| 1995 | Diploma from German secondary school qualifying for university admission (Abitur) |
| 1995 – 1996 | Alternative civilian service (Zivildienst) |
| 1996 – 1998 | Studied German philology, English philology and journalism/communication science at Göttingen University (“Georgia Augusta”) |
| 1996 | Point GmbH und Co. KG, Holzminden- Internal services: Design, configuration, inspection, maintenance and repair of x86-compatible stand-alone computer systems, task-specific systems, network clients und servers (Windows NT, OS/2 Server Advanced, Linux); administration of the corporate network; customer services- External services: Inspection, maintenance and repair of x86-compatible stand-alone computer systems, network clients und servers of medium-sized and larger companies of the city and its wider region; general customer service; participation in several specific customer projects (i. e. implementation of a Windows-NT-based network for a larger local company) at different levels of involvement (planning, design, implementation, final inspection and quality assurance); project leader for several minor projects (i. e. at the administrative district of Holzminden) |
| 1997 – 1998 | Kanzlei für Wirtschaftsberatung H. Sippel, Göttingen- Administration of the corporate network (Windows-NT-based) – Design and implementation of communication concepts for corporate use – Installation and maintenance of software for the financial business sectors – Internal qualification courses for co-workers (Office products, internal communication services, etc.) – Design and implementation of modern storage and backup facilities |
| 1998 | Dräger & Lienert, Hardegsen- Administration of the corporate network – Construction and installation of new network clients – Consulting and technical assistance for installation and maintenance of software and hardware for visually-impaired persons (i. e. Braille hardware, speech synthesis, etc.) – Maintenance of the Novell Netware servers – Design and implementation of communication concepts for corporate use – Internal qualification courses for co-workers (Office products, OS configuration Windows 95 / DOS clients) – Installation of backup systems |
| 1998 – May 2007 | Mentopolis Consulting & Software Concepts GmbH- Deputy director of the internal IT department – Head of IT security – Many projects at customers’ sites |
| March 2007 – April 2008 | Gentoo Linux Developer- KDE 3.x and 4.x – AMD64 – Net-News |
| June 2007 – June 2014 | T-Systems International GmbH- Consultant – Many projects at customers’ sites |
| July 2014 – December 2014 | T-Systems International GmbH- Acting Head of Production Line Quality Assurance |
| January 2015 – present | T-Systems International GmbH- Consultant |
| March 2008 – present | Exherbo Linux Core Developer – Everything I’m interested in. |