"The only thing I know is that I know nothing!" [Sokrates]

What could bear more truth about our all limitations in keeping pace with the still accelerating technological advances? All the more it is funny to see people who just picked up the buzzword of the month behave like having found the Holy Grail and now being blessed by enlightenment... However, that's how the business world seems to work, and so below you'll find some links to a few buzzwords I've heard of :-)
 

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

In June 2014 I got my "Project Management Professional (PMP)" certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
 
 
 

Certified Radia Engineer

In January 2002 I was one of the first 4 engineers world-wide to get the official Novadigm certification for their software management system Radia.
 
 
 

Award of Excellence in Innovation

In October 2001, my project team and I received the Novadigm Award of Excellence in Innovation for our COMIC (COnfiguration and Management InfrastruCture) project.
 
 
 

Best Ph.D. Thesis in Software Engineering

In September 2001 I received the award for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Software Engineering from the Ernst-Denert-Stiftung in conjunction with the 'Gesellschaft für Informatik' (GI) and the 'Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft'.