Silvan has been using WordPress since 2006 and is an active member in the Swiss & European WordPress community. He is a co-organizer and speaker for previous WordCamps in Switzerland and one of the organizers for the WordPress Zurich meetup group. He co-founded and ran a remote WordPress and UX agency and has since returned to web development work and consulting in the digital space. Besides his work with open-source software, he builds food gardens and gardening products at Dein-Garten.ch.