Having a background in Astronomy and Geophysics, my main scientific interest is the application of scattered data approximation theory, and the development of 2D-algorithms for real world geophysical data.

A few years have gone by since I left the Department of Geophysics at the University of Vienna, and what started out as pure fun during my days as a research assistant has become my profession. I am talking about IT, computers, and especially software quality management.

Since September 2002 I am working as a software quality manager at T-Mobile Germany (TMD). I am heading a group of testers being responsible for the quality of TMD's charging and billing engine, as well as for other smaller projects. This is quite a task as the software serves 28 million customers and I am dealing with one of the biggest Oracle installations in Europe. This part of telecommunications and computing is a fascinating and rapidly changing field, being close to the leading edge of technology.

Geographically, I am located in Königswinter, Germany, where I enjoy life with my wife and our two daughters.

My main areas of interest are:

• Scattered Data Approximation
• Mathematical Methods
• Geophysical Applications
• Analysis of Astronomical Time Series
• Geostatistics
• Programming
• MATLAB
• FORTRAN, C
• SQL, PL/SQL
• Perl, UNIX Shell Scripts
• System Administration
• UNIX: Solaris 2.x, Digital Unix 5.x, IRIX 6.5.x, Linux, HP-UX 9.05
• Windows 2000, NT 4.0 (workstation and server)
• Oracle Databases 8.x, MySQL
• Webmastering and Design
• BEA Message Queue, ClearCase, ClearQuest, ClearDDTS

I am a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, The Planetary Society, and NUHAG.