Professional Employment

since 06/2006

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Robert Bosch GmbH
Senior Manager in Corporate Research, area of Software-Intensive Systems, Schwieberdingen, Germany
since 01/2008: Founder and head of group Cognitive Systems
06/2006-12/2007: Head of group Software Engineering and Development Environments

09/2007-04/2010

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University of Luxembourg
Adjunct assistant professor during winter semesters, teaching Advanced Java (including Distributed Systems, J2EE, and EJB) and Distributed Systems

since 05/2006

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ManageIQ, Inc.
Helped in starting up ManageIQ, a provider of cutting-edge management solutions for enterprise-wide virtual environments; currently working as a consultant for ManageIQ; Mahwah, NJ, USA

01/2001-05/2006

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Hewlett-Packard Co.
04/2004-05/2006: Senior Software Architect for the OpenView Configuration Management division (OVCM), Mahwah, NJ, USA

01/2001-03/2004: Senior Solution Architect and project manager for the department of Software Engineering Services (SES), Böblingen, Germany

04/1996-03/2001

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Teleteaching Univ. of Hagen
Lecturer for mentorial courses in Data Structures and Introduction to Computer Science at the Center for Teleteaching at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

01/1996-12/2000

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University of Kaiserslautern
Research assistant and scientific staff member of the System Software research group led by Prof. Dr. J. Nehmer (Computer Science Department)

Member of the Special Research Project 501 "Development of Large Systems Using Generic Methods" (Sonderforschungsbereich SFB-501) funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG)

Education

02/2001

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Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Computer Science, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany; Title of doctoral thesis: "A Generative Approach to Customized Run-time Platforms"

12/1995

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Diploma in Computer Science (Dipl.-Inform., M.Sc.), University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

10/1990-12/1995

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Studies in Computer Science at the University of Kaiserslautern;
Major: Practical Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics

05/1989

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Graduation (Abitur) at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, Trier, Germany