Arjen Kamphuis studied science and policy at Utrecht University and worked for IBM as Unix specialist, Tivoli consultant, and software instructor. As IT strategy consultant at Twynstra Gudde, he was involved in starting up Kennisnet, the Dutch educational network. Since 2001 he has been operating as an independent adviser of companies and governments. In 2002 he co-authored the unanimously accepted parliament motion to mandate open standards for all government IT. In 2007 the motion became policy and the Netherlands became the first western country to make the use of open standards in public sector IT mandatory. He is now working to export this set of policies to other European countries with the help of local political parties and business partners. When not consulting, Arjen is actively involved in (digital) civil liberties, the open source movement, and criticizing the war on terror.