Lars Kurth is the community manager of the Xen Project and chairman of the Xen Project Advisory Board. He has a long history of working on open source projects including roles at Symbian Foundation. The document discusses the history and evolution of the Xen Project, including key issues it faced such as undefined roles, lack of roadmap management, and poor communication. It describes how becoming a Linux Foundation collaborative project and applying various community management techniques helped address these issues and improve the project's perception, collaboration, and growth over time.