.. title: About Me
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Education and Career
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- 1996 Abitur (similar to A levels)
- Military service in the Fernmeldebataillon 430, special education as
  microwave radio relay technician
- 1997 to 2000 studies of computer science at the `Technical University
  Dresden <http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/>`_, secondary subject cognitive
  psychology
- 2000 to 2002 software engineer for newtron AG, 3 months of technical project
  lead in India
- 2003 to 2004 software engineer for bluesoft AG
- 2004 to 2012 software engineer and software architect for `Communardo
  Software GmbH <http://www.communardo.de/>`_ 
- since 2012 software architect, since 2017 principal IT architect at `Deutsche
  Telekom MMS GmbH <https://www.telekom-mms.com/>`_ formerly named T-Systems
  Multimedia Solutions GmbH
- since 1997 part-time `IT consulting <http://www.gnuviech-server.de/>`_

Volunteer work
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- since 2009 `Debian Developer`_, maintaining the `Debian Member Portfolio
  Service`_
- since 2009 `CAcert.org infrastructure administrator`_, leading the
  infrastructure team since 2016
- since 2013 supporter of the `Free Software Foundation Europe`_

.. _Debian Developer: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=jandd%40debian.org
.. _Debian Member Portfolio Service: https://portfolio.debian.net/
.. _CAcert.org infrastructure administrator: http://wiki.cacert.org/SystemAdministration
.. _Free Software Foundation Europe: http://www.fsfe.org/

Certifications
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- Sun Certified Programmer for the |Java (TM)| 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0
- Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the |Java (TM)| 2, Enterprise
  Edition 1.4
- Sun Certified Developer for |Java (TM)| Web Services
- iSAQB Certified Professional for Software Architecture Foundation Level
- `Professional Scrum Product Owner I <https://www.credly.com/badges/a30f2aeb-fb04-4ab5-88e1-bbe8e125a8e4/public_url>`_

.. |Java (TM)| unicode:: Java U+2122

Organizations
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- `Debian Project <http://www.debian.org/>`_
- `CAcert.org <http://www.cacert.org/>`_