Mr. Fischer is responsible for technology strategy, international relations, and international projects at NORDUnet. He leads NORDUnet participation in European initiatives (such GÉANT, FED4FIRE+, etc), and relations with European NRENs. He leads a range of global efforts, is the chair of GLIF TECH, has been a member of the GÉANT Executive Committee and is a member of the GÉANT Programme Planning Committee.

Before joining NORDUnet in 2004, Lars spent ten years in the Internet and telecommunications industry as Technical Director at Tele2 and COLT Telecom. He has worked with advanced networking and computing systems as a programmer, engineer, researcher and manager for the past 30 years