Thomas Gerstendörfer
Kronengasse 2, 5000 Aarau, Schweiz
Tel. +41 79 474 7824
thomas@gerstendoerfer.com
www.gerstendoerfer.com
Personal Information
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Residence Permit | Permit C (Settlement Permit) |
Education
- BSc in Computer Science (Dipl. Ingenieur FH, Fachrichtung Informatik), University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Windisch, Switzerland, 2006
- Diploma Thesis: Eclipse Integration of NFC/Mifare Cards
- Subjects Studied: Cryptography and Application Security, System Services, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Component Systems, XML, Databases 2, Knowledge Based Systems, Operating Systems 2, Computational Biology, Software Usability, Computer Language Engineering (Compilerbau), Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation
- Federally Certified Software Engineer (Informatiker mit Eidg. Fachausweis), Switzerland, 2000
- Maturity Agro-Technical (Eidg. Berufsmatura), LBBZ Liebegg, Gränichen, Switzerland, 1997
- Apprenticeship in Agriculture (Landwirt mit Eidg. Fähigkeitsausweis), LBBZ Liebegg, Gränichen, Switzerland, 1996
Languages
- German, Mother tongue
- English
- Certificate of Proficiency in English, 2005, Grade A
Experience
- NeuroPie Solutions AG, Zurich Airport, February 2008 -
- Lead Architect, January 2009 -
- Senior Software Engineer, February 2008 - December 2008
- Software Engineer, Helbling Technik AG, Aarau, July 2006 - January 2008
- Design and architecture of a software tool for the configuration of complex control systems.
- Implementation and roll-out of card production and personalisation software for a leading manufacturer of debit, credit, identity and loyalty cards.
- Design and implementation of a web based reservation system for the image acquisition centres for the Swiss biometric passport.
- Software Engineer, Logismata AG, Zurich, January 2002 - August 2005
- Analysis and development of a database application for insurance brokers, focusing on document generation, document management, embedding external applications through COM, data visualisation and aplication deployment. The application consists of modules written mainly in C++ and Java (J2SE/J2EE), among others, communicating through CORBA and a HTTP-based custom protocol.
- Atraxis AG, Zurich Airport, March 2000 - December 2001
- Innovation Management, January 2001 - December 2001
- Conducted a study on the use of Biometrics in the airline/airport environment with the aim of speeding up check-in and boarding processes as well as lowering costs. Part of this study consisted of implementing a showcase application for face recognition technology.
- Responsible for the design and technical project lead for axsWebticketing, which, by using digital signatures, allows to buy value-bearing documents like airline tickets over the the internet and print them on any standard printer.
- Internet Technology Engineer, E-Business Technology, March 2000 - January 2001
- Developed the Print-a-Ticket prototype, through which one could buy tickets of German airline LTU, print them at home and fly between Dusseldorf and Munich. This prototype’s success then lead to the development of the axsWebticketing product.
- Innovation Management, January 2001 - December 2001
- Consultant, CSC PLOENZKE (Schweiz) AG, Zurich, December 1999 - February 2000
- Development of a database application for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, at Unisys Corporation. The business logic was implemented directly on the database server using T-SQL stored procedures, the client was written in VisualBasic.
- Atraxis AG, Zurich Airport, December 1997 - November 1999
- Analyst-Programmer, April 1998 - November 1999
- Developed the Fast Track (a.k.a. e>track) application for Swissair, automatically checkin-in passengers equipped with a contactless smart card upon them passing through emigration at Zurich Airport.
- Developed ActiveX controls that emulate IBM 2915 and 3270 terminals.
- Intranet for the Travel and Transportation department, using ASP and XML.
- Design, analysis, development and support of BEasy Res, a GUI to the Swissair flight reservation system. This included customisations for other airlines, like Crossair and Emirates.
- Trainee, December 1997 - March 1998
- Development and support of BEasy Res (see above).
- Analyst-Programmer, April 1998 - November 1999
Skills
- C#/.NET, Java, C++, C, Ruby on Rails, scripting languages (Bash, Perl, JavaScript, VBScript, REXX, TCL), Java3D, RFID/NFC, Cryptography, PKI/X.509, Biometrics, HTML, XML, XSLT, COM, ActiveX, WCF, CORBA, SOAP, RMI, RPC, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, Access, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Mathematica, Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Illustrator, InDesign, Post Script, PCL
- Project Management, UML, RUP, Design Pattern, Software Test
Interests
- Photography, Graphic Design, Music, Literature, Languages
References
- Available upon request