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Lastname, FirstName: Richter, Markus

EMail: richter.werth@web.de

Nationality: German

Hobbies: surfing, reading, travelling, going to musicals, Beach-Volleyball

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September 1st, 2004 - present

SAP AG, Walldorf

Porting SAP NetWeaver on IBM DB2 for z/OS. Working close with the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory in Santa Jose, CA.

January 1st, 2001 - August 31st, 2004

Bank-Verlag Koeln GmbH, Cologne

Developing J2EE and WebServices applications
Responsible for standardizing the software development process and software architecture
Evaluating different Internet technologies

March 1st, 2001 - December 31st, 2001

University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen, Campus Bocholt

Working on a research project for „component based software engineering”
Developed a Benchmark based on the TPC-W Benchmark with EJB, Servlet and Java Server Pages (JSP)
Testing different EJB Servers (BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere and Orion Server) with respect to their performance and conformity to the current EJB specification
Testing with “ECperf” and “TPC-W”

US INTERNSHIP

February 1999 - March 2000

Company:	IBM (Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose, CA)
Responsibilities:	Developing a relational database system, called “DB2 Everyplace” for Palm OS or Windows CE that can synchronize the data with other DB2 databases anywhere in your enterprise Palm OS and Windows CE programming, Developing a JDBC Driver prototype for “DB2 Everyplace” on the EPOC platform Installation program for “DB2 Everyplace”

UNIVERSITY

1996 - 2001

Study:	University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen, Campus Bocholt
Degree:	“Dipl.-Ing. (FH)” in electrical engineering, focus communication technology The degree conferred can be described as a degree in between a Bachelor’s (honours) Degree and a Master’s Degree with strong bias on practice.
Diploma Thesis:	"Benchmarking Application Servers for Enterprise JavaBeans with the TPC-W Benchmark"

AWARDS RECEIVED

"SUN Certified JAVA Programmer 1.4" in 2004
For the outstanding work done in the project "Rating - Basel II", our team has been honored by the company Bank-Verlag/Germany in 2003.
In 2001 I received certification for my diploma thesis "Benchmarking Application Servers for Enterprise JavaBeans with the TPC-W Benchmark" on the Informatiktage 2001.
In 1999 the DB2 Everyplace team received the “STL’s Team Leadership Award”. This internal IBM award is for outstanding work at the Silicon Valley Laboratory (San Jose, CA).
I received the “Karl-Holstein-prize” in 1997 for my apprenticeship. Every year, the North - Rhine Westphalia Chambers of Industry and Commerce honor the best national examinee at the final examinations.

ACTIVITIES

Many years of competitive sports. Playing Volleyball at several national and international clubs in the highest and second highest Volleyball league. Furthermore, playing in the National Volleyball University team and taking part at the “Universiade 1997” in Sicily/Italy. Member of the National Military Volleyball team 1993 for the European championship in Germany and the world championship in Bulgaria.

Speaker on conferences about "Benchmarking Application Servers for Enterprise JavaBeans with the TPC-W Benchmark" - "Informatiktage 2001" in Bad Schussenried and "BEA University-Industry Cooperation Congress" in Frankfurt.