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 			<h3>What do you do?</h3>

 				<p>I lead the <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/munich">EclipseSource office in Munich</a>. Our mission is to make Eclipse Open Source software consumable for our customers -
 					through <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/en/services/">training, developer support, implementation, sponsored open source development and consulting</a>. Therefore we spent a great part of our daily work in Munich
 					on Eclipse Open Source projects, and once a year we spend a <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2015/01/29/opensource-week-in-the-alps/">full week only working on open source</a>.
 					Apart from other Eclipse projects, we are involved in (e.g. e4) we have a strong focus on the Modeling Project and its subprojects. This includes
 					<a href="https://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/">EMF Core</a>, <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ecp/emfforms/">EMFForms</a>, <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ecp/">EMF Client Platform</a>,
 					<a href="https://www.eclipse.org/emfstore/">EMFStore</a>, <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/edapt/">Edapt</a>, and <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/emf/compare/">EMFCompare</a>,
 					where we have a leading role and/or are committers contributing on a regular basis.</p>

 				<p>In addition to customer work, we invest at least 20% of each developer's time to open source. We consider this as an investment to the foundation
 					of our business, an important source of innovation, and a constant education and training for us as developers. And last, but not least, it is
 					very rewarding to contribute to the Eclipse Open Source community.</p>


 			<h3>How long have you been using Eclipse?</h3>

 				<p>I have already been using Eclipse as a student, more than 10 years ago. Towards the end of my studies I started developing the first plugins for Eclipse. During my Ph.D.
 					I developed the software underlying my thesis based on EMF, which was the basis for the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/emfstore/">EMFStore</a> Eclipse project.
 					So like probably many of us at Eclipse, I grew from an IDE user over a framework user, to a framework developer in the Eclipse ecosystem.</p>

 			<h3>Name five plugins you use and recommend:</h3>
 					<p>This is difficult since there are so many, but if I had to limit myself to 6 plugins ;):</p>
 					<ul>
 						<li><a href="http://www.eclemma.org/">ECLEmma</a>: It is a Java code coverage tool integrated into JDT and facilitates a fast develop/test cycle of your JUnit Tests.</li>
 						<li><a href="http://www.codetrails.com/blog/imagine-you-deliver-broken-software-but-no-one-tells-you">Automated Error Reporting</a>: Not really a plugin you would install
 						as an end-user, but it currently ships with the Mars milestones and allows you to report errors very easily. It even features a back-end where the reported errors are
 						aggregated and can be viewed by the projects committers.</li>
 						<li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ecp/emfforms/">EMF Forms Tooling</a>: Allows you to declaratively define form-based UIs including validation, data binding, and many
 						other features in the Eclipse IDE with a visual editor and preview. You will never have to code a form manually any more.</li>
 						<li><a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Oomph_Installer">Oomph</a>: Allows you to define the setup of your IDE including workspace setup and many settings and
 						make it available to other developers at the click of a button.</li>
 						<li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/rcptt/">RCPTT</a>: Recording UI test cases for SWT or RAP applications in addition to JUnit tests is a great way to reduce manual testing.</li>
 						<li><a href="https://github.com/trylimits/Eclipse-Postfix-Code-Completion">Postfix Code Completion</a>: Offers many additional postfix code completions to improve your programming workflow.</li>
 					</ul>

 			<h3>What's your favorite thing to do when you're not working?</h3>

 				<p>I like to ski preferably during an <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2015/01/29/opensource-week-in-the-alps/">open-source week in the Alps</a>
 					and record speaker pitches ;):</p>
 					<iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KQliJCX7zNE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/>

 				<p>Apart from sports, I currently like to experiment with home automation; this also includes the brand new <a href="https://eclipse.org/smarthome/">Eclipse Smart Home</a> project. So when I leave my office now,
 					I will press a button which will turn off the lights and power everywhere, check if any of the windows are open or if the latest EMFForms Build has failed (and provide
 					a sound signal in case), turn off the heating and, upon closing the door, lock it twice.</p>

