* Diplom-Ingenieur (FH), University FHTE of Esslingen, Germany (equivalent to U.S. Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering), graduated January 1993.
"Skills and / Knowledge"'* Programming languages: Java, RTJava, C, Objective-C, C++, Tcl/Tk and extensions, Python, JS* Operating systems: QNX, WindRiver vxWorks, Linux, RT-Linux (TimeSys Linux), Free/OpenBSD, OS/400, DOS/Windows
* Embedded Frameworks: RTSJ (Real-time spec for Java), Embedded Java, J2ME
* Networking: TCP/IP, FirewallingHTTP, Websockets, DNS/BIND, apacheREST, sendmailMultiCast* GUI programming: SWT, SwingGWT, NextStep/OpenStep, GTK* Application Frameworks: OSGi, Eclipse, OpenHAB
'''Interests'''
* Brewing Beer (in my Garage)
* Participating in Open Source Software projects (OpenHAB, BrewPi, KODI, FreeBSD)
* Home Automation (my + my friends houses)
* Boating
* Certified pilot for single and multi-engine airplanes
* Boating in the California Delta
* Software principles and theories in real time control
* Participating in Open Source Software projects (FreeBSD, Zope, backport175)
'''Nationality and Status'''