Professional Experience & Education
List of selected projects
(client-references available on request)
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Professional Experience & Education
List of selected projects |
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| 2001 | Technical evaluation of the Dallas/Maxim 1-wire net / iButtons for use in home automation applications |
| 2001 | Competitive analysis of template-based web-site management systems. |
| 2001 | Technical review of a newspaper-oriented content management system (assessment of development status, evaluation of underlying technology). |
| 2001 | Evaluation of implementing a micro-payment system in-house versus relying on external providers. |
| 2001 | Developed a web-based prototype that integrates several related web-services under a common front-end (Language: PERL). |
| 2001 | Competitive analysis of currently available Web-based Application Services targeting individuals. |
| 2000 | Analysis of a payment system for mobile commerce. |
| 2000 | Analysis of an R/3-related EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) server product (Technical DD). |
| 2000 | Competitive analysis of a Motion Analysis and Capture System for use in computer animation and medical research (Technical Due Diligence). |
| 2000 | Developed a flexible data-conversion tool for converting data between incompatible classified-ads systems. (Language: PERL; Client: Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse GmbH, Coburg). |
| 1999 | Pre-IPO analysis of a high-speed (DSL) Internet access offering (Technical Due Diligence). |
| 1999 | Developed a software module to integrate an existing classified ads web service within the framework of a newly created Web Portal system (Language: PERL). |
| 1999 | Competitive analysis of Comparison Shopping Systems (Technical Due Diligence). |
| 1999 | Developed a set of tools to improve management of a proprietary classified-ads Web server. Includes extensive consistency checking. (Language: PERL). |
| 1999 | Presentation on the state of the art in electronic payment at the eCommerce/eBusiness congress at Frankfurt, hosted by ComMunic GmbH. |
| 1998 | Developed a web-based prototype application simulating a mobile WAP-type phone allowing its user to retrieve location-based information. (Language: PERL; Client: Airflash Inc., Saragota, CA, USA). |
| 1998 | Evaluation of a proposed software sales agreement (specification, technical and support aspects). |
| 1998 | Competitive analysis of systems for on-line content billing (Client: TIC AG, Munich). |
| 1998 | Analysis of the current state of the art in on-line banking and outlook (Client: Data Design AG, Munich). |
| 1998 | Analysis of electronic payment methods that are available for commercial use in Germany published in German c't magazine 11/98 (not available on-line). |
| 1997 | Detailed comparison of pre-packaged shop-servers from Microsoft, iCat and Intershop published in German c't magazine 11/97 (www.heise.de/ct/97/11/226/). |
| 1997 | Introductory article on the technologies supporting Online-Shops. Published in renowned German c't magazine 7/97 (www.heise.de/ct/97/07/268/). |
| 1997 | Started my practice as a vendor-independent consultant and technical author with a focus on E-Commerce and Web Application Prototyping. |
| 1995-1996 |
Business Development Manager in Microsoft's Developer Relations Group. Responsible for evangelizing German corporate developers, VARs and ISVs. Focus on enterprise level products (MS SQL, SMS & Transaction servers). |
| 1992-1995 |
Product Manager for Windows NT at Microsoft Germany GmbH. Responsible for initial Windows NT market introduction, full budget responsibility. Reached highest market penetration of all European subsidiaries. |
| 1990-1992 | Manager of Developer Relations at NeXT's European headquarters near London (after summer 1990 in Nice/Sophia Antipolis, France). Responsible for evangelizing European corporate developers, VARs and ISVs. Active participation at conferences and fairs. |
| 1989 | Privately purchased one of the first NeXT cubes manufactured by Steve Jobs to familiarize myself with the ground-breaking NextStep operating system and underlying BSD-Unix. [NeXT/Apple historical note collection: 1 2 3 4 5 ] |
| 1987-1990 | Product Manager of Development Tools (Turbo C and Turbo C++ compilers, Debugger, Profiler) at the German branch of Borland International Inc. Responsible for localization, beta testing and market introduction. Hired and lead a team of seven Developer Support Engineers. |
| 1984-1987 | Software Developer at SOFTRON GmbH. Developed several modules of a commercial real-time data acquisition and device-control software package for use in chemical analysis (HPLC = high pressure liquid chromatography). Languages: C and Assembler. |
| 1982-1984 | Implemented data acquisition software and hardware extensions for the Bavarian National Broadcasting Company (Bayerischer Rundfunk). |
| 1977-1982 |
Implemented controller hardware and peripheral device drivers for Megatron KG, Munich. Platforms: Apple II and CP/M. Language: Assembler (6502, Z80). Supported Megatron's CEO on a product evaluation trip to Silicon Valley in 1978 with a focus on early speech recognition and speech synthesis subsystems. |
| 1986 | German equivalent of Master's degree in Electronics Engineering and Computer Science from Munich Technical University (German "Diplom-Ingenieur" degree) |
| 1986 | Thesis at LIMSI Institute of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique at Paris: Implementation of speech recognition algorithms on specialized hardware |
| 1981-1986 | Studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Specialization in Operating Systems Design, Digital Signal Processing and Speech Recognition. |