2014. He wears black.