Vocation
I'm currently working as a team lead and software architect for Lexcom. I consider myself lucky to get paid well for work that I actually enjoy. The most interesting parts are:
- The struggle against human, especially your own fallibility - every bug has a creator
- The systems can be understood completely - if you have enough stamina and skill, any problem can be solved
- Communication is important but not an end unto itself
- The work can never become truly monotonous, because you can automate anything repetitive
Skills
My strengths lie mainly in these fields
- software development in Java
- development processes, especially the Rational Unified Process
- code quality assurance
- performance engineering
- automated testing
- (If desired, imagine a long list of the usually buzzword acronyms here)
I am a native speaker of German and know these foreign languages:
- English - fluent in speaking and writing
- Japanese - well enough to deal with everyday situations
Certifications
- ISTQB Certified Tester
- IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering
- Sun Certified Enterprise Architect
- iSAQB Certified Professional for Software Architecture
- OMG Certified UML Professional (Fundamental)
- Rational Certified Consultant - Rational Unified Process
- Rational Certified Consultant - Object Oriented Analysis and Design
- Sun Certified Web Component Developer
- Sun Certified Java Programmer
Curriculum Vitae
- 2021
- First official management position at Lexcom
- 2018
- New job at eForce21
- 2014
- Back to consulting at Zühlke Engineering
- 2011
- Something different: games developer at Ravensburger Digital
- 2002
- Graduation (Diplom in computer science) at the Technical University of Munich and beginning of emplyoment at Object Vision Software
- 2000 / 2001
- Writing of my Diplom thesis as an exchange student at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 1996
- Graduation (Abitur) at the Willi-Graf-Gymnasium high school in Munich and beginning of a 6 year part-time duty at the Technisches Hilfswerkin lieu of military or civil service
Publications
Treatment of Arbitrary-Size Data in Autonomous Disks
My Diplom thesis, written in 2001 during my time as an exchange student in Japan. It describes the design and implementation of a method that allows high performance storing and retrieval of large data streams in a cluster of "intelligent" harddisks.
Additional publications in German can be found on the German version of this page.