I’ll try and keep this updated with the “best-of” my recent projects. If you are interested in any details, just send me an email. In general I’ve chosen a selection from different areas to give you an insight into my experience and interests…
Go to university/academic projects
[Work] Development of an agile software development process
- Skills: Process Improvement Techniques, CMMI, Software Development Strategies
The custom software development department had expressed a need for a review of the ad-hoc approach that had been used to develop software. A new agile software development was developed and accepted as the standard process for the future. The main focus was to improve budget and timeline controlling mechanisms throughout the process and a clear documented strategy for large development projects. A key concern was to respect the existing needs and concerns of all stakeholders but at the same time introduce new approaches and established industry standards. Furthermore additional thought had to be given to incorporate process support tools that were in-place and to which extent they needed to be adapted to better support the process steps.
[Work] Enterprise Identity Management System
- Technologies: Microsoft Identity Integration Server, Extensible Management Agent, SQL Server 2005, Service Broker, Microsoft Enterprise Library
The goal of this project was to replace a long-running replication system used as part of the worldwide web-based Active Directory Management system used in a major Austrian oil corporation. Using MIIS the organisational data is synchronized between the management system, the directories (AD and AD-LDS) and other systems (e.g. TopCall). The system currently manages more than 60000 objects for the world-wide IT operations of the company.
[Personal] myCAPS – Context Aware Pervasive Sports - web site
- Technologies: GPS, Compact Framework, SQL 2005
This was a framework for implementing context aware games (e.g. location aware) using Compact Framework and server components . It was developed and tested using a number of prototype games. The project was awarded first place in the Austrian national finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2006 and represented Austria in the world-wide finals in India. The theme of the competition was “Imagine a world where technology helps you lead a healthier life”.
[Personal] Gecco – Global Emergency Clinic Coordination
- Technologies: GPS, Compact Framework, Service Broker, SQL 2005
This project was designed and implemented for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2005 and achieved first place in the Austrian national finals. It then represented Austria in the world-wide finals in Yokohama, Japan. Based on the competition theme “Imagine a world where technology dissolves the boundaries between us” a system was designed for monitoring patients’ health status in remote locations with an option for automatically alerting local emergency response systems. This allows patients requiring constant health monitoring to continue living a normal life at home without being bound by the need to live in the institutions providing medial support.
[Academic] Cawar @campus - web site
- Technologies: WLAN Positioning, Compact Framework
Part of the Context Aware Architectures project at the Software and Systems Engineering department at the University of Technology in Munich’ This project allowed mobile devices to be positioned using standard wireless networking technology and positioning algorithms.
[Academic] MANIAC – Munich Administration and Internet Access Control - web site
- Technologies: ASP.net, SQL 2000, IIS
A self-service electronic distribution system for software that is available in the MSDNAA subscription. Students can register using their university email addresses and download all available software packages in the MSDNAA program within minutes. The goal of reducing the manual administration through university personnel was achieved. This version has been running since 2002, serving over 3TB of data per month and implementing a high level of security to ensure safe distribution of product keys to students.
