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
               o 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.
               o 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
               o 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.
     * 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
               o 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.
               o Developed ActiveX controls that emulate IBM 2915 and 3270
                 terminals.
               o Intranet for the Travel and Transportation department,
                 using ASP and XML.
               o 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
               o Development and support of BEasy Res (see above).

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

   Copyright © 1997-2010 Thomas Gerstendörfer <thomas@gerstendoerfer.com>
   All Rights Reserved.

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