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Profile Summary

I am a keen value creator who has a strong technical background. With my broad set of skills, I like to combine the business and technical aspects of a project.

Objective

I am not specifically looking for a job right now, but if you are starting an Internet business let me know.

Skills

Project Management (work planning, risk management, etc.) as part of larger Programs for global clients
Effective presentation skills - towards a technical audience and business owner
Excellent communication skills - international experience
Deployment Planning for mission-critical applications at global companies
Test Planning for large extensive custom applications or standard software (eg. Siebel)
Knowledgeable in the field of Retail processes and the Communication & Hightech industry

Technical Skills

IT Service Management - ITIL Foundation Class certified by EXIN
IT Assessment eg. delivering a VMWare Virtualization Assessment with VMWare Capacity Planner
Siebel: Development and customization of Siebel 7.5, 7.7 and 7.8 Sales and ERM (Employee Relations Management) applications
Security technologies such as IPsec for large dynamic networks and PKI
Extensive work experience deploying commerical WiFi wireless networks
Markup languages: HTML, XML, WML, XUL
Scripting languages: PHP, Perl, Unix Shell Scripts and JavaScript
Databases: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Programming languages: C, C++ and Java, J2EE and EJB - I am no longer a real coder, but understand deep technical aspects
UML, OOA and OOD using Rational Rose
System Administraion of Unix (Linux, OpenBSD, Solaris) and Windows Servers, esp. for web and mail servers

Experience

Accenture GmbH - www.accenture.de
Technology Consultant
May, 2004 - present / Munich, Germany

Since I joined Accenture, I have been working on various engagements. Given my technical background, I especially enjoyed improving my management skills. Here are some of my previous roles:

IV. Technical Deployment Lead of the cutover phase for a large, international systems integration project in the automative industry. The solution is SAP based. Rollout is in the US market (5 warehouses at different locations in the US).

III. Technical Deployment Lead of a custom-built application (about 10.000 man-days per release) at a large retail company.
* Transform vague requirements into a detailed step-by-step rollout plan
* Manage the Rollout Team independently with the expected outcome (work planning, status reporting, communication)
* Proactively set up meetings with the developers, the admin teams and other departments.
* Establish a quality assurance process (acceptance) and risk mangement.
* Create a set of deliverables and tools to "industrialize" the rollout.

II. Technical Tester / Co-Test-Lead
* Create the test model for the Technical Integration Test of a large custom-built J2EE application
* Collect test requirements, write test scripts, execute tests during the test phase
* Identify deficiencies of the application and rise them to the change management process

I. Siebel Developer on a long-term outsourcing project for a major European computer company
* Part of the team which performed the upgrade from Siebel 7.5.3 to 7.8.1 (and later to 7.8.2)
* Integrated the new Siebel 7.8 order management capabilities, esp. the Pricer (PSP) into the existing Agreements / Service Contract Management (SCM) solution.
* Configuration in Siebel Tools 7.8; scripting in eScript & Java

FatPort Corp. - www.fatport.com
Junior Software Developer
April, 2003 - December, 2003 / Vancouver, Canada

I wrote my graduation thesis about IPsec in large dynamic networks at FatPort - Canada's leading Wifi provide - in Vancouver.

Beside my IPsec project I participated in many aspects of FatPort's system development: server setup, network administration, product deployment, process automation, technical support, testing and debugging.

Tuxia Pty Ltd - www.tuxia.com
programmer during my practial training
September, 2001 - February, 2002 / Sydney, Australia

It is an integral part of my studies at the University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen in Bocholt, Germany, that the students work for half a year. However, it was my choice to go abroad.

I participated in the program "Practical Training Semester Abroad" by the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V. Here is a quote from their letter of recommendation to give you an idea what it is about.

"[...] This program consists of a six month structured, studies-related, supervised practical activity abroad in an enterprise or research institute. The program is administered by the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V., Cologne, on behalf of and with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research.
Mr. Jörn Vehoff was one of 125 candidates chosen through a highly competitive and rigorous selection process [...]."

You can also read the complete letter.

Tuxia in Sydney uses a Linux-only environment to develop software for Internet devices such as settop boxes and thin-clients. I worked on various projects involving Mozilla and Embedded Linux.

I built chromes for Mozilla using XUL and JavaScript. This gave me a good knowledge of the Mozilla project and how to change the browser's GUI and general behaviour.

I also wrote X Window applications using C++ and FLTK.

Vernum GmbH - www.vernum.com
founder, project manager, developer
January, 2000 - February, 2004 / Germany

Two friends of mine are in the egg business and we had the idea of starting a marketplace for eggs on the Internet with the ability to trade eggs in different forms of auctions (normal, reverse), we delivered market news and offered a place to exchange information.

As the sole developer, I used Perl, PHP and mySQL to create a dynamic and flexible system to trade the same product in German, English and Dutch. In a later version, access via mobile phones was also integrated.

We closed the auction in February 2004 due to other priorities.
To see what the site looked like, take a look at these screenshots: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Education

University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen, Bocholt Campus, Germany
1999 - 2003
Degree: "Diplom Ingenieur der Informationstechnologie" - Graduate of Information Technology (University of Applied Sciences Degree)

I wrote my graduation thesis at FatPort (see above) about IPsec.

I learned both the software- and the hardware-side of information technology during lectures like programming in C/C++, component-based development with Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and J2EE, distributed systems, electrical engineering, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) etc, but also had lectures about economics and other non-technical subjects eg. project and quality management.

Apart from the lectures, I was part of the Linux workgroup where we built our own Linux-from-Scratch-systems and the team that organized the annual ComputerCamp. At this event computer enthusiastics camp for one week at the university and work on fascinating projects. My task was to coordinate all web activities and develop the web site (screenshot).

I also worked for an Internet company called Gesellschaft für Internet-Anwendungen GmbH as a PHP programmer. This company was founded by three professors of mine to develop an online event database.

Nepomucenum Grammar School in Coesfeld, Germany
1990 - 1999
Certificate: German "Abitur", university entrance qualification
Advanced courses in Maths and English
Took part in the Internet workgroup and managed the school's homepage for several years.

Languages

English: fluent (written and spoken)
German: native speaker

References

Available upon request.