 			<h2>User Details</h2>
 				<ul>
 					<li><a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/author/mkoegel/">Blog</li>
 					<li><a target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/+MaximilianKoegel">Google +</li>
 					<li><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/mkoegel">Twitter</li>
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	<h3>What do you do?</h3>

	<p>I lead the <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/munich">EclipseSource office in Munich</a>. Our mission is to make Eclipse Open Source software consumable for our customers -
	through <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/en/services/">training, developer support, implementation, sponsored open source development and consulting</a>. Therefore we spent a great part of our daily work in Munich
	on Eclipse Open Source projects, and once a year we spend a <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2015/01/29/opensource-week-in-the-alps/">full week only working on open source</a>.
	Apart from other Eclipse projects, we are involved in (e.g. e4) we have a strong focus on the Modeling Project and its subprojects. This includes
	<a href="https://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/">EMF Core</a>, <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ecp/emfforms/">EMFForms</a>, <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ecp/">EMF Client Platform</a>,
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	where we have a leading role and/or are committers contributing on a regular basis.</p>

	<p>In addition to customer work, we invest at least 20% of each developer's time to open source. We consider this as an investment to the foundation
	of our business, an important source of innovation, and a constant education and training for us as developers. And last, but not least, it is
	very rewarding to contribute to the Eclipse Open Source community.</p>


	<h3>How long have you been using Eclipse?</h3>

	<p>I have already been using Eclipse as a student, more than 10 years ago. Towards the end of my studies I started developing the first plugins for Eclipse. During my Ph.D.
	I developed the software underlying my thesis based on EMF, which was the basis for the <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/emfstore/">EMFStore</a> Eclipse project.
	So like probably many of us at Eclipse, I grew from an IDE user over a framework user, to a framework developer in the Eclipse ecosystem.</p>

	<h3>Name five plugins you use and recommend:</h3>
	<p>This is difficult since there are so many, but if I had to limit myself to 6 plugins ;):</p>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.eclemma.org/">ECLEmma</a>: It is a Java code coverage tool integrated into JDT and facilitates a fast develop/test cycle of your JUnit Tests.</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.codetrails.com/blog/imagine-you-deliver-broken-software-but-no-one-tells-you">Automated Error Reporting</a>: Not really a plugin you would install
	as an end-user, but it currently ships with the Mars milestones and allows you to report errors very easily. It even features a back-end where the reported errors are
	aggregated and can be viewed by the projects committers.</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/ecp/emfforms/">EMF Forms Tooling</a>: Allows you to declaratively define form-based UIs including validation, data binding, and many
	other features in the Eclipse IDE with a visual editor and preview. You will never have to code a form manually any more.</li>
	<li><a href="https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Oomph_Installer">Oomph</a>: Allows you to define the setup of your IDE including workspace setup and many settings and
	make it available to other developers at the click of a button.</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.eclipse.org/rcptt/">RCPTT</a>: Recording UI test cases for SWT or RAP applications in addition to JUnit tests is a great way to reduce manual testing.</li>
	<li><a href="https://github.com/trylimits/Eclipse-Postfix-Code-Completion">Postfix Code Completion</a>: Offers many additional postfix code completions to improve your programming workflow.</li>
	</ul>

	<h3>What's your favorite thing to do when you're not working?</h3>

	<p>I like to ski preferably during an <a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2015/01/29/opensource-week-in-the-alps/">open-source week in the Alps</a>
	and record speaker pitches ;):</p>
	<iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KQliJCX7zNE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/>

	<p>Apart from sports, I currently like to experiment with home automation; this also includes the brand new <a href="https://eclipse.org/smarthome/">Eclipse Smart Home</a> project. So when I leave my office now,
	I will press a button which will turn off the lights and power everywhere, check if any of the windows are open or if the latest EMFForms Build has failed (and provide
	a sound signal in case), turn off the heating and, upon closing the door, lock it twice.</p>

	<h2>User Details</h2>
	<ul>
	<li><a target="_blank" href="http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/author/mkoegel/">Blog</li>
	<li><a target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/+MaximilianKoegel">Google +</li>
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