Philipp Kewisch
About Philipp Kewisch
Philipp Kewisch is a Community Engineering Manager at Canonical, where he has worked since 2022. He has a diverse background in software development and product management, with prior roles at Mozilla and Sun Microsystems.
Work at Canonical
Philipp Kewisch has been serving as the Community Engineering Manager at Canonical since 2022. In this role, he is responsible for managing all inbound contributions, ensuring that contributors have the necessary resources to succeed in their projects. He also organizes the annual Ubuntu Summit, which gathers approximately 350 participants from the open source community, facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among attendees.
Previous Experience at Mozilla
Prior to his current role, Kewisch worked at Mozilla for several years in various capacities. He served as the Senior Add-on Security Operations Lead from 2016 to 2020, and as the Add-ons Product Operations Manager from 2020 to 2022. Additionally, he held the position of Senior Technical Product Manager for WebExtensions from 2019 to 2020. His diverse roles at Mozilla contributed to the development and security of add-ons within the Firefox ecosystem.
Career Background
Kewisch's career includes significant experience in software development and product management. He worked at Sun Microsystems Germany as a Software Developer from 2007 to 2009 and at Marquard & Bahls AG in a similar role from 2006 to 2007. He also served as a Product Lead Calendar and Senior Software Developer at Linagora from 2012 to 2016, and briefly at Mozilla Corporation in 2011. His early career included an internship at the University of Hamburg in 2000.
Education and Expertise
Philipp Kewisch studied at the University of Hamburg, where he pursued Physics and achieved a Vordiplom from 2004 to 2009. He furthered his education at Fachhochschule Wedel, obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from 2009 to 2013 and a Master's Degree in Technical Computer Science from 2013 to 2016. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his roles in engineering and product management.