Philosophy (emphasis on formal logic) and a combination of subsidiary
subjects (logic, linguistics, German language and literature studies,
computer science, political science, Biblical Hebrew, and several others)
at Vienna University. Diploma ("Magister"), diploma thesis:
"Logische Notationen und ihre Verarbeitung auf elektronischen Rechenanlagen
aus theoretischer, historischer und praktischer Sicht"
("On Logical Notations")
(academic) software design and development,
system administration
Sparkassen Datendienst,
December, 1993 until April, 2005
software development and design
major tasks: responsibility for the proprietary communications
middleware of the group, including porting it to OS/2200,
z/OS (CICS and batch), and others; and software design and implementation in
C++ and Java for Unix, Windows, VMS, z/OS, and others.
Schrack Aerospace, Product Assurance/Quality Assurance,
summer, 1993, and summer, 1992
designing and implementing a software package for calculating
the reliability and error probabilities of mission-critical components and
systems for unmanned space travel
Schrack Sicherheitstechnik, summer, 1991
aiding in planning fire-alarm systems
Chase Manhattan Bank Austria, summer, 1990
office work (I was young and did it for the money.)
Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, summer, 1989
developing a program to retrieve data from X-ray spectroscopy,
converting and processing these data, and visualizing them